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Marouan Kechrid (born 2 June 1981) is a Tunisian-French former basketball player and current coach. After starting his career with JS Kairouan, Kechrid played the majority of his career in Tunisia and won five CNA championships over an eighteen-year span. He also played for
Ittihad Tanger Ittihad Riadi Tanger (; ), often shortened to IR Tanger or the abbreviation IRT, is a Moroccan football club based in Tangier, that competes in Botola, Morocco's top professional football league. The club was founded in 1936 as Unión Deportiva ...
and Maghreb de Fes in the Moroccan Division Excellence. Kechrid was a member of the Tunisia national basketball team that finished third at the 2009 FIBA Africa Championship to qualify for the country's first
FIBA World Championship The FIBA Basketball World Cup is an international basketball competition between the senior men's national teams of the members of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA), the sport's global governing body. It takes place every four ye ...
. Kechrid averaged 9.8 PPG and 1.9 RPG for the Tunisians during the tournament. He also competed for the Tunisians in the
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and 2007 FIBA Africa Championship. He was a member of the Tunisian team that took part in the
2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
. Kechrid started his coaching career in 2021 as an assistant with US Monastir, and was promoted to head coach after a year. In October 2022, Kechrid and Monastir agreed to terminate their contract.


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1981 births Living people Basketball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics French men's basketball players Olympic basketball players for Tunisia Sportspeople from Dreux Point guards Shooting guards Tunisian expatriate basketball people in Morocco Tunisian men's basketball players 2010 FIBA World Championship players Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Tunisia Mediterranean Games medalists in basketball Competitors at the 2013 Mediterranean Games US Monastir basketball coaches Club Africain basketball players US Monastir basketball players ES Radès basketball players 21st-century French sportsmen {{Tunisia-basketball-bio-stub