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Elie Rustom

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Elie Rustom
No. 8 – Sagesse SC
PositionGuard/forward
LeagueLebanese Basketball League
Personal information
Born (1987-05-02) May 2, 1987 (age 37)
NationalityLebanese
Listed height6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Career information
Playing career2004–present
Career history
2004–2007Blue Stars
2007–2012Mouttahed
2012–2016Sagesse
2016–2017Mouttahed
2017–2018Champville
2018–2019Homenetmen
2019–2020Beirut Club
2020–2022Champville
2022–2023Beirut Club
2023Dynamo Lebanon
2024–presentSagesse Club

Elie Rustom (Arabic: إيلي رستم; born 2 May 1987) is a Lebanese basketball player currently playing for Sagesse Club in the Lebanese Basketball League. He is also a member of the Lebanon national basketball team. He previously played with Blue Stars.[1]

Basketball career

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Rustom started to play basketball with Blue Stars youth team. He played two years for the youth team. In 2007 he signed with Al Mouttahed Tripoli.[citation needed]

In 2009 Rustom was called for the national team and participated in the 2009 William Jones Cup but was not called up to the final squad.[2]

In 2010 he was also called by the national team. He played in 2010 William Jones Cup[3] and FIBA Asia Stanković Cup 2010.[4] He was in the starting 5 in all Lebanon's games in FIBA Asia Stanković Cup 2010 and also the 2010 FIBA World Championship. He was in the starting 5 for Mouttahed during the 2011 final four under coach Paul Caughter.[5]

In 2011 he was called to the national team but he was injured during the preparations for the 2011 FIBA Asia Championship and could not make it to the final squad.[citation needed]

In 2012 Rustom signed for Lebanese Sagesse.[citation needed]

In 2016 he returned to his boyhood club Mouttahed, after spending four years with the Sagesse.[citation needed]

In 2017 he signed with Champville.[citation needed]

In 2018 Rustom sign with the defending champions Homenetmen.[citation needed]

In 2022, Rustom signed with defending champions Beirut Club

References

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  1. ^ "Elie Rustom".
  2. ^ William Jones Cup [permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "William Jones Cup Basketball, News, Teams, Scores, Stats, Standings, Awards - asia-basket".
  4. ^ Team Details
  5. ^ "Lebanon Daily Star". Archived from the original on 2012-10-07. Retrieved 2011-04-27.