Daniel Faris
Personal information | |
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Born | May 2, 1987 Greenbrae, California | (age 37)
Nationality | Lebanese / American |
Listed height | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) |
Career information | |
High school | Eldorado (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
College | New Mexico (2005–2009) |
NBA draft | 2009: undrafted |
Playing career | 2009-2019–present |
Position | Power forward |
Number | 53 |
Career history | |
2009–2010 | West-Brabant Giants |
2010–2015 | Sagesse |
2016–2019 | Champville SC |
Daniel Faris (born 2 May 1987) is a Lebanese-American basketball player who plays for Champville SC and Lebanon. He is a 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) tall power forward-center.[1]
College career
[edit]Faris played four years of NCAA Division I basketball at the University of New Mexico. In his senior season, he averaged 12.1 points and 6.4 rebounds per game en route to being named to the All-Mountain West Conference second team.[2]
Professional career
[edit]After his college career, Daniel Faris played for the West-Brabant Giants, for sponsorship reasons WCAA Giants, in the Dutch Basketball League (DBL) for one year.[3] With the Giants, he reached the finals of the 2009–10 DBL season. After finishing his season in the Dutch league, Faris signed with Lebanese powerhouse Hekmeh in the Lebanese Basketball League, he only played two games with the team in 2012.[citation needed]
In 2016, he signed with Champville SC in Lebanon.[citation needed]
International career
[edit]Faris is also a member of the Lebanon national basketball team.[4] He competed with the senior team for the first time at the FIBA Asia Championship 2009, where he saw action in four games for the fourth-place Lebanese team.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Profile at basketpedya.com
- ^ Daniel Faris Archived 2009-12-28 at the Wayback Machine at golobos.com
- ^ "Amerikaanse basketballer Faris naar Giants". Omroep Brabant. Retrieved 10 February 2020.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Profile Archived 2009-08-10 at the Wayback Machine at FIBA.com
- ^ FIBA Archive
- 1987 births
- Living people
- American expatriate basketball people in the Netherlands
- American men's basketball players
- American people of Lebanese descent
- Basketball players from New Mexico
- Dutch Basketball League players
- Lebanese men's basketball players
- New Mexico Lobos men's basketball players
- People from Greenbrae, California
- Basketball players from Marin County, California
- West-Brabant Giants players
- Power forwards
- Sagesse SC (basketball) players
- Sportspeople of Lebanese descent
- Eldorado High School alumni
- University of New Mexico alumni
- Naturalised basketball players