Walter Bandeira da Costa (born 25 March 1973) is a retired
Angola
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n basketball
point guard
The point guard (PG), also called the one or the point, is one of the five Basketball positions, positions in a regulation basketball game. A point guard has perhaps the most specialized role of any position. Point guards are expected to run t ...
. Costa is a former member of the
Angola national basketball team
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. At the
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...
, the Angolan squad finished in last place and did not win a game.
He is currently the assistant coach of Angolan Basketball team
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 ...
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1973 births
Living people
Basketball players from Luanda
Angolan men's basketball players
Basketball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Point guards
Olympic basketball players of Angola
Atlético Sport Aviação basketball players
C.D. Primeiro de Agosto men's basketball players
African Games gold medalists for Angola
African Games medalists in basketball
2002 FIBA World Championship players
Competitors at the 2007 All-Africa Games
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