Cláudia Maria das Neves (born 17 February 1975 in

Guarujá Guarujá (; ) is a municipality in the São Paulo state of Brazil. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of the Baixada Santista. The population is 311,116 (2022 preliminary census count) in an area of . This place name comes from the Tupi lan ...

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) is a Brazilian

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player. Internationally, Claudinha has competed in two Summer Olympics:

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and 2008 Summer games with the

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. At the 2000 games, Claudinha won a

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. She has also competed for Brazil in other international competitions, including the

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. Professionally, the Brazilian played in the WNBA in the

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from 1999-2002; the first three with the

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and her final season with the

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.Player Profile
at WNBA.com

References

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