Nizar Knioua (born June 8, 1983) is a Tunisian professional

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player.

Pro career

Knioua has played pro club basketball with

Stade Nabeulien Stade Nabeulien is a Tunisian professional basketball club from Nabeul. The club competes in the Championnat National A. Notable players of the team include senior men's Tunisian national basketball team members Mohamed Hdidane, Nizar Knioua, ...

and

Club Africain Club Africain (), known as CA for short, is a Tunisian professional football club based in Tunis. The club was founded in 1920 and its colours are red and white. Their home stadium, Hammadi Agrebi Stadium, has a capacity of 60,000 spectators. ...

in the Tunisian Basketball League.

Tunisian national team

Knioua was a member of the senior men's

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that finished third at the

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, to qualify for the country's first

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. Providing depth off the bench, Knioua scored 16 points and grabbed 15 rebounds, while playing in eight games for the Tunisians during the tournament. He has also competed for the Tunisians in the 2007 FIBA Africa Championship.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Knioua, Nizar 1983 births Living people Basketball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Point guards Olympic basketball players for Tunisia Stade Nabeulien basketball players Tunisian men's basketball players Shooting guards Étoile Sportive du Sahel basketball players People from Nabeul Sportspeople from Nabeul Governorate 2010 FIBA World Championship players Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Tunisia Mediterranean Games medalists in basketball Competitors at the 2013 Mediterranean Games 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup players 21st-century Tunisian sportsmen