Fidel Mendonça

Fidel Mendonça
Prédio
PositionPoint guard
LeagueProliga
Personal information
Born (1984-07-07) 7 July 1984 (age 40)
Praia, Cape Verde
Listed height1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Listed weight88 kg (194 lb)
Career history
2010–2013Sport Algés e Dafundo
2013–2018AD Bairro
2018–2020Prédio
2021–2022AD Galomar
2022–presentPrédio
Career highlights and awards

Fidel Mendonça (born 7 July 1984) is a Cape Verdean basketball player for Prédio and the Cape Verde national basketball team. Standing at 1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in), he plays as shooting guard.

Club career

From 2010 to 2013, Mendonça played in Portugal for second division Proliga club Sport Algés e Dafundo.[1]

Mendonça played several seasons for AD Bairro. He won the Cape Verdean Basketball Championship three times with the team, and was named MVP for four seasons in a row.

In 2018, Mendonça joined Cape Verdean club Prédio.[2] With Prédio, he won the Cape Verdean national championship two times.[3]

For the 2021–22 season, he signed with AD Galomar in the Proliga.[3]

National team career

Mendonça has been a long-time member of the Cape Verde national basketball team, since 2006.[4] He is also the captain of the team.

He helped his country capture the fourth place at AfroBasket 2021, contributing 8 points per game.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Fidel Mendonca, Basketball Player". Proballers. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Basquetebol: Fidel Mendonça quer levar Prédio à conquista do Nacional "o mais rápido possível"". Expresso das Ilhas (in Portuguese). Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Basquetebol: Fidel Mendonça de volta a Pro-liga portuguesa". Rtc.cv (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  4. ^ "Fidel Mendonça" (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  5. ^ "Fidel MENDONÇA at the FIBA AfroBasket 2021". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
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