Muhaymin Mustafa
Muhaymin Mustafa is a Sudanese-Turkish professional basketball player for ONVO Büyükçekmece of the Basketbol Süper Ligi.
Early life
Muhaymin Mustafa was born in North Nicosia to Sudanese parents who moved to Cyprus for higher education. Muhaymin grew up in Kyrenia. He excelled in track and field as well as basketball where he won the national championship in both long jump and high jump events in primary school. He was scouted by Anadolu Efes along with his brother and both of them moved to Istanbul to join Anadolu Efes when Muhaymin was 10.Professional career
Mustafa made his professional debut with Pertevniyal in Turkish Basketball First League during the 2015-2016 season. Pertevniyal's long term agreement as a feeder club to Efes was concluded after that season, resulting Anadolu Efes fielding a B team, Anadolu Efes Gelişim to the Regional League. He moved to this team while playing for the firsts in friendly games occasionally. Mustafa was also named to the training camp roster of Anadolu Efes which was held in Slovenia in 2016.Mustafa made his Basketbol Süper Ligi debut on 8 October 2017, two days before his 18th birthday against Pınar Karşıyaka. He recorded 8 points against Banvit on 25 December 2017 as his personal record in BSL. He made his EuroLeague debut on 29 December 2017 against Brose Bamberg.
On 9 January 2018, Mustafa signed a two-way contract with the TBL team İstanbulspor Beylikdüzü allowing him to play both İstanbulspor and Anadolu Efes in a move intended to maximise his playing time. On 23 February 2018, he received his first start in a EuroLeague game against Zalgiris Kaunas. He started as a small forward, finishing the game with four points and an assist.