Afik Haim Nissim (; born 31 January 1981) is an Israeli former professional

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positions.Currently, he serves as the founder and CEO of the
Win Assist
non-profit organization.

Early life

Nissim was born in

Rehovot Rehovot (, / ) is a city in the Central District (Israel), Central District of Israel, about south of Tel Aviv. In it had a population of . Etymology Israel Belkind, founder of the Bilu (movement), Bilu movement, proposed the name "Rehovot ...

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, to a Tunisian-Jewish family. He played for Maccabi Rishon LeZion youth team.

Professional career

In 1998, Nissim started his professional career in Maccabi Rishon LeZion. In 2003, Nissim signed a two-year deal with the French team Strasbourg IG. Nissim won the French League Championship with Strasbourg in 2005. On 11 July 2008, Nissim signed with the Italian team Prima Veroli under head coach Andrea Trinchieri and alongside his teammate Kyle Hines. Nissim won the Italian LNP Cup with Veroli for two consecutive years. On 14 September 2010, Nissim signed a one-year deal with the Czech team

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under head coach Ronen Ginzburg. Nissim won the 2011 Czech League Championship and the 2011 Czech State Cup titles with Nymburk. On 13 September 2011, Nissim signed with the Russian team Enisey for the 2011–12 season. On 8 January 2012, Nissim parted ways with Enisey to join

KK Krka Košarkarski klub Krka (English: Basketball Club Krka), commonly referred to as KK Krka or simply Krka, is a Slovenian professional basketball team based in Novo Mesto that competes in the Slovenian First League and the ABA League. They play t ...

of the Slovenian Basketball League for the remainder of the season. Nissim won the 2012 Slovenian League Championship with Krka, earning the Finals MVP honors. On 8 October 2012, Nissim returned to Israel and signed with Hapoel Eilat. In his third season with Eilat, Nissim helped the team reach the 2015 Israeli League Finals, where they eventually lost to Hapoel Jerusalem. On 24 August 2016, Nissim signed a two-year contract extension with Hapoel Eilat. On 18 November 2017, Nissim recorded a career-high 32 points, along with 3 rebounds and 4 assists, shooting 13-for-17 from the field, in an 88–82 win over

Hapoel Gilboa Galil Hapoel Gilboa Galil () is a professional basketball club that is based in north-east Israel. The club plays its home game in the Israeli Basketball Premier League (the top tier of Israeli basketball) in a 2,250-seat arena in Gan Ner. History T ...

. On 6 November 2018, Nissim signed a one-year deal with Elitzur Yavne of the Israeli National League. In 28 games played for Yavne, he averaged 10.4 points, 1.7 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game. On 7 July 2019, Nissim signed a one-year contract extension with Yavne.

National team career

Nissim was a member of the

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. He participated in the

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

and

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

Eurobasket tournaments. Nissim was also a member of the Israeli National Under-20 team. In July 2000, he helped the Israeli team reach the 2000 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Final, where they eventually lost to

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Career statistics

EuroCup

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Nymburk Nymburk (; ) is a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 16,000 inhabitants. It is situated on the Elbe River. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Mo ...

, 11 , , 9 , , 27.6 , , .508 , , .405 , , .889 , , 2.9 , , 2.4 , , .8 , , .0 , , 12.6 , , 12 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2011–12 , style="text-align:left;", Krka , 6 , , 6 , , 15.5 , , .385 , , .357 , , .938 , , 1.8 , , 2.2 , , .8 , , .0 , , 8.3 , , 7.8 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan=2 , Career , 41 , , 17 , , 21.1 , , .448 , , .411 , , .891 , , 2 , , 2.1 , , .8 , , .0 , , 11 , , 9.3

Domestic Leagues

, - , 1998–99 , style="text-align:left;" rowspan=4, Maccabi Rishon , style="text-align:center;" rowspan=5, IPL , , 9 , , 8.3 , , .625 , , .438 , , .600 , , .8 , , 1.0 , , .0 , , .0 , , 4.4 , - , 1999–00 , 20 , , 23.5 , , .500 , , .438 , , .868 , , .8 , , 1.8 , , 1.1 , , .0 , , 11.3 , - , 2000–01 , 28 , , - , , .462 , , .326 , , .875 , , 1.9 , , 3.1 , , 1.0 , , .0 , , 12.5 , - , 2001–02 , 27 , , 28.0 , , .426 , , .279 , , .814 , , 1.6 , , 1.9 , , .9 , , .0 , , 10.2 , - , 2002–03 , style="text-align:left;" ,

Ramat HaSharon Ramat HaSharon (, ) is an affluent city located on Israel's central coastal strip in the south of the Sharon, Israel, Sharon region, bordering the cities of Tel Aviv to the south, Hod HaSharon, Hod-HaSharon to the east, and Herzliya and kibbutz ...

