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Faisal Aden (Faysal Aadan)
Faisal Aden (born 1 January 1989) is a Somali professional basketball player who grew up in San Diego and played college basketball for Washington State. He played professionally in the United States, Italy, Germany and Kenya, and for the Somalia national team, scoring 59 points against Rwanda in 2013.
Who is he?
Faisal Aden is a Somali professional basketball player born on 1 January 1989 (Wikipedia, 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). See Somalis in San Diego.
Professional career
After the 2012 NBA draft he signed briefly with the Leuven Bears in Belgium (Wikipedia). He was picked in the 2012 NBA Development League draft and then traded to the Texas 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). 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.
Sources
- Wikipedia, Faisal Aden · en.wikipedia.org
- Washington State Cougars · web.archive.org
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