Yanick Pires Moreira (born July 31, 1991) is an Angolan professional
basketball
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player for
Kolossos Rodou of the
Greek Basket League
The Greek Basket League (GBL), often also referred to as the Greek A1 Basketball League, or Greek Basketball Championship (originally called Panhellenic Basketball Championship), and also known as the Stoiximan Basket League for sponsorship reaso ...
. He played two seasons of college basketball for the
SMU Mustangs
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.
Early life and college career
From 2008 to 2011, Moreira played 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 ...
of the
Angolan League before moving to the United States to attend
South Plains College
South Plains College (SPC) is a public community college in Levelland, Texas. It operates satellite branches in Plainview, at the Reese Technology Center, formerly Reese Air Force Base, in western Lubbock, and the Lubbock Center near centra ...
. After playing two seasons with South Plains, he transferred to
Southern Methodist University
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, type = Private research university
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, religious_affiliation = United Methodist Church
, president = R. Gerald Turner
, prov ...
where he graduated in 2015. Moreira was called for
goaltending
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on a
three-point field goal
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by
Bryce Alford
Bryce Michael Alford (born January 18, 1995) is an American professional basketball player for Zastal Zielona Góra of the Polish Basketball League. He played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins. He set school records for the most three-point ...
, in the closing seconds of the Mustangs' second-round game of the
2015 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
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against
UCLA
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. Moreira took responsibility for the loss, saying "It's all my fault. I should have let the ball hit the rim. I shouldn't have made that mistake as a senior."
Professional career
After going undrafted in the
2015 NBA draft, Moreira joined the
Los Angeles Clippers
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for the
2015 NBA Summer League
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Ten teams participated in the week-long Orlando Pro Summer League a ...
. In September 2015, he was ruled out for four to six weeks with a minor ligament tear in his left foot. On November 29, 2015, he signed with
Rouen Métropole Basket
Rouen Métropole Basket, shortly named RMB, is a professional basketball club founded in 2011, based in Rouen, France. The team currently plays in the LNB Pro B, the French second division.
History
After playing in the Pro B for one year, the cl ...
of the French
LNB Pro A
The LNB Pro A, currently known for sponsorship reasons as Betclic Élite, is the top-tier men's professional basketball league in France. The competition has existed since 1921. Since 1987, the Ligue Nationale de Basket has governed the league. ...
. In April 2016, he left Rouen and signed with Angolan club
Petro de Luanda
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Given name
* Petro Balabuyev (1931-2007), Ukrainian airplane designer, engineer and professor, lead designer of many Antonov airplanes
* Petro Doroshenko (1 ...
. He was later loaned to Spanish club
UCAM Murcia
UCAM Universidad Católica de Murcia Club de Baloncesto, S.A.D., more commonly referred to as UCAM Murcia, is a professional basketball team based in Murcia, Spain. It plays their home games at Palacio de Deportes.
History
Founded in 1985 u ...
for the rest of the
2015–16 ACB season
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.
In July 2016, Moreira joined the
Toronto Raptors
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for the
2016 NBA Summer League
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Ten teams participated in the week ...
. On August 11, 2016, he signed with the Raptors, but was waived on October 22, 2016, after appearing in one preseason game. On October 30, 2016, he was acquired by
Raptors 905
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of the
NBA Development League
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as an affiliate player of Toronto. On May 3, 2017, he signed with
Sanat Naft Abadan of the
Iranian Super League.
On July 13, 2017, Moreira signed with Russian club
Parma
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for the 2017–18 season. He averaged 9 points and 6 rebounds per game in the VTB league. On August 5, 2018, Moreira joined the Greek club
PAOK. Moreira spent the 2019–20 season with
Peristeri
Peristeri (Greek language, Greek: Περιστέρι, meaning "pigeon/dove" in Greek) is a suburban municipality in the western part of the Athens agglomeration, Greece. With 139,981 inhabitants (2011 census), it is the seventh-largest municipali ...
and averaged 12.7 points and 6.7 rebounds per game.
He signed with
AEK Athens
A.E.K ( el, AEK , formally Αθλητική Ένωσις Κωνσταντινουπόλεως; Athlitikí Énosis Konstantinoupόleos, ''Athletic Union of Constantinople''), known as A.E.K, is a major Greece, Greek multi-sport club based in Nea ...
on June 18, 2020. He was voted as the MVP of the month for November in the
Basketball Champions League
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after averaging 17.7 points and 6.3 rebounds per game. Overall, Moreira averaged 13 points, 6.2 rebounds, 1.4 blocks, and 1.2 assists throughout the 2020-21 campaign with AEK.
On July 28, 2021, Moreira officially returned to
Peristeri
Peristeri (Greek language, Greek: Περιστέρι, meaning "pigeon/dove" in Greek) is a suburban municipality in the western part of the Athens agglomeration, Greece. With 139,981 inhabitants (2011 census), it is the seventh-largest municipali ...
. On January 3, 2022, he parted ways once again with the club. During his second stint, Moreira averaged 7 points and 4.5 rebounds, playing only 15 minutes per game.
On March 14, 2022, Moreira returned to Angola, signing with
Petro de Luanda
Petro is a masculine given name, a surname and an Ancient Roman cognomen. It may refer to:
Given name
* Petro Balabuyev (1931-2007), Ukrainian airplane designer, engineer and professor, lead designer of many Antonov airplanes
* Petro Doroshenko (1 ...
.
On September 20, 2022, Moreira signed with Greek club
Kolossos Rodou.
National team career
Moreira has been a regular member of the
Angola national basketball team
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since 2010, having competed at the
2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup
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. At the
2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup
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, Moreira scored a tournament-high and career-high 38 points, along with 15 rebounds, in an 83–91 win against
Australia
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.
References
External links
SMU Mustangs bio
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1991 births
Living people
2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup players
2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup players
AEK B.C. players
Angolan expatriate basketball people in France
Angolan expatriate basketball people in Greece
Angolan expatriate basketball people in Iran
Angolan expatriate basketball people in Italy
Angolan expatriate basketball people in Russia
Angolan expatriate basketball people in Spain
Angolan expatriate basketball people in the United States
Angolan men's basketball players
CB Murcia players
C.D. Primeiro de Agosto men's basketball players
Centers (basketball)
Angolan expatriate basketball people in Canada
Kolossos Rodou B.C. players
Liga ACB players
P.A.O.K. BC players
Parma Basket players
Peristeri B.C. players
Raptors 905 players
SMU Mustangs men's basketball players
South Plains Texans basketball players
Basketball players from Luanda
Virtus Bologna players
Atlético Petróleos de Luanda basketball players