Atef Maoua (born January 28, 1981) is a Tunisian basketball player. He currently plays for J.S. Kairouan in the Tunisian Basketball League. He is a six-foot-six-inch, 218 pound guard-forward. Maoua is also a long-time member of the

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. He made his debut for the national team at the

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and has since played for the team at both the

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and

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. He averaged 9.2 points and 2.8 rebounds per game for the Tunisian side at the

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to help the team to the bronze medal and its first ever trip to the

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1981 births Living people Tunisian men's basketball players Shooting guards Small forwards 2010 FIBA World Championship players Tunisian expatriate basketball people in Spain 20th-century Tunisian people 21st-century Tunisian sportsmen {{Tunisia-basketball-bio-stub