Filipe Abraão
Filipe Abraão (31 December 1979 – 9 January 2019) was an Angolan basketball player. He was a 194 cm (6'4") in height and weighs 88 kg (194 pounds) and played as a small forward.
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| Born | 31 December 1979 Luanda, Angola | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 9 January 2019 (aged 39) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Angolan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 194 cm (6.36 ft) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 88 kg (194 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Small forward | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2002–2008 | ASA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2013 | Primeiro de Agosto | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–present | Recreativo do Libolo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Abraão also represented the Angolan senior team for the first time at the FIBA Africa Championship 2009.[1] He saw action in five games off the bench for the Angolans, who won their seventh consecutive FIBA Africa Championship and qualified for the 2010 FIBA World Championship.[2]
He last played for Recreativo do Libolo at the Angolan major basketball league BIC Basket.
Abraão died on 9 January 2019 of an undisclosed disease.[3]
References
- Player Profile FIBA.com
- "Adolfo Graciano Quimbamba profile, FIBA Africa Championship for Men 2009 | FIBA.COM". FIBA.COM. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
- "Former basketball player Filipe Abraão dies". ANGOP Angolan News Agency. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
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