He was born in Damascus in 1981, the capital of Syria. Basketball has been his passion since the early age of 13. He attended Army Club (one of the largest basketball clubs in Syria) in his home city Damas-cus and played on all their junior Basketball teams until men team .
Coach Asaf got the Syrian champion-ship since 1997 in his team ( under 16 ) as a player In 2000 the youth basketball team in the same club got the Syrian championship and coach Asaf is one of the players in this team . Since the age of 20 the player became a coach, started to coach juniors basketball teams in army club .
He was the Head Boy's Basketball Coach at Army Club for 3 years, he worked with Mini basket, U13 and U15 teams and in Qassyoun Sporting Club as head coach of women teams. He also use to be an assistant coach for the first men team . After that he go back to his home club ( army sports club) as a head coach for under 16 team in 2007 he traveled to alwasl club in uae to be a head coach for under 12 he spend 5 years in the same club worked with u12 and u14 teams in alwasl club he got the super cup in season 2009-2010 as an assistant coach for men team in 2011 he move to Qatar to be head coach for u16 head coach During his years coaching basketball he has attended a lot of coaching clinics in Greece – Jordan – Dubai – Qatar and Syria. In 2007 he attended IOA The INTERNATIONAL Olympic ACADEMY
Technical Course for Basketball Coaches. With his experience as a basketball coach his passion has al-ways been thedevelopment of young players