Nili Natcho

Nili Natkho (; February 18, 1982 – November 5, 2004) was a Circassian-Israeli basketball player who played for Maccabi Raanana and Elitzur Ramla. Natkho died in a car accident at the age of 22.

Her cousin is the prominent Circassian-Israeli footballer Bibras Natkho.

Biography Natkho was born the Circassian village of Kfar Kama in northern Israel, to a Circassian-Muslim family.

Natkho played in a junior Futsal team in the village of Kfar Tavor where she was identified as having great potential. She was referred to a training camp at the Wingate Institute and the family, recognizing her athletic abilities, supported her as much as they could. When she turned 14, the family moved to Even Yehuda so she could join Even Yehuda's high school basketball team for girls.

In her first season, Natkho led the team to its first title in the history of the team - the State Cup. The following year, she transferred to Ostrovsky High School in Ra'anana, where played on the school team for three years. During her last year in high school, in 2000, her team won the national high school basketball championship.