Olivinha

Olivinha
No. 16 – Flamengo
Position Small forward / Power forward
League Novo Basquete Brasil
Personal information
Born (1983-04-18) April 18, 1983
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Nationality Brazilian
Listed height 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight 260 lb (118 kg)
Career information
Playing career 2003–present
Career history
2003–2009 Flamengo
2008–2009 Uberlândia
2009–2012 Pinheiros
2012–present Flamengo
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's basketball
Competitor for  Brazil
FIBA Americas Championship
2009 San Juan National team
Pan American Games
2015 Toronto Team competition

Carlos Alexandre Rodrigues do Nascimento (born April 18, 1983), also known as Olivinha, is a Brazilian professional basketball player that currently plays for Flamengo of Novo Basquete Brasil. At 6'8" (2.03 m), he can play at either the small forward or power forward positions. He was born in Rio de Janeiro.[1]

Professional career

In the 2009-10 Brazilian League regular season, Olivinha averaged 20.8 points and 10.4 rebounds per game.

Brazilian national team

Olivinha has also been a member of the senior men's Brazilian national basketball team.[2] He made his debut for the senior team at the 2009 Marchand Continental Championship Cup, averaging 3.3 points and 1.3 rebounds per game for the team.[3] He also competed for the gold-medal winning Brazilian team at the 2009 FIBA Americas Championship, seeing action in four games off the bench for the Brazilians.[4]

NBB career statistics

NBB regular season

Season Team GP MPG 2PT FG% 3PT FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2008–09 Pinheiros 28 36.0 .558 .422 .748 10.2 1.5 1.4 .2 20.4
2009–10 Pinheiros 26 34.6 .536 .347 .812 10.4 1.9 1.2 .8 20.8
2010–11 Pinheiros 26 32.2 .561 .365 .773 8.9 1.7 1.0 .3 17.9
2011–12 Pinheiros 28 29.1 .557 .307 .793 6.7 1.9 1.1 .5 15.0
2012–13 Flamengo 34 29.7 .561 .325 .722 8.7 1.3 .5 .2 14.4
2013–14 Flamengo 32 28.1 .504 .340 .783 8.4 1.2 .8 .2 12.9
Career 174 31.6 .546 .355 .772 8.9 1.6 1.0 .4 16.7
All-Star - - - - - - - - - -

NBB playoffs

Season Team GP MPG 2PT FG% 3PT FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2008–09 Pinheiros 3 39.2 .565 .304 1.000 11.0 2.7 1.0 0.0 18.7
2009–10 Pinheiros 6 38.3 .600 .345 .848 12.0 1.5 1.2 0.5 17.7
2010–11 Pinheiros 8 32.3 .604 .333 .800 7.1 0.9 1.0 0.3 12.8
2011–12 Pinheiros 10 31.1 .582 .175 .763 8.3 1.1 1.3 0.1 12.8
2012–13 Flamengo 9 26.9 .605 .323 .667 6.2 1.4 1.4 0.2 9.6
2013–14 Flamengo 9 24.8 .628 .333 .769 6.9 0.8 1.0 0.3 11.1
Career 45 32.1 .598 .297 .797 8.6 1.4 1.2 0.2 13.3

References

  1. ↑ Player Profile at latinbasket.com
  2. ↑ Profile at FIBA.com
  3. ↑ Profile at FIBA.com
  4. ↑ Profile at latinbasket.com

External links


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