Ehab Amin

Ehab Mohamed Mohamed Amin Saleh (born August 1, 1995) is an Egyptian professional basketball player for Al Ahly. He played college basketball for the Oregon Ducks. He spent his first three college seasons at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi, leading the NCAA Division I in steals and earning first-team All-Southland Conference accolades as a junior.

Amin has played for the Egypt national basketball team at both the youth and senior levels, including the under-16 team to a gold medal at the 2011 FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship. Amin received national attention in the United States when he flopped in a Sweet Sixteen game, leading a CBS reporter to call Amin "the worst of 2019 NCAA tournament."

He began his professional career with Al Ahly in Egypt as the best paid player in national basketball history. With Al Ahly, he won the BAL championship in 2023, three Egyptian Premier League titles and one Arab Club Competitions title. He was among Al Ahly squad that participated in FIBA InterContinental Cup 2023 in Singapore.

Early life and career Amin was born in Alexandria, Egypt to Mohamed and Magda Amin. He has two brothers, named Hesham and Sherif. In his childhood, Amin played soccer, basketball, and swimming. Despite the popularity of soccer in his home country, he was primarily drawn to basketball, which he started at age 6, due to its faster pace. He played for Alexandria Sporting Club for 11 years, joining the senior team at age 18. He helped Sporting win the Egyptian Basketball Super League and Egypt Basketball Cup titles in the 2012–13 season.

College career In his freshman season for Texas A&M–Corpus Christi, Amin averaged 5.2 points, 2.4 rebounds, and 1.1 steals in 15 minutes per game.

As a sophomore, Amin averaged 8.6 points, 3.9 rebounds, 1.5 assists, and 1.8 steals in 18.1 minutes per game.

In his junior season, Amin averaged 16.9 points, 6.6 rebounds, and 2.9 assists, while leading the NCAA Division I with 3.4 steals per game. During the game, Amin also broke the school record for steals in a single season. At the end of the season, after breaking the Southland Conference record for single-season steals, Amin earned Southland All-Defensive Team, first-team All-Southland, National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) all-region, and mid-major All-American honors.

Two weeks before the 2017–18 season, Amin suffered a hip injury that forced him to redshirt the year. On March 28, 2018, he announced his intentions to transfer from Texas A&M–Corpus Christi. After committing to Nevada in early May 2018, Amin chose to de-commit at the start of June. On June 29, he committed to Oregon. In his lone season at Oregon, Amin averaged 5.9 points and 1.5 steals per game.

Professional career In August 2019, Amin signed a four-year contract with Al Ahly of the Egyptian Basketball Super League. He reportedly became the most expensive player in the history of Egyptian basketball, having an offer worth £E2.7 million. Al Ahly managed to fend off rivals Zamalek who also pursued Amin.

In September 2021, Amin helped Ahly win the 2021 Arab Club Basketball Championship while being named MVP of the tournament in the process.

On April 4, 2022, Amin extended his contract with three more seasons. On May 16, 2022, Amin recorded a team-high 35 points and 8 rebounds in Game 5 of the Egyptian Super League finals, guiding his team to a 86–73 win over Al Ittihad. As such, he helped Al Ahly win the 2021–22 Egyptian Basketball Super League title and was named the league's MVP after the game. Amin finished with three MVP awards in three different competitions in the 2021–22 season.

On May 15, 2023, Amin won his third Egyptian Premier League title and his second MVP award. On May 27, 2023, Al Ahly won the 2023 BAL championship after defeating AS Douanes in the final.

On June 5, 2024, Amin was named to the All-BAL Second Team for the first time.

In the 2024–25 season, Amin won his fourth Egyptian Premier League title with Al Ahly; he was named the MVP for a third time in his career as well.

National team career Junior national team Amin played for Egypt at the 2011 FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship, leading his team to a gold medal and claiming most valuable player (MVP) honors. He averaged 18.3 points, 4.3 assists, and 3.7 steals per game. He competed at the 2012 FIBA Under-17 World Championship, averaging 15.7 points, 5.1 rebounds, and 2.4 steals per game. Later in the year, Amin competed for Egypt at the 2012 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship, guiding his team to a third-place finish while being named tournament MVP. Amin also played at Afrobasket 2021. In the 2023 World Cup, Amin averaged a team-leading 19.4 points, as well as 4.8 and 5.6 assists per game. He scored 26 points in a loss to Montenegro.

Awards and accomplishments Club Al Ahly

BAL championship (2023) Egyptian Premier League: (2022, 2023, 2025) Egypt Cup: (2022, 2023) Arab Club Basketball Championship: (2021) Sporting Alexandria Egyptian Premier League: (2013) Egypt Cup: (2013)

National team Egypt Under-18 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship Gold Medal: (2012) Egypt Under-16 FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship Gold Medal: (2011)

Individual Egyptian Super League MVP: (2022, 2023, 2025) Egypt Cup MVP: (2022) Arab Club Basketball Championship MVP: (2021) NCAA steals leader (2017) First-team All-Southland: (2017) Southland All-Defensive Team: (2017) FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship MVP: (2012) FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship MVP: (2011)

Career statistics Led NCAA Division I

College

Personal Amin's favourite player is Manu Ginóbili.