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Philip Jalalpoor

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Philip Jalalpoor
Personal information
Born (1993-06-14) 14 June 1993 (age 31)
Schifferstadt, Germany
NationalityGerman / Iranian
Listed height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Career information
High schoolToutle Lake (Toutle, WA)
College
NBA draft2018: undrafted
Playing career2018–2024
PositionPoint guard
Coaching career2024–present
Career history
As player:
2018–2019CB Clavijo
2019–2020SKN St. Pölten
2020–2022Medi Bayreuth
2022Njarðvík
2022KR
2022–2023SKN St. Pölten
2023–2024Medi Bayreuth
As coach:
2024-presentUBC (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
As player:

Philip Pujan Jalalpoor (born 14 June 1993) is a retired German-Iranian professional basketball player. He also played for Iran men's national basketball team at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Before turning professional, Jalalpoor concluded his college basketball career at the University of British Columbia (UBC).

Professional career

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Prior to Jalalpoor moving to Germany in 2020 to join Medi Bayreuth in the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL), he played professionally in Spain and Austria.[1][2] In his season with SKN St. Pölten in the Austrian Bundesliga, he averaged 18.6 points, 6.4 rebounds, and led the league in assists with an average of 6.9 per game.[3] In National play, he represented Iran in the 2020 Summer Olympics.[4]

In August 2022, Jalapoor signed with Úrvalsdeild karla club Njarðvík in Iceland.[5] He played one regular season game for the team before parting ways with the club on 13 October.[6][7] Five days later, he signed a one-month injury-replacement contract with rival Úrvalsdeild club KR.[8] In three games for KR, he averaged 8.7 points and 1.3 assists per game.

On 22 June 2023, he returned to Medi Bayreuth, then playing in the German ProA.[9]

Coaching career

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Jalalpoor announced his retirement as a player at the end of the 2023-24 campaign. He accepted an offer to become an assistant coach at the University of British Columbia.[10]

References

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  1. ^ "Medi Bayreuth holt Philip Jalalpoor". Kurier (in German). 19 June 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  2. ^ Mirko Strässer (23 June 2020). "medi bayreuth: Das ist Neuzugang Jalalpoor". inbayreuth.de (in German). Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Spielerstats BSL". basketballaustria.at (in German). Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  4. ^ "Philip Jalalpoor". olympedia.org. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  5. ^ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (16 August 2022). "Ólympíufari og stoðsendingakóngur til Njarðvíkur". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  6. ^ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (14 October 2022). "Philip Jalalpoor í gin ljónsins eftir bara einn leik". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  7. ^ Hjalti Einarsson (18 October 2022). "Philip Jalalpoor til KR". Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur (in Icelandic). Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  8. ^ Hjörtur Leó Guðjónsson (18 October 2022). "Skrifar undir hjá KR eftir að Njarðvíkingar riftu samningi hans". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 19 October 2022.
  9. ^ "Willkommen zurück! – Philip Jalalpoor kehrt zu medi bayreuth zurück". bbc-bayreuth.de (in German). June 22, 2023. Retrieved August 2, 2023.
  10. ^ "Philip Jalalpoor beendet seine Spielerkarriere". BBC Bayreuth. Retrieved 2024-05-01.
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