Rodrigue Akl

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Rodrigue Akl (born 30 September 1988) is a Lebanese basketball player with Hekmeh BC of the Lebanese Basketball League and is currently the captain of the team. He is a six-foot-three-inch tall point guard.^[1] In 2012, Rodrigue signed a sponsorship deal with Red Bull and became one of their official athletes.

Rodrigue Akl with Lebanese National Team

Club career

Akl previously played with Bluestars (Lebanon) and later signed with Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut for one season and then moved to Anibal Zahle. Akl signed officially with Hekmeh BC on May 2012 for a 4-year contract.

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.^[2] He was called up to the senior team for the first time at the FIBA Asia Championship 2009, where he saw action in four games for the fourth-place Lebanese team.^[3]

References

↑ Profile at basketpedya.com
↑ Profile at FIBA.com
↑ FIBA Archive

v t e Lebanon squad – 2009 FIBA Asia Championship – 4th Place

4 Jean Abdelnour 5 Jackson Vroman 6 Ali Mahmoud 7 Rony Fahed 8 Omar El Turk 9 Brian Beshara 10 Ali Kanaan 11 Rodrigue Akl 12 Daniel Faris 13 Matt Freije 14 Mazen Mneimneh 15 Fadi El Khatib Coach: Dragan Raca

v t e Lebanon squad – 2010 FIBA World Championship – 17th place

4 Abdelnour 5 Vroman 6 Mahmoud 7 Fahed 8 Rustom 9 Stephan 10 Kanaan 11 Akl 12 Fakhreddine 13 Freije 14 Rida 15 El Khatib Coach: Baldwin

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Name	Akl, Rodrigue
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Short description	Lebanese basketball player
Date of birth	1983
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