{{short description|Egyptian basketball player|bot=PearBOT 5}} '''Amir Fanan''' (born October 28, 1980) is an Egyptian basketball player currently playing for El-Ittihad El-Iskandary of the Egyptian Super League.<ref>[http://www.africabasket.com/Egypt/basketball-National-Team.asp Egypt national basketball team] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130313181827/http://www.africabasket.com/Egypt/basketball-National-Team.asp |date=2013-03-13 }} at Africabasket.com</ref> He is a member of the Egypt national basketball team.
Fanan participated with the Egypt national basketball team at the 2007 and 2009 FIBA Africa Championship.<ref>[http://libya2009.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/09/fafcm/player/p/eid/4047/pid/32655/sid/6599/tid/276/profile.html Profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090817213402/http://libya2009.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/09/fafcm/player/p/eid/4047/pid/32655/sid/6599/tid/276/profile.html |date=2009-08-17 }} at FIBA.com</ref> Fanan averaged 13.6 points per game and was the leading scorer on the 2009 Egypt team that finished a disappointing tenth place; this was Egypt's worst ever finish in 19 appearances at the tournament and had some fans calling for a complete dismantling of the team.<ref>[http://www.africabasket.com/Egypt/basketball-National-Team.asp Egypt national team stats] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130313181827/http://www.africabasket.com/Egypt/basketball-National-Team.asp |date=2013-03-13 }} at Africabasket.com</ref> He also competed for Egypt at the 2001 World Championship for Young Men and the 1999 World Championship for Junior Men.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://libya2009.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/09/fafcm/player/p/eid/4047/pid/32655/sid/6599/tid/276/profile.html |title=FIBA profile |access-date=2009-09-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090817213402/http://libya2009.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/09/fafcm/player/p/eid/4047/pid/32655/sid/6599/tid/276/profile.html |archive-date=2009-08-17 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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