Esporte Clube Sírio, abbreviated as E.C. Sírio, is a Brazilian men's professional

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club that is based in

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History

Over the years, E.C. Sírio featured basketball players like:

Amaury Pasos Amaury Antônio Pasos, also commonly known simply as Amaury (born December 11, 1935) is a retired Brazilian basketball player and coach of Argentine origin. Born in São Paulo, Brazil, he was a 1.91 m (6'3") tall power forward. He competed at thr ...

, Carlos "Mosquito" Domingos Massoni, Washington "Dodi" Joseph, Antônio Sucar,

Bira Maciel Ubiratan "Bira" Pereira Maciel, commonly known as Bira Maciel, or simply Bira (January 18, 1944 – July 17, 2002), was a professional basketball player from Brazil. He was born in São Paulo, Brazil. At a height of 1.99 m (6' 6") tall, he played ...

, Marquinhos Leite,

Julio Garavello Julio is the Spanish equivalent of the month July and may refer to: *Julio (given name) *Julio (surname) *Júlio de Castilhos, a municipality of the western part of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil * ''Julio'' (album), a 1983 compilation albu ...

, Marcel de Souza,

Oscar Schmidt Oscar Daniel Bezerra Schmidt (born February 16, 1958) is a retired Brazilian professional basketball player. He is also commonly known as Oscar Schmidt in Spain, where he played for Fórum Valladolid for the 1993–94 and 1994–95 seasons, ...

, Russo, and other talents. The club won the regional

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seven times. They also won the Brazilian Championship national title seven times. E.C. Sírio also won the continental

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eight times. In addition to that, the club also won the title of the 1979 edition of the

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.1979 FIBA Intercontinental Cup.
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Honors and titles

Worldwide

** Champions (1):

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** Runners-up (2):

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Continental

** Champions (8 - record): 1961, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1978, 1979, 1984 ** Runners-up (1): 1980

National

* Brazilian Championship ** Champions (7): 1968, 1970, 1972, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1989 ** Runners-up (4): 1969, 1971, 1981 (II), 1987

Regional

** Champions (7): 1959, 1962, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1978, 1979 ** Runners-up (8): 1961, 1963, 1968, 1969, 1977, 1983, 1986, 1988

Notable players

Eduardo Agra Eduardo Nilton Agra Galvão, commonly known as Eduardo Agra (born 31 July 1956), is a Brazilian former professional basketball player. Career During his pro club career, Agra won the 1979 edition of the FIBA Intercontinental Cup, while a membe ...

* Friedrich Wilhelm Braun * Wagner da Silva * Marcel de Souza * Maury de Souza * Carlos Domingos Massoni *

Rolando Ferreira Rolando Ferreira Júnior (born May 24, 1964) is a Brazilian former professional basketball player and coach. At a height of 2.16 m (7'1") tall, he played at the center position. College career Ferreira played college basketball at the Universit ...

* Zé Geraldo * Jorge Guerra *

Nilo Guimarães Nilo de Oliveira Guimarães (born 30 September 1954) is a São Toméan businessman and politician. Running as an independent candidate in the 30 July 2006 presidential election A presidential election is the election of any head of state whose ...

* Ricardo Guimarães * Washington Joseph * Marquinhos Leite *

* Sílvio Malvezi *

Luiz Cláudio Menon Luiz Cláudio Menon (born February 7, 1944) is a former Brazilian basketball player. Menon participated at the 1963, 1967 and 1970 FIBA World Championships as well as at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), o ...

* Hélio Rubens * José Carlos Saiani *

* Milton Setrini *

Antônio Salvador Sucar Antônio Salvador Sucar (14 June 1939 – 31 December 2018) was a Brazilian basketball player. He was a member of the team that won the title at the 1963 World Championship, in Rio de Janeiro, and the bronze medal at the 1967 FIBA World Champio ...

Gerson Victalino Gerson Victalino (19 September 1959 – 29 April 2020), also commonly known simply as Gerson, was a Brazilian professional basketball player. National team career With the senior Brazilian national basketball team, Victalino won a silver me ...

Marcelo Vido Marcelo Vido (born 15 January 1959) is a Brazilian former professional basketball player and basketball coach, coach. Playing career During his pro sports club, club playing career, Vido won the 1979 FIBA Intercontinental Cup, 1979 edition of t ...

* Paulinho Villas Boas * Tito Horford *

Arturo Guerrero Arturo Guerrero Moreno (born 30 August 1948) is a Mexican former basketball player and coach. With Mexico's senior national team, he played at two Summer Olympic Games (1968 and 1976). Due to his shooting ability, he was nicknamed "Mano Santa ...

Winford Boynes Winford Gladstone Boynes III (born May 17, 1957) is a retired American professional basketball player. Born in Greenville, South Carolina, he was a 6'6" (198 cm) 185 lb (84 kg) guard and played collegiately at the University of San ...

* Ray Townsend

Head coaches

* Cláudio Mortari

Other sports

Esporte Clube Sírio's football department was disbanded in 1935.

References

External links

Official website

Latinbasket.com Team Profile
Basketball teams in Brazil Basketball teams in São Paulo {{Brazil-basketball-team-stub