Lee Aaliya
Lee Abraham Aaliya | |
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| Born | November 8, 2004 La Plata, Argentina |
| Occupation | Professional basketball player |
| Years active | 2021–present |
| Known for | Playing as power forward for UCAM Murcia and Argentina national team |
Lee Abraham Aaliya (born November 8, 2004) is a professional basketball athlete from Argentina currently competing as a power forward for UCAM Murcia in Spain’s top-tier Liga ACB.
Aaliya started his professional journey in 2021 with Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata, his hometown club, before spending a season at Atenas de Córdoba. He represented Argentina at the 2022 FIBA South America U17 Championship and has been part of the senior national squad since 2023.
Professional career
In 2021, Aaliya launched his pro career playing two seasons for Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata. Subsequently, he joined Atenas de Córdoba for one year. In 2024, he secured a four-year deal with Spanish Liga ACB outfit UCAM Murcia CB, who immediately loaned him to the LEB Plata team Palmer Basket Mallorca to gain further experience.
National team career
Aaliya contributed to Argentina’s silver medal finish at the 2022 South America U17 Championship. He also competed in the U18 category during the 2022 Americas Championship, where Argentina ended in fourth place. In 2023, he played for the U19 national team at the U19 World Cup held in Debrecen, Hungary. Argentina achieved fifth place overall, with Aaliya earning selection to the U19 Second All-Tournament Team, ranking fourth in both scoring and rebounding statistics.
His senior national team debut occurred on July 25, 2023, in a friendly match against Catalonia hosted in Manresa.
Personal life
Lee Aaliya’s father, Jeff Aaliya (also known by the ring name Musambe Tutu), is a Ghanaian-born professional wrestler and bodybuilder who relocated to Argentina in 1997. His mother, Paula Ansín, is Argentine. Born in La Plata, Lee’s brother Jefferson Aaliya is likewise a professional basketball player representing Obras Sanitarias.
He practices Islam and is part of the Muslim community in Argentina.
External links
- Lee Aaliya profile at Latinbasket.com
- 2004 births
- Living people
- Argentine men's basketball players
- Power forwards
- Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata basketball players
- Atenas basketball players
- CB Murcia players
- Argentine expatriate basketball people in Spain
- Afro-Argentine sportspeople
- Argentine people of Ghanaian descent
- Argentine Muslims
- Sportspeople from La Plata
- Basketball players from Buenos Aires Province
- 21st-century Argentine sportsmen