Afik Nissim

Afik Nissim
	Nissim with Hapoel Eilat, 2013
No. 10 – Elitzur Yavne
Position	Point guard / shooting guard
League	Israeli National League
Personal information
Born	31 January 1981 (age 43); Rehovot, Israel
Nationality	Israeli / French
Listed height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Listed weight	83 kg (183 lb)
Career information
Playing career	1998–present
Career history
1998–2002	Maccabi Rishon LeZion
2002–2003	Hapoel Haifa/Ramat HaSharon
2003–2005	Strasbourg IG
2005–2006	Lokomotiv Kuban
2006	Kyiv
2006–2008	Strasbourg IG
2008–2010	Prima Veroli
2010–2011	ČEZ Nymburk
2011–2012	Enisey
2012	Krka
2012–2018	Hapoel Eilat
2018–present	Elitzur Yavne
Career highlights and awards
	French League champion (2005); 2× Italian LNP Cup winner (2009, 2010); Czech Cup winner (2011); Czech League champion (2011); Slovenian League champion (2012); Slovenian League Finals MVP (2012); 4× Israeli League All-Star (2013, 2014, 2016, 2017);

Afik Haim Nissim (Hebrew: אפיק ניסים; born 31 January 1981) is an Israeli professional basketball player for Elitzur Yavne of the Israeli National League. Standing at 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m), he plays at the point guard and shooting guard positions.

Early life

Nissim was born in Rehovot, Israel, to a Tunisian-Jewish family. He played for Maccabi Rishon LeZion youth team.

Professional career

In 1998, Nissim started his professional career in Maccabi Rishon LeZion.

In 2003, Nissim signed a two-year deal with the French team Strasbourg IG. Nissim won the French League Championship with Strasbourg in 2005.^[1]

On 11 July 2008, Nissim signed with the Italian team Prima Veroli under head coach Andrea Trinchieri and alongside his teammate Kyle Hines.^[2] Nissim won the Italian LNP Cup with Veroli for two consecutive years.

On 14 September 2010, Nissim signed a one-year deal with the Czech team ČEZ Nymburk under head coach Ronen Ginzburg.^[3] Nissim won the 2011 Czech League Championship and the 2011 Czech State Cup titles with Nymburk.

On 13 September 2011, Nissim signed with the Russian team Enisey for the 2011–12 season.^[4]

On 8 January 2012, Nissim parted ways with Enisey to join KK Krka of the Slovenian Basketball League for the remainder of the season.^[5] Nissim won the 2012 Slovenian League Championship with Krka, earning the Finals MVP honors.

On 8 October 2012, Nissim returned to Israel and signed with Hapoel Eilat.^[6] In his third season with Eilat, Nissim helped the team reach the 2015 Israeli League Finals, where they eventually lost to Hapoel Jerusalem.

On 24 August 2016, Nissim signed a two-year contract extension with Hapoel Eilat.^[7]

On 18 November 2017, Nissim recorded a career-high 32 points, along with 3 rebounds and 4 assists, shooting 13-for-17 from the field, in an 88–82 win over Hapoel Gilboa Galil.^[8]^[9]

On 6 November 2018, Nissim signed a one-year deal with Elitzur Yavne of the Israeli National League.^[10] In 28 games played for Yavne, he averaged 10.4 points, 1.7 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game.

On 7 July 2019, Nissim signed a one-year contract extension with Yavne.^[11]

National team career

Nissim was a member of the Israel national basketball team. He participated in the 2005, 2011 and 2013 Eurobasket tournaments.

Nissim was also a member of the Israeli National Under-20 team. In July 2000, he helped the Israeli team reach the 2000 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Final, where they eventually lost to Slovenia.

Career statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	MPG	Minutes per game	FG%	Field goal percentage
3P%	3-point field goal percentage	FT%	Free throw percentage	RPG	Rebounds per game
APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game	BPG	Blocks per game
PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high		Led the league

EuroCup


Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG	PIR
2006–07	Strasbourg	14	2	20.0	.453	.383	.886	1.4	2.0	.9	.1	11.1	10.3
2007–08	Strasbourg	10	0	21.9	.390	.476	.857	1.9	2.0	.6	.0	10.4	9.7
2010–11	Nymburk	11	9	27.6	.508	.405	.889	2.9	2.4	.8	.0	12.6	12
2011–12	Krka	6	6	15.5	.385	.357	.938	1.8	2.2	.8	.0	8.3	7.8
Career		41	17	21.1	.448	.411	.891	2	2.1	.8	.0	11	9.3

Domestic Leagues

Year	Team	League	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1998–99	Maccabi Rishon	IPL	9	8.3	.625	.438	.600	.8	1.0	.0	.0	4.4
1999–00			20	23.5	.500	.438	.868	.8	1.8	1.1	.0	11.3
2000–01			28	-	.462	.326	.875	1.9	3.1	1.0	.0	12.5
2001–02			27	28.0	.426	.279	.814	1.6	1.9	.9	.0	10.2
2002–03	Ramat HaSharon		27	34.3	.530	.422	.826	2.1	3.9	1.6	.0	16.2
2003–04	Strasbourg	Pro A	34	18.0	.446	.405	.792	1.5	3.2	.5	.0	8.1
2004–05	Strasbourg	Pro A	37	19.8	.465	.455	.825	1.5	2.2	.6	.0	10.0
2005–06	Lokomotiv Kuban	RBSL 1	22	-	.364	.463	.882	2.0	2.1	1.0	.0	11.1
2006	BC Kyiv	UBSL	16	-	.525	.433	.962	3.1	5.1	.7	.0	10.9
2006–07	Strasbourg	Pro A	35	21.1	.446	.397	.878	1.6	2.5	.4	.0	11.3
2007–08	Strasbourg	Pro A	25	24.6	.373	.291	.833	1.6	3.0	.8	.0	9.9
2008–09	Prima Veroli	Serie A2	30	29.3	.495	.317	.808	2.3	3.7	2.2	.0	14.2
2009–10	Prima Veroli	Serie A2	40	30.7	.557	.399	.860	2.4	4.1	1.2	.0	14.8
2010–11	ČEZ Nymburk	NBL	22	22.4	.500	.324	.940	2.8	2.5	.4	.0	11.2
2011–12	Enisey	VTB	10	21.0	.383	.412	.800	1.4	2.4	.4	.1	6.8
2012	Krka	1. SKL	16	24.6	.491	.361	.892	1.8	3.5	1.0	.0	10.0
2012–13	Hapoel Eilat	IPL	27	25.0	.421	.377	.891	1.7	2.9	1.3	.0	12.0
2013–14			36	24.8	.418	.388	.881	1.3	3.5	.5	.0	12.0
2014–15			44	29.5	.417	.335	.912	2.1	3.6	1.1	.0	11.8
2015–16			37	26.7	.363	.319	.890	1.3	4.0	.9	.0	9.3
2016–17			35	16.3	.458	.450	.903	.7	1.2	.3	.0	9.1
2017–18			34	13.4	.410	.364	.833	.8	1.6	.3	.0	5.4
2018–19	Elitzur Yavne	INL	28	25.4	.475	.377	.820	1.7	3.4	.6	.1	10.4