Rodrigo Mascarenhas (born March 24, 1980) is a Cape Verdean-Portuguese basketball player for
Benfica. Standing at , he plays as forward.
Professional career
Mascarenhas played professional basketball in Portugal with
F.C. Porto
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. He then joined countryman
Marques Houtman on Angolan side
Primero de Agosto at the 2007-08 season and then played for another Angolan team,
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National team career
Mascarenhas currently is the captain of the
Cape Verde national basketball team. At the
2007 FIBA Africa Championship
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, after leading the Cape Verdeans to a surprise third-place finish in the tournament.
Interview with Marques Houtman at FIBAafrique.com
/ref> he was named to the All-Tournament team.
References
1980 births
Living people
Cape Verdean men's basketball players
C.D. Primeiro de Agosto men's basketball players
FC Porto basketball players
S.L. Benfica basketball players
Cape Verdean expatriate basketball people in Portugal
Cape Verdean expatriate basketball people in Angola
Power forwards (basketball)
Small forwards
Sportspeople from Rotterdam
category:Portuguese men's basketball players
Atlético Sport Aviação basketball players
Ginásio C.F. basketball players
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Portuguese people of Cape Verdean descent