Firas Lahyani (born 16 July 1991) is a Tunisian

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player for US Monastir and the Tunisian national team. He is nicknamed "Air Tunisia", because of his athletic style of play and dunking abilities.

Professional career

Lahyani started his career with Sfax RS. In 2003, Lahyani signed with US Monastir. He won four consecutive national league titles with Monastir from 2019 to 2022. On 28 May, he scored a team-high 21 points on 6-9 shooting in the

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to help Monastir win its first-ever BAL championship. In August 2022, he joined

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, ending his 9-year tenure at Monastir. He returned to Monastir ahead of the

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, in February 2023. In October 2023, Lahyani joined the Moroccan club AS Salé in the 2023 Arab Club Basketball Championship. After the Arab Club Basketball Championship, Firas Lahyani went back to US Monastir and ends up winning the Championship title of the Tunisian League 2023-2024 season.

National team career

Lahyani participated with the Tunisia national team at the

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BAL career statistics

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References

1991 births Living people Tunisian men's basketball players Sportspeople from Sfax Power forwards US Monastir basketball players Smouha SC basketball players AS Salé (basketball) players 21st-century Tunisian sportsmen {{Tunisia-basketball-bio-stub