Associação de Basquete Cearense

Basquete Cearense
Basquete Cearense
Leagues	NBB
Founded	June 23, 2012; 11 years ago
Arena	Northeast Olympic Training Center
Capacity	20,000
Location	Fortaleza, Brazil
Team colors	White and Red;
Main sponsor	Solar ; Unimed
President	Thális Braga
Head coach	Dannyel Russo
Website	Official Website
Home	Away

Associação de Basquete Cearense or simply Basquete Cearense is a Brazilian professional basketball team that is based in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil. The club plays in the Brazilian top-tier level Novo Basquete Brasil (NBB). The team was founded in 2012, and since then has played in all editions of the NBB, reaching the playoffs three times.

History

Basquete Cearense was created in 2012, with the support of the government of Ceará, Fortaleza, City Hall, and sponsored by Sky. It was created as a project franchise, conceived by head coach Alberto Bial, who had been one of those responsible for the creation of the Joinville team. The team became the first basketball team from the Northeast Region of Brazil to play in the top-tier level Novo Basquete Brasil (NBB).

Roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Basquete Cearense roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Wt.	Age
C	1	Neto, Feliciano	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	115 kg (254 lb)	33 – (1990-05-23)23 May 1990
PG	3	Brite, Dontrell	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	30 – (1994-03-31)31 March 1994
G/F	4	Gusmão, Victor	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	30 – (1993-09-03)3 September 1993
G	5	Willians, Léo	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	80 kg (176 lb)	26 – (1997-10-20)20 October 1997
SG	7	Lourenço, Paulo	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	97 kg (214 lb)	29 – (1994-10-13)13 October 1994
PG	8	Albuquerque, Gabriel	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	90 kg (198 lb)	39 – (1984-12-26)26 December 1984
PG	9	Boracini, Paulinho	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	43 – (1981-03-07)7 March 1981
PF	10	de Oliveira, Alex	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	102 kg (225 lb)	40 – (1983-08-17)17 August 1983
PG	11	Freitas, Bruninho	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	78 kg (172 lb)	26 – (1998-01-28)28 January 1998
SF	14	da Silva, Sualisson	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	94 kg (207 lb)	31 – (1992-10-14)14 October 1992
SG	17	McLemore, Rashaun	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	92 kg (203 lb)	37 – (1986-05-13)13 May 1986
PG	21	Cobb, Farad	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	83 kg (183 lb)	31 – (1993-04-05)5 April 1993
C	23	Fiorotto, Bruno	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	115 kg (254 lb)	39 – (1984-08-23)23 August 1984
PG	24	Lassance, Rafael	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	62 kg (137 lb)	25 – (1999-02-08)8 February 1999
F/C	33	Ribeiro, Felipe	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	44 – (1979-08-20)20 August 1979
C	34	Kurtz, Douglas	2.13 m (7 ft 0 in)	120 kg (265 lb)	36 – (1987-07-11)11 July 1987
PG	45	Gabriel, João	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	83 kg (183 lb)	24 – (2000-04-06)6 April 2000
PG	55	Lobo, Pedro	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	83 kg (183 lb)	21 – (2002-08-21)21 August 2002

Head coach

Dannyel Russo

Assistant coach(es)

Luis Claudio da Mota Correa

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: 2 July 2019

Noted players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

References

External links

Official website (in Portuguese)
Latinbasket.com Profile

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