Saad Abdulrahman Ali (born 2 May 1985) is a former professional

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player. He played for

Al-Sadd Al Sadd Sports Club ( ar, نادي السد الرياضي, lit=Dam Sports Club) is a Qatari sports club based in the Al Sadd district of the city of Doha. It is best known for its association football team, which competes in the ...

of the

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. He was also a member of the

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. Saad competed for the

at the

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and

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/ref> He also competed for Qatar at their only

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performance to date, in 2006, where he averaged 12.8 points and 2.4 assists per game. In 2009, Abdulrahman had his best individual international tournament to date, averaging 17.8 points per game for the Qataris. He finished in the top ten leaders in points, minutes and steals per game en route to being named to the All-Tournament third team.Asia-basket.com All-Tournament teams
However, despite his efforts, Qatar finished sixth in the tournament and failed to qualify for their second consecutive FIBA World Championship.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Abdulrahman, Saad 1985 births Living people Qatari men's basketball players Asian Games medalists in basketball Basketball players at the 2006 Asian Games Basketball players at the 2010 Asian Games Point guards Asian Games silver medalists for Qatar Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Place of birth missing (living people) Al Sadd Doha basketball players 2006 FIBA World Championship players