Nádia Gomes Colhado (born February 25, 1989) is a Brazilian professional

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player who currently plays for Gernika KESB of Spain's

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. She has competed for the

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at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics, the 2014 FIBA World Championship for Women, and FIBA Americas tournaments. During the 2013–14

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, Colhado played with

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and

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, both from the WNBA's

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, for Sport Recife. While Dream coach

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visited his players, he was impressed with Colhado and invited her to the team's training camp prior to the

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. She eventually passed the tests to join Atlanta, and despite having limited minutes due to the Dream's abundance of centers, took part in 16 games of the regular season. Colhado played 6 more games in the

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before being waived by the Dream. During the 2016–17 season, she played in Spain, in IDK Gipuzkoa from San Sebastian and she became the MVP of the competition. In 2017, Colhado signed with the Fever. In the offseason, she played for another Spanish team, Uni Girona.Nadia Colhado: La força interior de l’Spar Citylift
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Non-WNBA club history

* Divino/COC/Jundiaí (Brazil) * Universidad Leon (Spain) * São Caetano (Brazil) * Santo André (Brazil) * São José (Brazil) * Sport Recife (Brazil) * Sampaio Basquete (Brazil) * IDK Gipuzkoa (Spain) * Uni Girona (Spain) * Flammes Carolo Basket (France) * Gernika KESB (Spain)

References

1989 births Living people Atlanta Dream players Brazilian expatriate basketball people in the United States Brazilian expatriate basketball people in Spain Brazilian expatriate basketball people in France Basketball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Brazilian women's basketball players Centers (basketball) Indiana Fever players Olympic basketball players for Brazil Sportspeople from Paraná (state) People from Marialva {{Brazil-basketball-bio-stub