Farhiya Abdi
Position: 3/2
Nationality: Swedish
Height: 188 cm
Born: 1992
Status: signed for the season 2013-2014
Farhiya is a Swedish 1,88m tall all-around player who can cover all position from 1 to 4 but is best as a forward or shooting guard. She is one of the European rising stars and with hard work on practices, she can have a great future.
She have a great ball handling skills for her size and can score in various ways ; penetration, jump shoots or posting up smaller defenders. Farhiya is a very athletic player who is able to take a lot of rebounds, both in defense and in offense.
Farhiya started her career in Sweden where she won a league. She was improving every year and in 2010/2011 season she was third scorer in the league with 20 points per game.
Next year she moved to Frisco Brno where she was playing Euroleague. She was struggling a bit with the consistency of shooting but is expected to be much better in season 2012/2013.
She was drafted as the first pick in second round of WNBA draft by LA Sparks.
Career:
2007-2008: BG Fryshuset (BasketEttan): 1 games: 0pts, 1.0rpg :2210rrg
2008-2009: 08 Stockholm (Damligan): EuroCup: 2 games: 1.5ppg, 2.0rpg; Swedish League: 18 games: 3.0ppg, 3.2rpg, 1.1spg
2009-2010: 08 Stockholm (Damligan, starting five): 17 games: 10.6ppg, Reb-2(10.0rpg), 2.5apg, 2.1spg, 2FGP: 41.3%, 3PT: 26.3%, FT: 58.9%
2010-2011: 08 Stockholm (Damligan, starting five): 24 games: Score-3(20.0ppg), 7.8rpg, 2.1apg, Steals-1(3.3spg), FGP: 53.6%, 3PT: 28.8%, FT: 73.6%
2011-2012: Frisco Sika Brno (Czech Rep.-ZBL, starting five): Euroleague: 13 games: 8.2ppg, 5.8rpg, 1.1spg, FGP: 29.5%, 3PT: 18.9%, FT: 52.8%; Czech Rep. League: 32 games: 14.5ppg, 7.0rpg, 1.8apg, 2.2spg, FGP: 49.9%, 3PT: 23.2%, FT: 65.6%
2012: drafted by LA Sparks (WNBA, 2rd(13)
Awards:
Swedish U16 National Team -07-08
European Championships U16 Division A in Katowice (Poland) -08
Swedish Damligan Semifinals -08, 09
Swedish U18 National Team -09-10
European Championships U18 in Sodertalje (Sweden) -09 (Bronze): 9 games: 16.7ppg, Reb-4(10.4rpg), 2.9apg, 1.3spg, 1.2bpg, FGP: 50.0%, 3PT: 11.8%, FT: 58.8%
Swedish Damligan Champion -10
Swedish Damligan Regular Season Champion -10
Baltic Sea Cup in Tallinn (Estonia) -10
European Championships U18 for Women in Slovak Republic -10: 6 games: 8.8ppg, 3.2rpg, 1.0apg, 1.7spg, FGP: 33.3%, 3PT: 14.3%, FT: 73.9%
Swedish National Team -11
Swedish U20 National Team -11-12
European Championships U20 Division B in Ohrid (FYR Macedonia) -11 (Gold): 7 games: Score-2(17.3ppg), 5.3rpg, 1.3apg, Steals-5(1.9spg), FGP: 53.2%, 3PT: 15.0%, FT: 75.7%
Swedish University National Team -11
Czech Rep. Cup Finalist -12
Czech Rep. D1 Regular Season Runner-Up -12
Czech Rep. D1 Finalist -12
European Championships U20 in Debrecen (Hungary) -12: 9 games: Score-3(16.2ppg), 6.2rpg, 1.1apg, 1.3spg, FGP: 43.8%, 3PT: 21.9%, FT: 77.4%
