Mokhtar Ghyaza

Mokhtar Ghyaza is a Tunisian basketball player who currently plays for US Monastir of the Championnat National A and the Basketball Africa League.

Professional career

Ghyaza has played pro club basketball with ES Radès and Club Africain in the Tunisian Basketball League.
In the offseason of 2019, Ghyaza signed with US Monastir. After winning the 2020 championship, he made his debut in the Basketball Africa League with the team. Monastir reached the finals. On 10 September 2021, he re-signed for another season. On 28 May 2022, he won the club's first-ever BAL championship with Monastir.

Tunisian national basketball team

Ghyaza was a member of the senior men's Tunisia national basketball team that finished third at the 2009 FIBA Africa Championship, to qualify for the country's first FIBA World Championship. Ghyaza averaged 5.7 points and 1.3 rebounds per game, off the bench, for the Tunisians during the tournament. He pulled down a team-leading five rebounds for the Tunisians in a bronze medal victory over Cameroon, that sent the team to the 2010 FIBA World Championship.