Carlos Almeida (basketball)

Carlos Domingues Bendinha de Almeida (born 24 September 1976) is an Angolan professional basketball shooting guard and a member of the Angola national basketball team. He is 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) in height and 91 kg (200 pounds) in weight. Almeida played for Angola at the 2000 and the 2004 Summer Olympics, the 2002 and 2006 basketball world championship as well as the 2005, 2007 Africa championships and 2009 Africa championship.

Carlos Almeida
Personal information
Born (1976-09-24) September 24, 1976
Luanda, Angola
NationalityAngolan
Listed height193 cm (6.33 ft)
Listed weight91 kg (201 lb)
Career information
Playing career1987–2014
PositionShooting guard
Career history
1984–1987E.R.T.
1987–2001Petro Atlético
2001–2014Primeiro de Agosto
Medals
FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship
Yaoundé 1994Angola U18
FIBA Africa Championship
Luanda 1999Angola
Casablanca 2001Angola
Alexandria 2003Angola
Algiers 2005Angola
Luanda 2007Angola
Benghazi 2009Angola
Abidjan 2013Angola
FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup
Luanda 20021º de Agosto
Luanda 20071º de Agosto
Sousse 20081º de Agosto
Malabo 20121º de Agosto
Lagos 20061º de Agosto
Salé 20111º de Agosto
Abidjan 20051º de Agosto

In addition to playing basketball, he has been serving a second term as a member of the Angolan parliament, representing the ruling party, MPLA.[1]

Carlos Almeida has won seven FIBA Africa Championship titles.

On April 17, 2014, Almeida played his last official game in the 1st leg of the 2014 Angola Basketball Cup against Petro de Luanda, a match involving the two most important clubs in his career. At the end of the game, honours were paid to him for his long, successful basketball career.[2][3]

References
  1. "Carlos Almeida at FIBA.com". FIBA.com. Archived from the original on 2014-04-19. Retrieved 2013-06-14.
  2. "Carlos Almeida to retire from basketball on Tuesday". ANGOP.com. 2014-04-14. Archived from the original on 2014-04-16. Retrieved 2014-04-15.
  3. "Carlos Almeida considered icon of African basketball". ANGOP.com. 2014-04-17. Retrieved 2014-04-19.


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