Olímpio Cipriano (born 9 April 1982) is an Angolan

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 ...

player who currently plays for Petro de Luanda and the Angola national team.Player Profile
FIBA.com A guard, he has been one of the most decorated basketball players in Angolan history, having won 12 Angolan Leagues and 11 Angolan Cups in his career. Born in

Luanda Luanda () is the Capital (political), capital and largest city in Angola. It is Angola's primary port, and its major Angola#Economy, industrial, Angola#Culture, cultural and Angola#Demographics, urban centre. Located on Angola's northern Atl ...

, Cipriano represented 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 ...

on several international tournaments and won four gold AfroBasket medals for his country. Cipriano also won five

FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup The FIBA Africa Basketball League (formerly named the FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup) was the highest caliber men's professional basketball competition for clubs until 2020, organized by the FIBA Africa and played by the champions of the league ...

titles, four with Primeiro and one with Libolo; he was honoured as MVP of the tournament in 2007.

Professional career

Cipriano played with the

Detroit Pistons The Detroit Pistons are an American professional basketball team based in Detroit. The Pistons compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Central Division and play their home games at L ...

' summer league team before being cut prior to the start of the 2007–08 NBA season.

National team career

Cipriano played with Angola on several tournaments, including the 2004 Summer Olympics and the

FIBA Africa Championship 2005 The 2005 FIBA Africa Championship was the 23rd FIBA Africa Championship, played under the rules of FIBA, the world governing body for basketball, and the FIBA Africa thereof. The tournament was hosted by Algeria from August 15 to 24 2005 and took ...

. At the 2005 tournament, Cipriano led the Angolans to defeat

Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 ...

to capture first place for the 4th championship in a row. Cipriano was also MVP of the tournament. He was also a member of the Angola squad at the

2006 FIBA World Championship The 2006 FIBA World Championship was the 15th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's national teams. The tournament was hosted by Japan and held from 19 August to 3 September 2006. It was co-organised by ...

, where he averaged 13.8 points per game, including a high of 33 in a losing effort against

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

Awards and accomplishments

Club

;Primeiro de Agosto *4×

: ( 2002, 2004, 2007,

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

) *8× Angolan League: (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2022) *6× Taça de Angola: (2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2022) *9× Angolan Super Cup: (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2021) ;Benfica do Libolo *

: (

2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...

) *3× Angolan League: (2012, 2014, 2017) *5× Taça de Angola: (2010, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2017) *3× Angolan Super Cup: (2012, 2016, 2017) * Taça Victorino Cunha: (2013) ;Petro de Luanda *2× Angolan League: (

2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

2021 File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October 2021 coup in Sudan; Crowd shortly after t ...

) * Taça de Angola: (2022)

Individual

* FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup MVP: ( 2007) *2× FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup All-Star Team: ( 2007,

2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gat ...

) *4× Angolan League MVP: (

, 2011,

, 2017) *3× Angolan League Top Scorer: (2007,

) * Angolan League assists leader: ( 2011)

Career statistics

BAL

, - , style="text-align:left;",

, style="text-align:left;", Petro de Luanda , 6 , , 0 , , 15.9 , , .359 , , .324 , , .750 , , 2.3 , , 1.0 , , .3 , , .0 , , 7.0 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 6 , , 0 , , 15.9 , , .359 , , .324 , , .750 , , 2.3 , , 1.0 , , .3 , , .0 , , 7.0

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cipriano, Olimpio 1982 births Living people African Games gold medalists for Angola African Games medalists in basketball Angolan expatriate basketball people in the United States Angolan men's basketball players Atlético Petróleos de Luanda basketball players Basketball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Basketball players from Luanda C.D. Primeiro de Agosto men's basketball players C.R.D. Libolo basketball players Competitors at the 2003 All-Africa Games Olympic basketball players for Angola Shooting guards Small forwards 2006 FIBA World Championship players 2010 FIBA World Championship players 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup players 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup players