# Faisal Aden (Faysal Aadan)

> Faisal Aden (born 1989): Somali basketball player from San Diego who scored 59 for Somalia in 2013.

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## Who is he?

Faisal Aden is a Somali professional basketball player born on 1 January 1989 ([Wikipedia, Faisal Aden](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faisal_Aden)). He was born in Somalia and moved to San Diego at the age of seven (same source). He played college basketball for Washington State ([Washington State Cougars](https://web.archive.org/web/20121119100303/http://www.wsucougars.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/aden_faisal00.html)). See [Somalis in San Diego](/en/diaspora/san-diego/).

## Professional career

After the 2012 NBA draft he signed briefly with the Leuven Bears in [Belgium](/en/diaspora/belgium/) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faisal_Aden)). He was picked in the 2012 NBA Development League draft and then traded to the [Texas](/en/diaspora/dallas-fort-worth/) Legends (same source). In February 2013 he signed with Virtus Roma in Italy, and later spent a preseason with SC Rasta Vechta in Germany (same source). He later played for the Kenyan club KPA in the qualifying rounds of the Basketball Africa League (same source).

## Somalia national team

He chose to play for Somalia ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faisal_Aden)). On 25 January 2013 he scored 59 points in an 83-86 loss to Rwanda in qualifying for the 2013 FIBA Africa Championship (same source).

## In short

A San Diego-raised basketball player who has played on three continents and for Somalia.

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