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Cláudio Fonseca
Cláudio dos Santos Fonseca (born January 22, 1989) is a Portuguese professional basketball player who plays as a center for CAB Madeira. Club career Born in Lisbon, Fonseca basketball career started in 2006, when at 17, he joined the junior team of Valencia BC, where he would stay for two seasons, before progressing into their reserve team, who competed in the Liga EBA, the fourth tier of Spanish basketball. He made his debut for the first team on 14 October 2007 in a league game against Bàsquet Manresa, and debuted on the European stage on 19 February 2008 in a match for the 2007–08 ULEB Cup, against Panionios B.C. In the following season, Fonseca was loaned out to gain experience, joining CB Peñas Huesca on 30 July 2008. He stayed there briefly, being release on 3 February 2009, to complete the season at CB Almàssera. Already a free player, Fonseca played one season with CB Lucentum Alicante in their return to the top tier. He returned to Portugal on 8 July 2010, signin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Center (basketball)
The center (C), or the centre, also known as the five or the pivot, is one of the five Basketball position, positions in a regulation basketball game. The center is normally the tallest player on the team, and often has a great deal of strength and body mass as well. In the NBA, the center is typically close to tall. They traditionally play close to the basket in the low post. Centers are valued for their ability to protect their own goal from high-percentage close attempts on defense, while scoring and rebounding with high efficiency on offense. In the 1950s and 1960s, George Mikan and Bill Russell were centerpieces of championship dynasties and defined early prototypical centers. With the addition of a three-point field goal for the 1979–80 NBA season, 1979–80 season, however, NBA basketball gradually became more perimeter-oriented and saw the importance of the center position diminished. The most recent center to win an NBA Most Valuable Player Award was Nikola Jokić, win ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LEB Plata
The LEB Plata is the third basketball division of the Spanish basketball league system and the second basketball division organized by the Spanish Basketball Federation. Since 2019, three teams are promoted to LEB Oro and six teams are relegated to Liga EBA. LEB Plata history League names * 2000–2006: LEB 2 * 2006–2007: Adecco LEB 2 * 2007–2015: Adecco The Adecco Group, is a Swiss-French company based in Zurich, Switzerland, and is the world's second largest Human Resources provider and temporary staffing firm, and a Fortune Global 500 company. They directly employ 700,000 people a day ... Plata * 2015–present: LEB Plata Champions Performance by club Current clubs Copa LEB Plata The Copa LEB Plata (LEB Plata Cup) is a championship played since 2001. In the first editions, the three top teams in the first half season and an organizer team played the Cup in a Final Four format. Since 2009, the teams who play this cup are two first qualified in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sportspeople From Lisbon
An athlete (also sportsman or sportswoman) is a person who competes in one or more sports that involve physical strength, speed, or endurance. Athletes may be professionals or amateurs. Most professional athletes have particularly well-developed physiques obtained by extensive physical training and strict exercise accompanied by a strict dietary regimen. Definitions The word "athlete" is a romanization of the el, άθλητὴς, ''athlētēs'', one who participates in a contest; from ἄθλος, ''áthlos'' or ἄθλον, ''áthlon'', a contest or feat. The primary definition of "sportsman" according to Webster's ''Third Unabridged Dictionary'' (1960) is, "a person who is active in sports: as (a): one who engages in the sports of the field and especially in hunting or fishing." Physiology Athletes involved in isotonic exercises have an increased mean left ventricular end-diastolic volume and are less likely to be depressed. Due to their strenuous physical activities, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1989 Births
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António Pratas Trophy
The Troféu António Pratas (English: ''António Pratas Trophy'') is an annual cup competition for Portuguese basketball teams organized by the Portuguese Basketball Federation. Created in 2007 to honour António Pratas, its first edition was only open to Proliga clubs. A year later, it expanded to include teams from the Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol and has since established itself as a "curtain-raiser" for the season. Played in early October in two different levels, Proliga and LPB, each winner receives a trophy for their respective competition. After the inaugural season won by Benfica, its second had six winners in the three different regions. Its third year was a one-off edition were both leagues played together. Since 2010, the competition stabilized in the current format, where a qualification stage pre-dates a Final Four, which determines the winner. Benfica has five wins at LPB level, and Illiabum three at Proliga. History The ''Troféu António Pratas'' is a tournament ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portuguese Basketball SuperCup
