Former basketball player, coach launches autobiography

AMMAN — Former basketball and handball national team player Samir Nassar launched his biography “Maestro” on Thursday at a ceremony attended by former ministers, players and referees.

Nassar, who started his career at Amman Club, joined the national basketball team in 1974 and continued to lead Amman Club while playing basketball for Orthodoxi and the national team. He retired as a player in 1988 and moved to coaching in Saudi Arabia with Nasr, Qadissieh and Nahda clubs before moving to Qatar’s Ahli and Sadd.

Nassar then returned to Jordan, where he coached Jazira and the national team. He was also appointed Jordan Basketball Federation technical adviser, and became a lecturer at the University of Jordan (UJ) and the Hashemite University after earning an MA in sports management from UJ.

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