Olímpio Cipriano (born 9 April 1982) is an Angolan

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player who currently plays for Petro de Luanda and the Angola national team.Player Profile
FIBA.com A guard, he has been one of the most decorated basketball players in Angolan history, having won 12 Angolan Leagues and 11 Angolan Cups in his career. Born in

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, Cipriano represented the

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on several international tournaments and won four gold

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medals for his country. Cipriano also won five

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titles, four with Primeiro and one with Libolo; he was honoured as MVP of the tournament in 2007.

Professional career

Cipriano played with the

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' summer league team before being cut prior to the start of the

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National team career

Cipriano played with Angola on several tournaments, including the

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and the

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. At the 2005 tournament, Cipriano led the Angolans to defeat

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to capture first place for the 4th championship in a row. Cipriano was also MVP of the tournament. He was also a member of the Angola squad at the

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, where he averaged 13.8 points per game, including a high of 33 in a losing effort against

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Awards and accomplishments

Club

;Primeiro de Agosto *4×

: (

2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

) *8× Angolan League: (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2022) *6×

Taça de Angola :''This is about the Angolan football (soccer) competition. For the similarly named sports competitions, see Taça de Angola (basketball), Taça de Angola (handball) Taça de Angola (roller hockey)'' The Angolan football Cup is the main "knockou ...

: (2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2022) *9× Angolan Super Cup: (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2021) ;Benfica do Libolo *

: (

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

) *3× Angolan League: (2012, 2014, 2017) *5×

: (2010, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2017) *3× Angolan Super Cup: (2012, 2016, 2017) *

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: (2013) ;Petro de Luanda *2× Angolan League: (

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

) *

: (2022)

Individual

* FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup MVP: (

) *2× FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup All-Star Team: (

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

) *4× Angolan League MVP: (

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

, 2017) *3× Angolan League Top Scorer: (2007,

) * Angolan League assists leader: (

)

Career statistics

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cipriano, Olimpio 1982 births Living people African Games gold medalists for Angola African Games gold medalists in basketball Angolan expatriate basketball people in the United States Angolan men's basketball players Atlético Petróleos de Luanda basketball players Basketball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Basketball players from Luanda C.D. Primeiro de Agosto men's basketball players C.R.D. Libolo basketball players Basketball players at the 2003 All-Africa Games Olympic basketball players for Angola Shooting guards Small forwards 2006 FIBA World Championship players 2010 FIBA World Championship players 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup players 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup players