Ehab Mohamed Mohamed Amin Saleh (born August 1, 1995) is an Egyptian professional

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player for

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. He played college basketball for the

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. He spent his first three college seasons at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi, leading the

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in steals and earning first-team All-

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accolades as a junior. Amin has played for the

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at both the youth and senior levels, including the under-16 team to a gold medal at the 2011 FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship. Amin received national attention in the United States when he flopped in a Sweet Sixteen game, leading a CBS reporter to call Amin "the worst of 2019 NCAA tournament." He began his professional career with Al Ahly in Egypt as the best paid player in national basketball history. With Al Ahly, he won the BAL championship in

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, three

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titles and one Arab Club Competitions title. He was among Al Ahly squad that participated in FIBA InterContinental Cup 2023 in

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Early life and career

Amin was born in

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, Egypt to Mohamed and Magda Amin. He has two brothers, named Hesham and Sherif. In his childhood, Amin played

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, basketball, and

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. Despite the popularity of soccer in his home country, he was primarily drawn to basketball, which he started at age 6, due to its faster pace. He played for Alexandria Sporting Club for 11 years, joining the senior team at age 18. He helped Sporting win the Egyptian Basketball Super League and Egypt Basketball Cup titles in the 2012–13 season. In addition, he attended Riada American School in Alexandria. Before the 2013–14 school year, Amin moved to the United States to attend St. John's Northwestern Military Academy, a

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but was sidelined for the entire season after breaking his back. Despite the injury, he was offered a scholarship to play

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for Texas A&M–Corpus Christi under head coach Willis Wilson. He eventually committed to the team and enrolled at the school on June 1, 2014.

College career

In his freshman season for Texas A&M–Corpus Christi, Amin averaged 5.2 points, 2.4 rebounds, and 1.1 steals in 15 minutes per game. On February 15, 2015, in a victory over Stephen F. Austin, he recorded a season-high 22 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, and 3 steals. As a sophomore, Amin averaged 8.6 points, 3.9 rebounds, 1.5 assists, and 1.8 steals in 18.1 minutes per game. He posted a season-best 26 points, 9 rebounds, and 3 steals in a January 19, 2016 win over

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. In his junior season, Amin averaged 16.9 points, 6.6 rebounds, and 2.9 assists, while leading the NCAA Division I with 3.4 steals per game. He had his best performance of the season on February 15, 2017, in an 81–70 win over McNeese State, notching career-highs of 31 points and 15 rebounds. During the game, Amin also broke the school record for steals in a single season. He also recorded a career-best 7 steals on two separate occasions as a junior. At the end of the season, after breaking the

record for single-season steals, Amin earned Southland All-Defensive Team, first-team All-Southland,

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(NABC) all-region, and

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All-American honors. Two weeks before the 2017–18 season, Amin suffered a hip injury that forced him to

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the year. On March 28, 2018, he announced his intentions to transfer from Texas A&M–Corpus Christi. After committing to

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in early May 2018, Amin chose to de-commit at the start of June. On June 29, he committed to

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. In his lone season at Oregon, Amin averaged 5.9 points and 1.5 steals per game.

Professional career

In August 2019, Amin signed a four-year contract with

of the Egyptian Basketball Super League. He reportedly became the most expensive player in the history of Egyptian basketball, having an offer worth £E2.7 million. Al Ahly managed to fend off rivals

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who also pursued Amin. In September 2021, Amin helped Ahly win the 2021 Arab Club Basketball Championship while being named MVP of the tournament in the process. On March 14, he won his second

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and was named MVP of the tournament. On April 4, 2022, Amin extended his contract with three more seasons. On May 16, 2022, Amin recorded a team-high 35 points and 8 rebounds in Game 5 of the Egyptian Super League finals, guiding his team to a 86–73 win over Al Ittihad. As such, he helped Al Ahly win the 2021–22 Egyptian Basketball Super League title and was named the league's

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after the game. Amin finished with three MVP awards in three different competitions in the 2021–22 season. On May 15, 2023, Amin won his third Egyptian Premier League title and his second MVP award. On May 27, 2023, Al Ahly won the 2023 BAL championship after defeating AS Douanes in the

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. On June 5, 2024, Amin was named to the All-BAL Second Team for the first time. In the 2024–25 season, Amin won his fourth Egyptian Premier League title with Al Ahly; he was named the MVP for a third time in his career as well.

National team career

Junior national team

Amin played for

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at the 2011 FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship, leading his team to a

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and claiming

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(MVP) honors. In his national team debut on July 8, 2011, he recorded 32 points, 3 assists, and 5 steals to coast past

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, 108–54. He averaged 18.3 points, 4.3 assists, and 3.7 steals per game. He competed at the

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, averaging 15.7 points, 5.1 rebounds, and 2.4 steals per game. Later in the year, Amin competed for

at the

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, guiding his team to a third-place finish while being named tournament MVP.

Senior national team

Amin debuted for the Egypt senior national team at

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. He averaged 11 points, 2.7 rebounds, 2 assists, and 2.4 steals per game. Amin also played at

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. In the 2023 World Cup, Amin averaged a team-leading 19.4 points, as well as 4.8 and 5.6 assists per game. He scored 26 points in a loss to

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Awards and accomplishments

Club

;Al Ahly * BAL championship (

) *

: (

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) *

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: (2022, 2023) *

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: (

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) ;Sporting Alexandria *Egyptian Premier League: (2013) *Egypt Cup: (2013)

National team

;Egypt Under-18 * FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship Gold Medal: (

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) ;Egypt Under-16 * FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship Gold Medal: (

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)

Individual

* Egyptian Super League MVP: (

) *

MVP: (2022) *

: (

) * NCAA steals leader (

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) *First-team All- Southland: (2017) *Southland All-Defensive Team: (2017) * FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship MVP: (

) * FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship MVP: (

)

Career statistics

College

, - , style="text-align:left;", 2014–15 , style="text-align:left;", Texas A&M–CC , 33 , , 5 , , 15.0 , , .427 , , .192 , , .690 , , 2.4 , , .8 , , 1.1 , , .2 , , 5.2 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2015–16 , style="text-align:left;", Texas A&M–CC , 33 , , 0 , , 18.1 , , .476 , , .368 , , .716 , , 3.9 , , 1.5 , , 1.8 , , .2 , , 8.6 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2016–17 , style="text-align:left;", Texas A&M–CC , 36 , , 34 , , 33.7 , , .462 , , .289 , , .716 , , 6.6 , , 2.9 , , style="background:#cfecec;", 3.4* , , .4 , , 16.9 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2018–19 , style="text-align:left;",

, 37 , , 6 , , 17.9 , , .374 , , .317 , , .646 , , 3.1 , , 1.2 , , 1.5 , , .1 , , 5.9 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 139 , , 45 , , 21.3 , , .443 , , .298 , , .702 , , 4.0 , , 1.6 , , 2.0 , , .2 , , 9.2

Personal

Amin's favourite player is

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References

External links

Oregon bioEurobasket.com profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Amin, Ehab 1995 births Living people Egyptian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Egyptian men's basketball players Oregon Ducks men's basketball players Point guards Basketball players from Alexandria Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Islanders men's basketball players Al Ahly basketball players Alexandria Sporting Club players 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup players 21st-century Egyptian sportsmen