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Position | Point guard | ||||||||||||||||||||
League | Lebanese Basketball League BCL Asia | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Beirut, Lebanon | 4 September 1994||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Lebanese | ||||||||||||||||||||
Listed height | 192 cm (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 90 kg (198 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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NBA draft | 2015: undrafted | ||||||||||||||||||||
Playing career | 2012–present | ||||||||||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||||||||||
2012–2019 | Al Riyadi | ||||||||||||||||||||
2017–2018 | → Beijing Royal Fighters | ||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | Al-Shamal | ||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | US Monastir | ||||||||||||||||||||
2021–2022 | Al-Jahra | ||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | Beirut Club | ||||||||||||||||||||
2022–present | Al Riyadi | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Wael Arakji (Arabic: وائل عرقجي; born 4 September 1994) is a Lebanese basketball player for Lebanese Basketball League club Al Riyadi and the Lebanon national team. 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.