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| Position | Point guard | ||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Qatari Basketball League | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | September 4, 1994 Beirut, Lebanon | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 192 cm (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 90 kg (198 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 2015: undrafted | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2012–present | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2019 | Al Riyadi | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | → Beikong Fly Dragons | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | Al-Shamal | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | US Monastir | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Al-Jahra | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Beirut Club | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2024 | Al Riyadi | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024–present | Al-Arabi | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Wael Arakji (Arabic: وائل عرقجي; born 4 September 1994) is a Lebanese basketball player for Al-Arabi of the Qatari Basketball League. He is nicknamed "the Fearsome" (Arabic: الرهيب, romanized: al-rahib).[1]
At the club level, he also played in the Chinese Basketball Association and participated in the NBA Summer League for the Dallas Mavericks in 2019. For the national team, Arakji won the MVP award at the 2022 FIBA Asia Cup, where Lebanon finished runners-up.