Omar Abada

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Omar Abada
Al Ahly
Position Point guard
League Basketball Africa League
Personal information
Born (1993-04-20) 20 April 1993 (age 31)
Tunis, Tunisia
NationalityTunisian
Listed height1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Career information
Playing career2010–present
Career history
2010–2018 Étoile de Radès
2018–2019 Saint-Chamond
2019–2021 US Monastir
2021–2022 Al-Ittihad Jeddah
2022–2023 Al Wahda Damascus
2023-2024 Al Ahly
2024-present Club africain
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia
AfroBasket
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Tunisia/Senegal
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Rwanda
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2015 Tunisia

Omar Abada (Arabic : عمر عبادة, born 20 April 1993) is a Tunisian professional basketball player who plays for Al Ahly since 2023. Abada also plays for the Tunisia national basketball team.

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Born in Tunis, he started his career in 2010 with Étoile de Radès where he stayed for eight seasons. In 2018, Abada played a year in France for Saint-Chamond. A year later, he returned to Tunisia to play for US Monastir.

With Tunisia, he has won the AfroBasket tournament in 2017 and 2021, while being named to the All-Tournament Team in 2021.

Professional career

Abada started his career with Étoile de Radès in the Tunisian Championnat National A and helped the team win two national championships. In the 2017 FIBA Africa Champions Cup he was named to the All-Star Team.

In the 2018–19 season, Abada played one season in France for Saint-Chamond of the LNB Pro B, the national second tier. [1]

In 2019, he returned to Tunisia to play for US Monastir. He played in the inaugural season of the Basketball Africa League (BAL) with Monastir and helped his team reach the Finals. After the tournament, he was named to the All-BAL First Team. [2]

On January 16, 2022, Abada was announced by Zamalek to be on the roster for the 2022 FIBA Intercontinental Cup. [3] However, he never joined the team or played in any game.

In April 2022, Abada joined the Syrian club Al Wahda Damascus of the Syrian Basketball League. [4]

In May 2023, Abada signed for ABC Fighters to play in the 2023 BAL Playoffs. [5] In the quarter-finals, he scored 21 points against Petro de Luanda but could not save the Fighters from being eliminated after a narrow 88–86 defeat.

Abada joined Al Ahly in August 2023. [6]

National team career

Abada has represented Tunisia's national basketball team at the 2015 FIBA Africa Championship in Radès, Tunisia. There, he recorded his team's best two point field goal percentage. [7] At AfroBasket 2017 and AfroBasket 2021, he won gold.

BAL career statistics

Legend
  GPGames played  GS Games started MPG Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage 3P%  3-point field goal percentage FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game APG  Assists per game SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game PPG Points per game Bold Career high
YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2021 Monastir 6627.6.400.312.7083.25.22.0.311.0
2023 ABC Fighters 1132.4.538.000.8752.08.02.0.021.0

Awards and accomplishments

Club

US Monastir
ES Radès

Individual

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