{{Short description|Egyptian basketball player}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Samir Gouda | image = | image_size = | caption = | number = | team = Zamalek | position = Assistant coach | league = Egyptian Basketball Super League<br/>Basketball Africa League | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1972|5|3}} | birth_place = Dakahlia, Egypt | death_date = | death_place = | nationality = <!-- use only when necessary per WP:INFONAT --> | height_m = 2.18 | weight_lb = 285 | high_school = | college = | draft_year = | draft_round = | draft_pick = | draft_team = | draft_league = | career_start = 1994 | career_end = 2010 | career_position = Center | career_number = 14 | coach_start = 2020 | coach_end = | referee_start = | referee_end = | years1 = 1994–1995 | team1 = Piratas de Quebradillas | years2 = 1995–1996 | team2 = Aris Thessaloniki | years3 = 1996–1997 | team3 = VAO | years4 = 1997–1998 | team4 = Iraklio | years5 = 1998–1999 | team5 = Peristeri | years6 = 1999–2000 | team6 = Al Riyadi Beirut | years7 = 2000–2001 | team7 = Zamalek | years8 = 2001–2002 | team8 = Apollon Limassol | years9 = 2002–2003 | team9 = Fenerbahçe | years10 = 2003–2004 | team10 = Apollon Limassol | years11 = 2004–2005 | team11 = Sagesse | years12 = 2005–2006 | team12 = Al-Ittihad Aleppo | years13 = 2006–2007 | team13 = Al Wasl | years14 = 2007 | team14 = Achilleas Kaimakli | years15 = 2007–2008 | team15 = Zamalek | years16 = 2008–2010 | team16 = Al Ahly | years17 = | team17 = | years18 = | team18 = | years19 = | team19 = | years20 = | team20 = | years21 = | team21 = | years22 = | team22 = | years23 = | team23 = | years24 = | team24 = | years25 = | team25 = | years26 = | team26 = | years27 = | team27 = | years28 = | team28 = | years29 = | team29 = | years30 = | team30 = | years31 = | team31 = | years32 = | team32 = | years33 = | team33 = | years34 = | team34 = | years35 = | team35 = | years36 = | team36 = | years37 = | team37 = | years38 = | team38 = | years39 = | team39 = | years40 = | team40 = | cyears1 = 2020–present | cteam1 = Zamalek (assistant) | stat1label = | stat1value = | stat2label = | stat2value = | stat3label = | stat3value = | stats_league = | bbr = | bbr_wnba = | nbanew = | wnba_profile = | cstats_league1 = | cwin1 = | closs1 = | cstats_league2 = | cwin2 = | closs2 = | cstats_league3 = | cwin3 = | closs3 = | cstats_league4 = | cwin4 = | closs4 = | cstats_league5 = | cwin5 = | closs5 = | HOF = | HOF_player = | HOF_coach = | womensHOF = | FIBA_HOF_player = | CBBASKHOF_year = | highlights = '''As player:''' *Greek League All-Star (1997) '''As assistant coach:''' *BAL champion (2021) | medal_templates = {{MedalSport|Men's basketball}} {{MedalCountry|{{bk|EGY}}}} {{MedalCompetition|FIBA AfroBasket}} {{MedalBronze|2001 Morocco | }} {{MedalBronze|2003 Egypt | }} }} '''Samir Mahmoud Ahmed Gouda''' (born 3 May 1972) is an Egyptian-Ukrainian<ref>[https://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Samir-Gouda/8476 Samir Gouda basketball profile Nationality: Ukraine-Egypt.]</ref><ref>[https://basketball.afrobasket.com/coach/Samir-Gouda/75877 Samir Gouda basketball profile Nationality: Ukraine.]</ref> former professional basketball player and current coach. He currently serves as an assistant coach for Zamalek of the Egyptian Super League. During his playing career, at a height of {{height|m=2.18}} tall, and a weight of 129 kg (285 lbs.)<ref>[https://www.bsnpr.com/jugadores/jugador?id=2135&e=7 Gouda, Samir 7'2" 285.]</ref> Gouda played at the center position. As a player, Gouda represented his country's national team, as he was a member of the senior Egyptian national team.
==Professional career== Gouda started his pro club career in 1994, with the Piratas de Quebradillas, in Puerto Rico's Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN) league.<ref>{{cite news |title=ياسر عبد الوهاب: فزت وسمير جودة ببطولة إفريقيا 1992.. ونكررها الآن|url=https://www.filgoal.com/articles/412153/|access-date=19 January 2022 |work=FilGoal|date=30 May 2021|language=ar}}</ref> In 1995, he moved to Greece to play, and he would go on to spend four seasons playing there, with four different teams. In 1999, Gouda joined the Lebanese League club Al Riyadi Beirut, and he joined the Egyptian club Zamalek, in 2000.
In 2003, Gouda signed with the Turkish Super League club Fenerbahçe.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fenerbahçe'ye Mısırlı pivot |url=https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/fenerbahce-ye-misirli-pivot-38536525 |website=www.hurriyet.com.tr |access-date=20 January 2022 |language=tr}}</ref> Gouda finished his pro club playing career back in Egypt, with Al Ahly, in 2010.
==National team career== Gouda played with the senior men's Egyptian national team at the 1994 FIBA World Championship.<ref>{{cite web |title=Samir Mahmoud Ahmed Gouda profile, World Championship for Men 1994 |url=http://www.madrid2008.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/19198/sid/2913/tid/276/_/1994_World_Championship_for_Men/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020095427/http://www.madrid2008.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/19198/sid/2913/tid/276/_/1994_World_Championship_for_Men/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 20, 2020 |website=FIBA.COM |access-date=19 January 2022}}</ref> He tied a tournament record for the most rebounds in a game, with 16 rebounds, in a 76–69 win over Canada.<ref>{{cite news |title=African players who made a splash at World Cup |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/news/african-players-who-made-a-splash-at-world-cup |access-date=19 January 2022 |work=FIBA.basketball |language=en}}</ref> Gouda also won bronze medals with Egypt at the 2001 FIBA Africa Championship and the 2003 FIBA Africa Championship.
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==External links== *[https://basketball.afrobasket.com/coach/Samir-Gouda/75877 Samir Gouda] at afrobasket.com *[https://web.archive.org/web/20230217220408/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/lid_38135_cp/1/pid/19198/q/samir%20gouda/rpp//_//players.html Samir Gouda] at archive.fiba.com *[https://www.bsnpr.com/jugadores/jugador?id=2135&e=7 Samir Gouda] at bsnpr.com {{in lang|es}} *[https://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Samir-Gouda/Egypt/Al-Ahly-Cairo/8476 Samir Gouda] at Eurobasket.com *[https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Samir-Gouda/Summary/3413 Samir Gouda] at RealGM.com *[https://www.tblstat.net/player/221 Samir Gouda] at tblstat.net
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