The Portuguese Basketball Super Cup is a men's professional basketball competition in Portugal (Portuguese: "Supertaça de Portugal de Basquetebol") and it is played by the champions of the Portuguese league and the winners of the Portuguese Cup Portuguese may refer to: * anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal ** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods ** Portuguese language, a Romance language *** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language ** Portu .... It is a super cup competition. Benfica have won a record 14 trophies. Winners Performance by club References {{DEFAULTSORT:Portuguese Basketball Supercup SuperCup, Portuguese Basketball Basketball supercup competitions in Europe 1984 establishments in Portugal Recurring sporting events established in 1984 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portuguese Basketball League Cup
The Portuguese Basketball League Cup (Taça da Liga) is a competition for Portuguese teams that play in LPB. It was played by the clubs of the former LCB, which was a professional league. After the LCB folded in 2008, the League Cup ended as well. In the 2009–10 season, the competition was restarted as Hugo dos Santos Cup (Taça Hugo dos Santos), in honor of the former president of the Portuguese Basketball Federation. League Cup winners Performance by club External links {{European basketball cups Basketball cup competitions in Portugal, Cup, Portuguese Basketball |
Portuguese Basketball Cup
The Portuguese Basketball Cup (Portuguese: Taça de Portugal de Basquetebol) is the top-tier level men's professional national club basketball cup competition in Portugal. It is organized by the Portuguese Basketball Federation The Portuguese Basketball Federation ( pt, Federação Portuguesa de Basquetebol) is the governing body for basketball in Portugal. Established on 17 August 1927, it became one of the eight founding national member federations of FIBA The In ... (Federação Portuguesa de Basquetebol). Portuguese Cup finals Portuguese Cup winners References {{European basketball cups Cup, Portuguese Basketball Basketball cup competitions in Europe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liga Portuguesa De Basquetebol
The Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol ( en, Portuguese Basketball League), also known as Liga Betclic for sponsorship reasons, is the top men's professional club basketball league in Portugal. History From the 2008–09 season onward, the competition has been again organised by the Federação Portuguesa de Basquetebol (Portuguese Basketball Federation) after not having been for 13 seasons. This was caused by the fold of the LPB after many years of financial problems, with the league now being a semi-professional league. Between the 1965–66 and 1973–74 seasons, the league champions were determined by a tournament between the winners of the Campeonato Metropolitano (representing Portugal) and the champions of the then Portuguese colonies Mozambique and Angola, as a similar fashion to the Portuguese Roller Hockey First Division, which was also played during those seasons. However, the first of these tournaments never came to be because of a protest launched by Mozambican team Sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
EuroBasket 2011
EuroBasket 2011 was the 37th men's EuroBasket, European Basketball Championship, held by FIBA Europe. The competition was hosted by Lithuania. This was the second time EuroBasket had been held in Lithuania, the country having also hosted the EuroBasket 1939, 1939 championship. FIBA Europe asserted that Lithuania managed to organize the best European championship in its history. The top two teams are guaranteed spots at the Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics, 2012 Summer Olympics. EuroBasket 2011 was the largest sporting event in the history of the Baltic states, both in terms of the number of national teams (24), games (90), and that of spectators (158,000 tickets sold, with most tickets valid for three separate games.) Spain men's national basketball team, Spain won the title for the second consecutive tournament, after defeating France men's national basketball team, France, by a score of 98–85 in the final. Spain's Juan Carlos Navarro (basketball), Juan Carlos Nav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portugal National Basketball Team
The Portugal men's national basketball team ( pt, Seleção Portuguesa de Basquetebol) represents Portugal in international basketball competition. The team is controlled by the Portuguese Basketball Federation. Portugal doesn't have much history on the international stage, although they have qualified for the EuroBasket three times (1951, 2007, 2011). While Portugal has made multiple appearances at the continental level, they continue their quest to qualify for the global stage at the FIBA World Cup. History Early years The Portuguese Basketball Federation was founded in 1927, with the national team playing in their first match on 24 May 1931, a 9–32 defeat to France. Portugal would become a co-founder of FIBA in 1932. Three years later, in 1935, Portugal played in the only qualifying game for the first European Basketball Championship. The Portuguese lost the game 33–12 against Spain, which eliminated the team from qualification. EuroBasket 1951 After Portugal's failed a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
