Joe Vogel

Joe Vogel

No. 15   Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut
Center
Personal information
Date of birth	September 15, 1973 (1973-09-15)
Place of birth	North Platte, Nebraska
Nationality	American, Lebanese
Listed height	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
Listed weight	265 lb (120 kg)
Career information
College	Colorado State
NBA Draft	1996 / 45th overall
Selected by the Seattle SuperSonics
Pro career	1996–present
League	Lebanese Basketball League
Career history
Galatasaray Café Crown (1996-97) Red Wolves (1997-98) Al-Ittihad (1998-99) Sagesse (1999-00) Rockford Lightning (2000-01) Champville SC (2001-02) Xinjiang Flying Tigers (2002-03) Arecibo Captains (2003) Champville SC (2003-04)

Medal record
Men's basketball
Competitor for Lebanon
FIBA Asia Championship
Silver	2007 Tokushima	Team

For American author, see Joseph Vogel

Joseph (Joe) Vogel (born 1973 in North Platte, Nebraska, USA) is an American-Lebanese basketball player. Vogel attended Colorado State. Upon graduation, he was drafted by the Seattle SuperSonics in the 1996 NBA Draft. He played as a professional player in Taiwan, Turkey, Japan, Saudi Arabia and a number of Lebanese basketball teams including Sagesse Beirut, Champville SC and Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut.

After his naturalization as a Lebanese citizen, he also became a member of the Lebanese national basketball team. At 6'11", he was Lebanon's starting center.

The now American-Lebanese basketball player presently plays for Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut as a team captain.

Draft

Vogel was drafted with the 45th overall pick by the Seattle SuperSonics in the 1996 NBA Draft.

College

Vogel attended Colorado State and was ranked 2nd in blocked shots with 180 and 7th all time in games played with 115 to his credit.

Teams

After Seattle, Vogel joined Turkey's basketball Galatasaray Café Crown for season 1996-1997; however, he was replaced by Mills during the season. In 1997, he signed with Red Wolves basketball team in Japan, and returned to Seattle SuperSonics at their summer camp to train. Al Ittihad basketball team was Vogel's next spot to join in Saudi Arabia for 1998-1999 season.

Vogel arrived in Lebanon for the 1999-2000 season and signed up with Sagesse Beirut; he was also a part of some tournaments in the United States in 2000 and 2001. His return to Lebanon gave him the chance to join Champville basketball team under a 5-year contract.

Since 2004, Vogel has been a part of Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut basketball team. Along with the club, he has so far won championships across Asia and was classified as MVP of some games.

Awards and achievements

• Western Athletic Conference All-Tournament Team -95
• Saudi Arabian League Champion -99
• Asian Club Championships -99, 00
• WAC 2nd Team -Pre96
• Lebanese League Champion -00, 05, 06, 07,08,09,2010.
• MVP of the Asian Cup tournament -99
• IBL Semifinals -01
• Lebanese National Team -01, 03, 05-07
• Asian Championships -01(Finalist), 02, 05
• Mediterranean Games in Tunisia -01
• Lebanese League Semifinals -02
• World Championships in Indianapolis (USA) -02
• Dubai Tournament Winner -04.
• Lebanese Cup Winner -04, 06, 07
• Lebanese League Regular Season Champion -04, 05, 06, 07
• Lebanese League Finalist -04
• Asia-Basket.com Lebanese League All-Domestic Players Team -04, 05, 06
• Asia-Basket.com Lebanese League All-Defensive Team -04, 05
• Asia-Basket.com All-Lebanese League Center of the Year -05
• Asia-Basket.com All-Lebanese League Domestic Player of the Year -05
• Asia-Basket.com All-Lebanese League 1st Team -05
• Arab Club Championships -05 (Silver, Asia-Basket All-1st Team), 06 (Winner), 07 (Winner)
• World Championships in Japan -06
• Asian Games in Doha
• Asia-Basket.com All-Arab Club Championships 2nd Team
• William Jones Cup Tournament

See also

• Lebanon national basketball team
• Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut

External links

• basketball-reference.com
• asia-basket.com
• Basket-Stats: Joe Vogel
• Ya Libnan: Lebanon rolls into Basketball Championship Semifinals, 15 September, 2005
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