Ehab Amin

Ehab Amin
Amin in 2023
No. 4 – Al Ahly
PositionPoint guard / shooting guard
LeagueEgyptian Basketball Super League
Personal information
Born (1995-08-01) August 1, 1995 (age 29)
Alexandria, Egypt
Listed height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High schoolSJNMA (Delafield, Wisconsin)
College
NBA draft2019: undrafted
Playing career2012–present
Career history
2012–2013Sporting Alexandria
2019–presentAl Ahly
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Egypt
FIBA Africa U18 Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Mozambique
FIBA Africa U16 Championship
Gold medal – first place 2011 Egypt

Ehab Mohamed Mohamed Amin Saleh (born August 1, 1995) is an Egyptian professional basketball player for Al Ahly. He played college basketball for the Oregon Ducks. He spent his first three college seasons at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi, leading the NCAA Division I in steals and earning first-team All-Southland Conference accolades as a junior.

Amin has played for the Egypt national basketball team at both the youth and senior levels, including the under-16 team to a gold medal at the 2011 FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship. Amin received national attention in the United States when he flopped in a Sweet Sixteen game, leading a CBS reporter to call Amin "the worst of 2019 NCAA tournament."[1]

He began his professional career with Al Ahly in Egypt as the best paid player in national basketball history. With Al Ahly, he won the BAL championship in 2023, three Egyptian Premier League titles and one Arab Club Competitions title. He was among Al Ahly squad that participated in FIBA InterContinental Cup 2023 in Singapore. [2]

  1. ^ "Oregon's Ehab Amin performs worst flop of 2019 NCAA tournament (Video)". sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2019-04-22.
  2. ^ "Al Ahly squad arrives In Singapore for the FIBA Intercontinental Cup". www.alahlyegypt.com. Retrieved 2024-07-31.