Rodrigue Akl (born 30 September 1988) is a Lebanese

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...

player for

Beirut Club Beirut Club () is a basketball team based in Beirut, Lebanon, who plays in the Lebanese Basketball League (LBL), the top-flight of basketball in Lebanon. Home games of the club are played in the Stade Nouhad Naufal. The club was first promoted ...

of the

Lebanese Basketball League The Lebanese Basketball League is the top-tier professional men's basketball league in Lebanon. It is organized annually as a national championship with playoffs and a national cup by the Lebanese Basketball Federation (FLB). Currently, the leag ...

. He is a six-foot-one-inch tall point guard, and is generally regarded as one of the best players of Lebanon at his position.

Club career

Akl started playing basketball when he was eight years old, playing for

Champville SC Champville SC ( ar, نادي الشانفيل الرياضي) is a Lebanese basketball team from Dik El Mehdi, Lebanon, which competes in the Lebanese Basketball League. History In Game 4 of the 2011–2012 Finals, Champville defeated Anibal Zahl ...

's youth teams. Akl then made his professional debut when he played for Blue Stars and later signed with

Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut Al Riyadi Club Beirut ( ar, نادي الرياضي بيروت, lit=Sporting Club Beirut) is a multi-sports club based in Manara, a district in Beirut, Lebanon. Founded in 1934, the basketball team competes in the Lebanese Basketball League. ...

for one season and then moved to

Anibal Zahle Anibal Zahle ( ar, أنيبال زحلة) is a Lebanese sports club most known for its basketball program that played in first division basketball for many years since 1950. It is located Zahlé, Lebanon, which is a Lebanese sports club most known ...

. Akl signed officially with

Hekmeh BC Sagesse Sports Club (), known as Hekmeh ( ar, الحكمة) in Arabic, is a Lebanese sports club based in Beirut. The basketball team was established in 1992, as part of the Club Sagesse established in 1943 with mainly the football (soccer) tea ...

in May 2012 for a 4-year contract. In June 2016, Akl signed with

NLEX Road Warriors The NLEX Road Warriors is a professional basketball team owned by NLEX Corporation, a subsidiary of Metro Pacific Investments Corporation, currently playing in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) since the 2014–2015 season. The Roa ...

of the

Philippine Basketball Association The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines composed of twelve company-branded franchised teams. Founded in 1975, it is the first professional basketball league in Asia and is the se ...

as the team's Asian import for the

2016 PBA Governors' Cup The 2016 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Governors' Cup, also known as the 2016 Oppo-PBA Governors' Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the third and last conference of the 2015–16 PBA season. Due to the preparations of the Philippines me ...

International career

Akl is also a member of the Lebanon national basketball team. He competed with the junior national team at the

FIBA Under-19 World Championship 2007 The 2007 FIBA Under-19 World Championship (Serbian: Светско првенство до 19 година ФИБА до 19 година) was the 8th edition of the FIBA U19 World Championship. It was held in Novi Sad, Serbia from 12 to 22 July ...

. He was called up to the senior team for the first time at the

FIBA Asia Championship 2009 The 2009 FIBA Asia Championship for Men was the biennial Asian continental championship and also served as the FIBA Asia qualifying tournament for the 2010 FIBA World Championship. The tournament was held from August 6 to 16, 2009 in Tianjin, Chin ...

, where he saw action in four games for the fourth-place Lebanese team.FIBA Archive
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* 1988 births Living people Lebanese men's basketball players NLEX Road Warriors players Philippine Basketball Association imports Point guards 2010 FIBA World Championship players Lebanese expatriate basketball people in the Philippines Sagesse SC (basketball) players Al Riyadi Club Beirut basketball players {{Lebanon-basketball-bio-stub