Carlos Olivinha

Carlos Alexandre Rodrigues do Nascimento (born April 18, 1983), commonly known as Carlos Olivinha, or simply 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, with power forward being his main position. He was born in Rio de Janeiro.[1]

Carlos Olivinha
Olivinha with Flamengo, in 2015.
No. 16 – Flamengo
PositionSmall forward / Power forward
LeagueNBB
Personal information
Born (1983-04-18) April 18, 1983
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
NationalityBrazilian
Listed height6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight260 lb (118 kg)
Career information
Playing career2003–present
Career history
2003–2009Flamengo
2008–2009Uberlândia
2009–2012Pinheiros
2012–presentFlamengo
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Brazil
FIBA AmeriCup
2009 San Juan
Pan American Games
2015 Toronto
FIBA South American Championship
2016 Caracas
2014 Isla Margarita

Professional career

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

National team career

Olivinha has also been a member of the senior men's Brazilian national basketball team.[2] He made his debut with 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 AmeriCup, seeing action in four games off the bench for the Brazilians.[4] He also played at the 2015 FIBA AmeriCup.

NBB career statistics

NBB regular season
Season Team GP MPG 2PT FG% 3PT FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2008–09Pinheiros2836.0.599.422.74810.21.51.4.220.4
2009–10Pinheiros2634.6.587.347.81210.41.91.2.820.8
2010–11Pinheiros2632.2.641.365.7738.91.71.0.317.9
2011–12Pinheiros2829.1.630.307.7936.71.91.1.515.0
2012–13Flamengo3429.8.639.325.7228.71.3.5.214.4
2013–14Flamengo3228.1.551.340.7838.41.2.8.212.9
2014–15Flamengo2922.6.622.349.7036.11.1.9.210.2
2015–16Flamengo2318.1.621.286.6804.4.9.5.19.3
Career22628.8.610.351.7618.01.4.9.315.1
All-Star----------

NBB playoffs
Season Team GP MPG 2PT FG% 3PT FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2009Pinheiros339.2.565.3041.00011.02.71.00.018.7
2010Pinheiros638.3.600.345.84812.01.51.20.517.7
2011Pinheiros832.3.604.333.8007.10.91.00.312.8
2012Pinheiros1031.1.582.175.7638.31.11.30.112.8
2013Flamengo926.9.605.323.6676.21.41.40.29.6
2014Flamengo924.8.628.333.7696.90.81.00.311.1
2015Flamengo1026.3.636.353.7696.01.51.20.112.6
2016Flamengo1225.9.622.467.7816.81.11.00.214.1
Career6730.6.608.324.7918.01.41.10.213.4

References
  1. Player Profile at latinbasket.com
  2. Profile Archived 2009-12-05 at the Wayback Machine at FIBA.com
  3. Profile Archived 2009-12-05 at the Wayback Machine at FIBA.com
  4. Profile at latinbasket.com
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