{{Short description|Lebanese basketball player (born 1987)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox basketball biography | image = | caption = Elie Rustom (Red) facing Andy Rautins and Jermaine Bucknor in 2010 FIBA World Championship | position = Guard/forward | nicknames = | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 6 | weight_lb = | weight_kg = | league = Lebanese Basketball League | team = Sagesse SC | number = 9 | nationality = Lebanese | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|5|2|df=y}} | birth_place = | career_start = 2004 | years1 = 2004–2007 | team1 = Blue Stars | years2 = 2007–2012 | team2 = Mouttahed | years3 = 2012–2016 | team3 = Sagesse | years4 = 2016–2017 | team4 = Mouttahed | years5 = 2017–2018 | team5 = Champville | years6 = 2018–2019 | team6 = Homenetmen | years7 = 2019–2020 | team7 = Beirut Club | years8 = 2020–2022 | team8 = Champville | years9 = 2022–2023 | team9 = Beirut Club | years10 = 2023 | team10 = Dynamo Lebanon | years11 = 2024 | team11 = Champville | years12 = 2025 | team12 = Al Nasr | years13 = 2025-present | team13 = Sagesse Club }} '''Elie Rustom''' ({{Langx|ar|ندي نعيمه}}; born 2 May 1987) is a Lebanese basketball player for the Sagesse Club (Not official) of the Lebanese Basketball League. He is also a member of the Lebanon national basketball team. He previously played with Blue Stars.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.abdogedeon.com/volleyball/NOUJOUM/elie%20rustom.html|title=Elie Rustom}}</ref>
==Basketball career== Rustom started to play basketball with Blue Stars youth team. He played two years for the youth team. In 2007 he signed with Al Mouttahed Tripoli.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}
In 2009 Rustom was called for the national team and participated in the 2009 William Jones Cup but was not called up to the final squad.<ref>[http://sawte.com/vb/sports-center/3651-william-jones-cup.html William Jones Cup] {{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
In 2010 he was also called by the national team. He played in 2010 William Jones Cup<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.asia-basket.com/William-Jones-Cup/basketball.aspx?NewsID=196156|title = William Jones Cup Basketball, News, Teams, Scores, Stats, Standings, Awards - asia-basket}}</ref> and FIBA Asia Stanković Cup 2010.<ref>[http://beirut2010.fibaasia.net/Team_Details.aspx?id=25 Team Details]</ref> He was in the starting 5 in all Lebanon's games in FIBA Asia Stanković Cup 2010 and also the 2010 FIBA World Championship. He was in the starting 5 for Mouttahed during the 2011 final four under coach Paul Caughter.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Apr/20/Champville-take-Game-1-of-Final-Four-against-Mouttahed.ashx#axzz1KkSot3S0 |title=Lebanon Daily Star |access-date=27 April 2011 |archive-date=7 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007005618/http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Apr/20/Champville-take-Game-1-of-Final-Four-against-Mouttahed.ashx#axzz1KkSot3S0 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
In 2011 he was called to the national team but he was injured during the preparations for the 2011 FIBA Asia Championship and could not make it to the final squad.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}
In 2012 Rustom signed for Lebanese Sagesse.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}
In 2016 he returned to his boyhood club Mouttahed, after spending four years with the Sagesse.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}
In 2017 he signed with Champville.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}
In 2018 Rustom sign with the defending champions Homenetmen.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}
In 2022, Rustom signed with defending champions Beirut Club.<ref>{{cite web |title=Rustom comes back to Beirut Club |url=https://www.asia-basket.com/Lebanon/news/753615/Rustom-comes-back-to-Beirut-Club |website=Eurobasket.com |access-date=4 January 2025 |date=29 June 2022}}</ref>
In January 2025, Rustom signed with the Al Nasr of the UAE National Basketball League.<ref>{{cite web |title=Elias Rustom (ex Champville) agreed terms with Al Naser |url=https://www.asia-basket.com/Lebanon/news/910033/Elias-Rustom-ex-Champville-agreed-terms-with-Al-Naser |website=Eurobasket.com |access-date=4 January 2025 |date=2 January 2025}}</ref>
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