Joe Vogel (basketball)
| No. 41 – retired | |||||||||||||||
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| Position | Center | ||||||||||||||
| League | retired | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
| Born | September 15, 1973 North Platte, Nebraska | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | American / Lebanese | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 265 lb (120 kg) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| High school | North Platte (North Platte, Nebraska) | ||||||||||||||
| College | Colorado State (1992–1996) | ||||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 1996: 2nd round, 45th overall pick | ||||||||||||||
| Selected by the Seattle SuperSonics | |||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1996–present | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| 1996–1997 | Galatasaray Café Crown | ||||||||||||||
| 1997–1998 | Red Wolves | ||||||||||||||
| 1998–1999 | Al-Ittihad | ||||||||||||||
| 1999–2000 | Sagesse | ||||||||||||||
| 2000–2001 | Rockford Lightning | ||||||||||||||
| 2001–2002 | Champville SC | ||||||||||||||
| 2002–2003 | Xinjiang Flying Tigers | ||||||||||||||
| 2003 | Arecibo Captains | ||||||||||||||
| 2003–2004 | Champville SC | ||||||||||||||
| 2004–2013 | Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2015 | Homentmen Beirut | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–present | Byblos Club retired | ||||||||||||||
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |||||||||||||||
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Joseph "Joe" Vogel (born September 15, 1973) is an American-Lebanese retired basketball player. Vogel attended Colorado State. Upon graduation, he was drafted by the Seattle SuperSonics in the 1996 NBA Draft, but never played in the NBA. 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. And now the American-Lebanese basketball player presently plays for Byblos Club as a Center.
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 the 1996-97 season. He was, however, replaced by Mills during that season. In 1997, he signed with the 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 1998-99 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.
Vogel was part of Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut basketball team from 2004 till 2013. He won various local championships with Al Riyadi and across Asia during which he was classified as MVP in some He currently plays for Byblos sporting club
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, 2015.
- 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
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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- 1973 births
- Living people
- American emigrants to Lebanon
- American expatriate basketball people in Japan
- American expatriate basketball people in Saudi Arabia
- American expatriate basketball people in Turkey
- Basketball players from Nebraska
- Centers (basketball)
- Colorado State Rams men's basketball players
- Galatasaray S.K. (men's basketball) players
- Lebanese basketball players
- Lebanese people of American descent
- Naturalized citizens of Lebanon
- People from North Platte, Nebraska
- Rockford Lightning players
- Seattle SuperSonics draft picks
- Basketball players at the 2006 Asian Games