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Elie Rustom (; born 2 May 1987) is a Lebanese
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player for the Sagesse Club (Not official) of the
Lebanese Basketball League The Lebanese Basketball League is recognized as the top-tier professional men's basketball list of basketball leagues, league in Lebanon. It is organized annually as a national championship with playoffs and a national cup by the Lebanese Basketb ...
. He is also a member of the Lebanon national basketball team. He previously played with Blue Stars.


Basketball career

Rustom started to play
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with Blue Stars youth team. He played two years for the youth team. In 2007 he signed with
Al Mouttahed Tripoli Al Mouttahed () also known by its name United Club Tripoli is a Lebanese sports club most known for its basketball program playing in the second division. It is located Tripoli, Lebanon Lebanon, officially the Republic of Lebanon, is a ...
. In 2009 Rustom was called for the
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and participated in the
2009 William Jones Cup The 2009 William Jones Cup was the 31st tournament of the William Jones Cup that took place in Taipei from 12 July–26 July. Men Standings Results Women Preliminary round Knockout round ...
but was not called up to the final squad. In 2010 he was also called by the
national team A national sports team (commonly known as a national team or a national side) is a team that represents a nation, rather than a particular club or region, in an international sport. The term is most commonly associated with team sports, for exa ...
. He played in
2010 William Jones Cup The 2010 William Jones Cup was the 32nd tournament which took place in Taipei from July 14–20. Men Standings Results All-tournament team * Lee Hsueh-lin * Yuta Tabuse * Samad Nikkhah Bahrami (MVP) * Takuya Kawam ...
and FIBA Asia Stanković Cup 2010. He was in the starting 5 in all Lebanon's games in FIBA Asia Stanković Cup 2010 and also the
2010 FIBA World Championship The 2010 FIBA World Championship was the 16th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship contested by the List of men's national basketball teams, men's national teams. The tournament ran from 28 August to 12 Septem ...
. He was in the starting 5 for Mouttahed during the 2011 final four under coach Paul Caughter. In 2011 he was called to the national team but he was injured during the preparations for the
2011 FIBA Asia Championship The 2011 FIBA Asia Championship for Men is the intercontinental championship for basketball organized by FIBA Asia that doubles as a qualifying tournament for the men's basketball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, England, United ...
and could not make it to the final squad. In 2012 Rustom signed for Lebanese
Sagesse ''Sagesse'' () is a volume of French poetry by Paul Verlaine. First published in 1881 (see 1880), it was important in the symbolist and modernist Modernism was an early 20th-century movement in literature, visual arts, and music that emph ...
. In 2016 he returned to his boyhood club Mouttahed, after spending four years with the Sagesse. In 2017 he signed with Champville. In 2018 Rustom sign with the defending champions
Homenetmen Homenetmen (, , short for , meaning ''Armenian General Athletic Union'') is a pan-Armenian diaspora organization devoted to sport and scouting. The motto of Homenetmen is "Rise and Raise" (Elevate Yourself and Elevate Others with You) ( ''Partsrat ...
. In 2022, Rustom signed with defending champions Beirut Club. In January 2025, Rustom signed with the Al Nasr of the
UAE National Basketball League The UAE National Basketball League is the top professional basketball league in the United Arab Emirates. The league was founded in 2013 and features 7 teams.1987 births Living people Lebanese men's basketball players Basketball players from Beirut Shooting guards Small forwards 2010 FIBA World Championship players Sagesse SC (basketball) players 21st-century Lebanese sportsmen Al Mouttahed Tripoli players Dynamo Lebanon players CS Maristes players