{{Short description|Jordanian basketball player}}{{Infobox basketball biography | photo = | caption = | position = Forward | name = Zaid Abbas | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 8 | weight_lb = 200 | team =Orthodox Basketball Club | number = 15 | league = Jordanian Premier Basketball League | nationality = Jordanian | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|11|21|mf=y}} | birth_place = Nablus, Palestine | highschool = | college = | draft_year = | career_start = | career_end = | years1 = 2006–2008 | team1 = Zain Club | years2 = 2008–2010 | team2 = A.S.U. | years3 = 2010 | team3 = Shanghai Sharks | years4 = 2010–2011 | team4 = Beijing Ducks | years5 = 2011–2012 | team5 = Fujian Sturgeons | years6 = 2012–2013 | team6 = Shandong Lions | years7 = 2013–2014 | team7 = Tianjin Gold Lions | years8 = 2014–2015 | team8 = Shanxi Brave Dragons | years9 = 2015–2016 | team9 = Byblos Club | years10 = 2016–2017 | team10 = Jiangsu Tongxi Monkey King | years11 = 2017–2018 | team11 = Beikong Fly Dragons | years12 = 2018–2020 | team12 = Al-Ahli | years13 = 2020–2021 | team13 = Al-Ahli | years14 = 2021–present | team14 = Orthodox Basketball Club | highlights = * CBA rebounding leader (2012) | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's basketball}} {{MedalCountry | {{JOR}} }} {{MedalCompetition | FIBA Asia Championship}} {{MedalBronze | 2009 Tianjin | Team}} {{MedalSilver | 2011 Wuhan | Team}} {{MedalCompetition | FIBA Asia Challenge}} {{MedalBronze | 2016 Tehran | Team}} {{MedalCompetition | William Jones Cup}} {{MedalGold | 2007 Taipei | Team}} {{MedalSilver | 2009 Taipei | Team}} }}
'''Zaid Abbas''' (Arabic: زيد عباس; born November 21, 1983, in Nablus<ref>{{cite web|url=https://basketball.asia-basket.com/player/Zaid-Abbas/Al-Ahli/56608|title=Zaid Abbas Basketball Player Profile|website=basketball.asia-basket.com|access-date=2019-06-29}}</ref>) is a Jordanian professional basketball player. He last played for Orthodox Basketball Club of the Jordanian Premier Basketball League. He also was a member of the Jordan men's national basketball team.
== Professional career == On the heels of his strong 2009 Asia Championship performance, Abbas signed with Chinese Basketball Association team Shanghai Sharks, where he spent the 2009–10 season.<ref>[https://www.asia-basket.com/Jordan/basketball.aspx?NewsID=178236 Asia-basket.com]: "Officially: Sharks announce their signature with Abbas" (November 28, 2009)</ref> Abbas played for the Beijing Ducks for the 2010–11 season. For the 2011–12 season, Abbas played for Fujian Xunxing.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}
== National team career == Abbas competed with the Jordanian team at the FIBA Asia Championship 2007 and FIBA Asia Championship 2009. In 2009, Abbas helped the Jordanian team to a national best third-place finish by averaging 13.8 points and a team-leading 8.8 rebounds per game.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090810075517/http://china2009.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/09/fascm/player/p/pid/63476/sid/7038/tid/310/profile.html FIBA Player Profile]</ref> The third-place finish meant that Jordan qualified for its first ever FIBA World Championship.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}} There, he averaged 15.2 points and 8.4 rebounds per game.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2019-08-12 |title=Jordan captain Zaid Abbas ready for World Cup return nearly a decade apart |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/en/news/basketballworldcup-2019-news-jordan-captain-zaid-abbas-ready-for-world-cup-return-nearly-a-decade-apart |access-date=2026-03-30 |website=www.fiba.basketball |language=en}}</ref>
Jordan made its return to the FIBA World Cup in 2019.<ref name=":0" /> They won their first World Cup game that year against Senegal.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jordan grab first-ever win at FIBA World Cup, beating Senegal 79-77 - Xinhua {{!}} English.news.cn |url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-09/09/c_138378551.htm |access-date=2026-03-30 |website=www.xinhuanet.com}}</ref> In 2021, Abbas announced that he would be retiring from the national team.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-08-05 |title=Zaid Abbas wraps up a legendary career with Jordan |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/en/news/asiacup-2021-news-zaid-abbas-wraps-up-a-legendary-career-with-jordan |access-date=2026-03-30 |website=www.fiba.basketball |language=en}}</ref>
Nearly a year later, coach Wesam Al-Sous convinced him to re-join the team for the 2022 FIBA Asia Cup.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-06 |title=The Abbas brothers added to team sheet ahead of Asian Cup - Jordan News {{!}} Latest News from Jordan, MENA |url=https://www.jordannews.jo/Section-72/Basketball/The-Abbas-brothers-added-to-team-sheet-ahead-of-Asian-Cup-19029 |access-date=2026-03-30 |website=Jordan News |language=en}}</ref> At the age of 39, Abbas made the roster for the 2023 FIBA World Cup.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 17, 2023 |title=Zaid Abbas-led Jordan picks up PBA champion import as FIBA World Cup reinforcement |url=https://www.onesports.ph/story/?q=6981b64de78f5800029d36ec |access-date=2026-03-30 |website=www.onesports.ph}}</ref> He was the second-oldest player to compete in that tournament behind Marcelo Huertas.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-08-24 |title=Who are the tallest, shortest, youngest, oldest players? |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/en/news/basketballworldcup-2023-news-2023-world-cup-who-are-the-youngest-oldest-tallest-shortest-players |access-date=2026-03-30 |website=www.fiba.basketball |language=en}}</ref> However, he went back to Jordan during the tournament due to an urgent family health situation.<ref>{{Cite web |title=موافقة على مغادرة زيد عباس بعثة منتخب كرة السلة في مانيلا بسبب "ظرف صحي" |url=https://www.almamlakatv.com//news/124053 |access-date=2026-03-30 |website=قناة المملكة |language=ar}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}} {{Jordan Squad 2009 FIBA Asia Championship}}
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