Adriana "Adrianinha" Moisés Pinto (born December 6, 1978) is a Brazilian female basketball player. She spent 17 years with the

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, from 1997 to 2016. Among her accomplishments with the national team are participations in four

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, winning a bronze at the

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edition in Sydney, four World Championship appearances – with her best position being a fourth place at home in

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– and titles in

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and South American championships. Moisés retired from the national team following the

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, expressing an interest in becoming a basketball coach. However, coach

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invited her in late 2015 to join the team that was preparing for the

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in Rio de Janeiro, and Moisés felt interested in representing Brazil at home. On a club level, Moisés played in 2001 and 2002 for the WNBA's

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, and was waived by the team prior to the 2007 season. She has also played in Italy, Russia and Croatia. Moises has a daughter, Aaliyah (b. 2006), from a relationship with

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pinto, Adriana Moises 1978 births Living people People from Franca Brazilian women's basketball players Olympic basketball players for Brazil Basketball players at the 1999 Pan American Games Basketball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 2007 Pan American Games Basketball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Brazilian expatriate basketball people in the United States Olympic bronze medalists for Brazil Olympic medalists in basketball Phoenix Mercury players Point guards ŽKK Gospić players Brazilian expatriate basketball people in Croatia Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Pan American Games silver medalists for Brazil Pan American Games bronze medalists for Brazil Pan American Games medalists in basketball Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games Basketball players from São Paulo (state)

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