Wael Arakji

Wael Arakji
No. 16 – Al Riyadi
Position	Point guard
League	Lebanese Basketball League; BCL Asia
Personal information
Born	4 September 1994 (age 29); Beirut, Lebanon
Nationality	Lebanese
Listed height	192 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Listed weight	90 kg (198 lb)
Career information
NBA draft	2015: undrafted
Playing career	2012–present
Career history
2012–2019	Al Riyadi
2017–2018	→ Beijing Royal Fighters
2020	Al-Shamal
2021	US Monastir
2021–2022	Al-Jahra
2022	Beirut Club
2022–present	Al Riyadi
Career highlights and awards
	2× FIBA Asia Champions Cup / BCL Asia champion (2017, 2024); BCL Asia MVP (2024); WASL Champion (2024); FIBA Asia Cup MVP (2022); FIBA Asia Cup All-Tournament Team (2022); All-BAL First Team (2021); 8× Lebanese League champion (2014-2017, 2019, 2022–2024); Qatari League champion (2020); Tunisian League champion (2021);
Men's basketball
Representing Lebanon
FIBA Asia Cup
Arab Basketball Championship

Wael Arakji (Arabic: وائل عرقجي; born 4 September 1994) is a Lebanese basketball player for Lebanese Basketball League club Al Riyadi and the Lebanon national team. He is nicknamed "the Fearsome" (Arabic: الرهيب, romanized: al-rahib).^[1]

At the club level, he also played in the Chinese Basketball Association and participated in the NBA Summer League for the Dallas Mavericks in 2019. For the national team, Arakji won the MVP award at the 2022 FIBA Asia Cup, where Lebanon finished runners-up.

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