Fadi El Khatib

Fadi El Khatib earns my admiration before the stats even arrive. Nicknamed the Lebanese Tiger, this 198 cm forward carried Lebanese basketball on his back and took his game abroad to Syria, Ukraine, and China, which takes real resolve. Middle Eastern sport rarely reaches Western coverage, so I suspect his true significance was cultural as much as athletic: the kind of player who filled arenas simply because he was there. Rising from Sagesse SC to become a national symbol is a heavyweight legacy. I am always drawn to athletes who shoulder a country's pride, and he clearly did exactly that.

Name (English)

Fadi El Khatib

Name (Japanese)

ファディ・エル・ハティブ

Reading

ふぁでぃ・える・はてぃぶ

Born

January 1, 1979 (age 47)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Goat

Origin

Shheem, Mount Lebanon Governorate, Lebanon

Height

198 cm

Occupation

basketball player

Motto

Private

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/fadielkhatib15/
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8F%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%96

Tags

• Mount Lebanon Governorate
• basketball player

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.