Miguel Pontes Timóteo Lutonda, 186 cm/´6'1", 78 kg/72 lbs, (born December 24, 1971) is a retired Angolan professional

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...

point guard. For two consecutive years: 2001 and 2002, he received the Angola Sportsman of the Year Award. He is a two-time FIBA Africa Championship

MVP In team sports, a most valuable player award, abbreviated 'MVP award', is an honor typically bestowed upon an individual (or individuals, in the instance of a tie) whose individual performance is the greatest in an entire league, for a particu ...

, having won such title in 2001 and 2003. He was also voted MVP at the 2003 Angolan league. On October 17, 2012, Lutonda played his last official match for

Primeiro de Agosto Clube Desportivo 1º de Agosto is a multisports club from Luanda, Angola. The club, founded 1 August 1977, is attached to the Angolan armed forces, which is its sponsor. Its main team competes in men's football, and its professional basketball t ...

, in a game against Recreativo do Libolo for the

Victorino Cunha Cup Victorino is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: Surname *Cesáreo Victorino (born 1979), Mexican footballer *Mauricio Victorino (born 1982), Uruguayan football defender *Mike Victorino (born 1952), Mayor of Mau ...

. At the end of the game, his 14 jersey was retired by

Career as a Player

Lutonda represented Angola at the

2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from S ...

and 2004 Summer Olympics with the

Angola national basketball team , oly_appearances = 5 , oly_medals = , wc_appearances = 7 , wc_medals = , zone_championship = AfroBasket , zone_appearances = 21 , zone_medals = ''Gold:'' (1989, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2013) ''Silv ...

. He also competed with Angola at the 2002 and 2006 FIBA World Championships.

Coaching career

In June 2013, Lutonda has been appointed assistant coach of Angola's U-16 national basketball team. In July 2013, Lutonda won his first gold medal (as assistant coach) as Angola beat Egypt 75-66 in the final.

Achievements

Titles Won

Sources

Miguel Lutonda
at basket-stats.info

at the 2000 Olympic Games

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lutonda, Miguel 1971 births Living people Angolan men's basketball players Atlético Sport Aviação basketball players Basketball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics C.D. Primeiro de Agosto men's basketball players Olympic basketball players of Angola Point guards Basketball players from Luanda 2010 FIBA World Championship players 2006 FIBA World Championship players 2002 FIBA World Championship players