Pedro Vicente Fonseca
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's Basketball | ||
Representing  | ||
| World Championship | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1959 Santiago de Chile | Team |
| Pan American Games | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1955 Mexico City | Team |
| 1959 Chicago | Team |
| South American Championship | ||
| 1955 Colombia | Team |
Pedro Vicente "Pecente" Fonseca (born January 21, 1935, in São Vicente) is a retired Brazilian basketball player who played as a point guard.[1] Among others, he is one of the champion players of the 1959 World Championship in Chile.[1]
As a professional player, he played for many clubs, such as São Vicente, Santos and XV de Piracicaba.[1] He played 26 official matches for the Brazilian national basketball team, scoring 151 points, and winning the 1959 World Championship.[1]
He also won the bronze medals for the Pan-American Games of 1955 and 1959 and the South American bronze medal in 1955.[1]
Currently, he is the technical coordinator of the Clube de Campo de Piracicaba youth basketball teams, and is the director of AVEBESP, which is the veteran basketball players association of São Paulo state.[2]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Pecente" (in Portuguese). Brazilian Basketball Confederation. Retrieved 2008-06-22.
- ↑ "Pedro Vicente Fonseca "Pecente"" (in Portuguese). AVEBESP. Archived from the original on February 27, 2005. Retrieved 2008-06-22.