Adilson Nascimento Explained

Adilson Nascimento
Height Ft:6
Height In:4.75
Weight Lb:220
Birth Date:3 December 1951
Birth Place:São Paulo, Brazil
Death Place:Campinas, Brazil
Career Position:Power forward / center
Highlights:

Adilson de Freitas Nascimento, also commonly known as Adilson Nascimento, or simply Adilson (3 December 1951 – 3 February 2009), was a Brazilian professional basketball player. He died in 2009 due to cancer.[1]

Professional career

During his pro club career, Nascimento won the Brazilian Championship, in the year 1973, with Vila Nova.

National team career

With the senior Brazilian national basketball team, Nascimento competed at the following major world tournaments: the 1972 Summer Olympics, the 1974 FIBA World Cup, the 1978 FIBA World Cup, the 1980 Summer Olympics, the 1982 FIBA World Cup, and the 1984 Summer Olympics.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Morte de Adílson Nascimento também deixa o basquete brasileiro de luto. Marcelo. Laguna. February 4, 2009. Olimpíada Todo Dia.
  2. Adilson . 25 December 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417060632/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ad/adilson-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020.