Mohamed Ali Haidar (, born in Lebanon on 20 July 1990) is a Lebanese-Canadian

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player for

Beirut Club Beirut Club () is a professional basketball team based in Beirut, Lebanon, who plays in the Lebanese Basketball League (LBL), the top-flight of basketball in Lebanon. Home games are played in the Chiyah Stadium. The club was first promoted to ...

of the

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(LBL).

Career

Haidar born in

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to Mohammad and Mona Haidar. He has four brothers and two sisters. He immigrated with his family to Canada in 2006, where he studied at J.L. Forster Secondary School in

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, playing starting 2006–2007 season in the high school's Forster Spartans basketball team. Upon graduation from Forster, he was offered a scholarship at

Michigan Technological University Michigan Technological University (Michigan Tech, MTU, or simply Tech) is a public research university in Houghton, Michigan, United States. It was founded in 1885 as the Michigan Mining School, the first post-secondary institution in the Uppe ...

in Houghton,

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, USA specializing in an engineering double major starting 2010 while playing for the

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basketball program playing in the

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(GLIAC) in NCAA Division II.

In Lebanon

The

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invited Haidar for summer tryouts in June 2011. He was one of 25 players competing for 12 spots on the national team. He had his international debut playing in a regional tournament in Jordan, representing Lebanon. Between 2013 and 2018, he played professionally in the Lebanese basketball club

Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut Al Riyadi Club Beirut (), commonly known simply as Al Riyadi, is a multi-sports club team based in Manara, a district in Beirut, Lebanon. Founded in 1934, the multi-sports club, which is mainly known for their basketball program, also plays p ...

. In 2018, he moved to play for

. In the 2021–22 season, he moved to Dynamo Beirut to reach the Final Four and went back to Beirut Club in the 2022–23 season, having the chance to play in Al Wasl Tournament.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Haidar, Ali 1990 births Living people Basketball people from Ontario Canadian expatriate basketball people in the United States Canadian men's basketball players Power forwards Lebanese emigrants to Canada Lebanese men's basketball players Michigan Tech Huskies men's basketball players Place of birth missing (living people) Saskatchewan Rattlers players Small forwards Al Riyadi Club Beirut basketball players Sportspeople of Lebanese descent CS Maristes players 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup players 21st-century Canadian sportsmen Beirut Club players