, 27 , , 34.3 , , .530 , , .422 , , .826 , , 2.1 , , 3.9 , , 1.6 , , .0 , , 16.2 , - , 2003–04 , style="text-align:left;" rowspan=2,

, style="text-align:center;" rowspan=2, Pro A , 34 , , 18.0 , , .446 , , .405 , , .792 , , 1.5 , , 3.2 , , .5 , , .0 , , 8.1 , - , 2004–05 , 37 , , 19.8 , , .465 , , .455 , , .825 , , 1.5 , , 2.2 , , .6 , , .0 , , 10.0 , - , 2005–06 , style="text-align:left;" , Lokomotiv Kuban , style="text-align:center;" , RBSL 1 , 22 , , - , , .364 , , .463 , , .882 , , 2.0 , , 2.1 , , 1.0 , , .0 , , 11.1 , - , style="text-align:center;" , 2006 , style="text-align:left;" , BC Kyiv , style="text-align:center;" , UBSL , 16 , , - , , .525 , , .433 , , .962 , , 3.1 , , 5.1 , , .7 , , .0 , , 10.9 , - , 2006–07 , style="text-align:left;" rowspan=2, Strasbourg , style="text-align:center;" rowspan=2, Pro A , 35 , , 21.1 , , .446 , , .397 , , .878 , , 1.6 , , 2.5 , , .4 , , .0 , , 11.3 , - , 2007–08 , 25 , , 24.6 , , .373 , , .291 , , .833 , , 1.6 , , 3.0 , , .8 , , .0 , , 9.9 , - , 2008–09 , style="text-align:left;" rowspan=2, Prima Veroli , style="text-align:center;" rowspan=2, Serie A2 , 30 , , 29.3 , , .495 , , .317 , , .808 , , 2.3 , , 3.7 , , 2.2 , , .0 , , 14.2 , - , 2009–10 , 40 , , 30.7 , , .557 , , .399 , , .860 , , 2.4 , , 4.1 , , 1.2 , , .0 , , 14.8 , - , 2010–11 , style="text-align:left;" ,

, style="text-align:center;" , NBL , 22 , , 22.4 , , .500 , , .324 , , .940 , , 2.8 , , 2.5 , , .4 , , .0 , , 11.2 , - , 2011–12 , style="text-align:left;" , Enisey , style="text-align:center;" , VTB , 10 , , 21.0 , , .383 , , .412 , , .800 , , 1.4 , , 2.4 , , .4 , , .1 , , 6.8 , - , style="text-align:center;" ,

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

, style="text-align:left;" , Krka , style="text-align:center;" , 1. SKL , 16 , , 24.6 , , .491 , , .361 , , .892 , , 1.8 , , 3.5 , , 1.0 , , .0 , , 10.0 , - , 2012–13 , style="text-align:left;" rowspan=6, Hapoel Eilat , style="text-align:center;" rowspan=6, IPL , 27 , , 25.0 , , .421 , , .377 , , .891 , , 1.7 , , 2.9 , , 1.3 , , .0 , , 12.0 , - , 2013–14 , 36 , , 24.8 , , .418 , , .388 , , .881 , , 1.3 , , 3.5 , , .5 , , .0 , , 12.0 , - , 2014–15 , 44 , , 29.5 , , .417 , , .335 , , .912 , , 2.1 , , 3.6 , , 1.1 , , .0 , , 11.8 , - , 2015–16 , 37 , , 26.7 , , .363 , , .319 , , .890 , , 1.3 , , 4.0 , , .9 , , .0 , , 9.3 , - , 2016–17 , 35 , , 16.3 , , .458 , , .450 , , .903 , , .7 , , 1.2 , , .3 , , .0 , , 9.1 , - , 2017–18 , 34 , , 13.4 , , .410 , , .364 , , .833 , , .8 , , 1.6 , , .3 , , .0 , , 5.4 , - , style="text-align:center;" , 2018–19 , style="text-align:left;" , Elitzur Yavne , style="text-align:center;" , INL , 28 , , 25.4 , , .475 , , .377 , , .820 , , 1.7 , , 3.4 , , .6 , , .1 , , 10.4 , - Source
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References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Nissim, Afik 1981 births Living people Sportspeople from Rehovot BC Enisey players BC Kyiv players Basketball Nymburk players Elitzur Yavne B.C. players Hapoel Eilat basketball players Hapoel Haifa B.C. players Israeli Basketball Premier League players Israeli expatriate basketball people in France Israeli expatriate basketball people in the Czech Republic Jewish Israeli sportspeople Israeli men's basketball players Israeli people of Tunisian-Jewish descent Jewish basketball players Men's basketball players KK Krka players Maccabi Rishon LeZion basketball players Point guards SIG Strasbourg players Israeli expatriate basketball people in Italy Israeli expatriate basketball people in Russia Expatriate basketball people in Ukraine Israeli expatriate basketball people in Ukraine Gymnasia Realit alumni 21st-century Israeli sportsmen A.S. Ramat HaSharon players