Paulo "Paulinho" Villas Boas de Almeida, commonly known in Brazil as Paulinho Villas Boas (born 26 January 1963), is a Brazilian former 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 ...
player.
Career
During his pro
club
Club may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
* ''Club'' (magazine)
* Club, a '' Yie Ar Kung-Fu'' character
* Clubs (suit), a suit of playing cards
* Club music
* "Club", by Kelsea Ballerini from the album ''kelsea''
Brands and enterprises ...
career, Villas Boas won 4
Brazilian Championships, in the years 1983, 1987, 1992, and 1995. With the senior men's
Brazilian national basketball team
The Brazil national basketball team is governed by the Brazilian Basketball Confederation ( pt, Confederação Brasileira de Basketball), abbreviated as CBB. They have been a member of the International Federation of Basketball (FIBA), since 19 ...
, Villas Boas competed at the
1986 FIBA World Cup, the
1988 Summer Olympic Games, the
1992 Summer Olympic Games
The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...
,
and the
1994 FIBA World Cup
The 1994 FIBA World Championship was the 12th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's teams. The tournament was hosted by Canada from August 4 to 14, 1994. The tournament was held at SkyDome and Maple L ...
.
References
External links
*
FIBA Profile 1
1963 births
Living people
Basketball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Basketball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Brazilian men's basketball players
Centers (basketball)
Clube Atlético Monte Líbano basketball players
Esporte Clube Sírio basketball players
Flamengo basketball players
Mogi das Cruzes Basquete players
Olympic basketball players of Brazil
Sport Club Corinthians Paulista basketball players
Basketball players from São Paulo
Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras basketball players
1986 FIBA World Championship players
1994 FIBA World Championship players
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