Amir Fanan (born October 28, 1980) is an Egyptian basketball player currently playing for El-Ittihad El-Iskandary of the Egyptian Super League.[1] He is a member of the Egypt national basketball team.

Fanan participated with the Egypt national basketball team at the 2007 and 2009 FIBA Africa Championship.[2] Fanan averaged 13.6 points per game and was the leading scorer on the 2009 Egypt team that finished a disappointing tenth place; this was Egypt's worst ever finish in 19 appearances at the tournament and had some fans calling for a complete dismantling of the team.[3] He also competed for Egypt at the 2001 World Championship for Young Men and the 1999 World Championship for Junior Men.[4]

References edit

  1. ^ Egypt national basketball team Archived 2013-03-13 at the Wayback Machine at Africabasket.com
  2. ^ Profile Archived 2009-08-17 at the Wayback Machine at FIBA.com
  3. ^ Egypt national team stats Archived 2013-03-13 at the Wayback Machine at Africabasket.com
  4. ^ "FIBA profile". Archived from the original on 2009-08-17. Retrieved 2009-09-01.