Fadi El Khatib

Fadi El Khatib (; born 1 January 1979), nicknamed the "Lebanese Tiger", and "Abu Jihad" is a Lebanese former basketball player. He began his career with Sagesse SC in the Lebanese Basketball League and went on to play for several other teams in Lebanon, as well as professionally abroad in Syria, Ukraine, and China. He was also a member of the Lebanon national team that finished runners-up in the FIBA Asia Championship three times, in 2001, 2005 and 2007. El Khatib also participated in the FIBA World Championship in 2002, 2006 and 2010.

Professional career El Khatib began playing professionally in 1997, aged 17, at Sagesse, staying with them until 2004. He then moved for one year to Al-Ittihad Aleppo in Syria, before moving back to Sagesse in 2006. In August 2022, El Khatib announced his return to Sagesse Club in a big announcement in which attended his former coach Ghassan Sarkis and former teammate Elie Mechantaf. He announced his final retirement in May 2023.

National team career In 1999, El Khatib made his debut for the Lebanon national team at the 1999 ABC Championship; Lebanon reached the quarter-finals and finished in seventh place.

Awards and honours Domestic club 11x Lebanese Basketball League champion: 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2012, 2015, 2016 8x Lebanese Basketball Cup champion: 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 3x Lebanese Basketball League Best Domestic Player: 2006, 2009, 2010 4x Lebanese Basketball League All Tournament Team: 2004, 2006, 2007, 2010 4x Lebanese Basketball League Player of the year: 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Lebanese Basketball League Forward of the year: 2007 Lebanese Basketball League scoring leader: 2010 Syrian Basketball League regular season champion: 2005

International club 4x FIBA Asia Champions Cup champion: 1999, 2000, 2004, 2011 2x FIBA Asia Champions Cup MVP: 2005, 2011 2x FIBA Asia Champions Cup All-Star Team: 2005, 2011 3x Arab Club Basketball Championship champion: 1998, 1999, 2010 Arab Club Basketball Championship All-Star Team: 2010 Arab Club Basketball Championship Best Domestic Player: 2010

National team 3x FIBA Asia Championship Silver Medal winner: 2001, 2005, 2007 2x FIBA Asia Championship All-Star Team: 2001, 2005 FIBA Asia Championship Best Forward: 2005 FIBA Asia Stankovic Cup winner: 2010 2x WABA Championship champion: 2000 West Asia MVP: 2001, 2002 Efes Pilsen World Cup 9 Bronze Medal winner: 2010