Talal Salem Alnuaimi is a United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates

The United Arab Emirates, abbreviated as the UAE, or shortened to "the Emirates", is a state situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman, and Saudi Arabia, and sharing sea borders with Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and Iran.The UAE is a...

 professional basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

 player. He is a member of the United Arab Emirates national basketball team

United Arab Emirates national basketball team

The United Arab Emirates national basketball team, represents the United Arab Emirates in international basketball competitions and is controlled by United Arab Emirates Basketball Association.-FIBA Asia Championship:* best performance: 1997 : 5th...

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Salem competed for the United Arab Emirates national basketball team

United Arab Emirates national basketball team

The United Arab Emirates national basketball team, represents the United Arab Emirates in international basketball competitions and is controlled by United Arab Emirates Basketball Association.-FIBA Asia Championship:* best performance: 1997 : 5th...

 for the first time at the FIBA Asia Championship 2009

FIBA Asia Championship 2009

The 2009 FIBA Asia Championship for Men was the biennial Asian continental championship and also served as the FIBA Asia qualifying tournament for the 2010 FIBA World Championship. The tournament was held from August 6 to 16, 2009 in Tianjin, China....

. Despite being only 20 years old at the tournament, he averaged 10.8 points per game and led the team in minutes per game in helping the UAE to a 12th place finish, their best showing since 2001.