Carlos Olivinha Explained

Carlos Olivinha
Position:Small forward / power forward
Height Ft:6
Height In:8
Weight Lb:260
League:NBB
Team:Flamengo
Number:16
Birth Date:18 April 1983
Birth Place:Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Career Start:2003
Years1:2003–2009
Team1:Flamengo
Years2:2008–2009
Team2:Uberlândia
Years3:2009–2012
Team3:Pinheiros
Years4:2012–present
Team4:Flamengo
Highlights:

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]

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

Denotes seasons in which Olivinha won NBB championship
Led the league

NBB regular season

SeasonTeam
28 36.0 .599 .422 .748 10.2 1.5 1.4 .2 20.4
26 34.6 .587 .347 .812 10.4 1.9 1.2 .8 20.8
26 32.2 .641 .365 .773 8.9 1.7 1.0 .3 17.9
28 29.1 .630 .307 .793 6.7 1.9 1.1 .5 15.0
2012–1334 29.8 .639 .325 .722 8.7 1.3 .5 .2 14.4
2013–1432 28.1 .551 .340 .783 8.4 1.2 .8 .2 12.9
2014–1529 22.6 .622 .349 .703 6.1 1.1 .9 .2 10.2
2015–1623 18.1 .621 .286 .680 4.4 .9 .5 .1 9.3
28 26.5 .667 .340 .721 10.1 1.7 .8 .3 13.9
28 19.3 .589 .246 .800 6.4 .9 .6 .1 8.8
2018–1926 19.5 .617 .355 .800 5.6 .7 .9 .1 12.4
22 22.5 .492 .403 .768 6.3 1.0 1.0 .2 11.3
2020–2124 21.9 .550 .463 .743 7.4 1.8 .8 .3 12.8
Career 354 26.4 .605 .356 .760 7.7 1.4 .9 .2 13.9
All-Star - - - - - - - - - -

NBB playoffs

SeasonTeam
3 39.2 .565 .304 1.000 11.0 2.7 1.0 .0 18.7
6 38.3 .600 .345 .848 12.0 1.5 1.2 .5 17.7
8 32.3 .604 .333 .800 7.1 0.9 1.0 .3 12.8
10 31.1 .582 .175 .763 8.3 1.1 1.3 .1 12.8
20139 26.9 .605 .323 .667 6.2 1.4 1.4 .2 9.6
20149 24.8 .628 .333 .769 6.9 0.8 1.0 .3 11.1
201510 26.3 .636 .353 .769 6.0 1.5 1.2 .1 12.6
201612 25.9 .622 .467 .781 6.8 1.1 1.0 .2 14.1
5 22.3 .586 .455 .889 6.0 1.2 1.0 .0 14.4
7 19.0 .513 .250 .769 5.6 .9 .7 .0 8.4
201912 21.2 .609 .419 .800 6.6 1.2 1.1 .2 11.8
20218 22.5 .543 .250 .643 7.5 .5 .3 .1 9.6
Career 99 26.6 .596 .333 .786 7.2 1.1 1.0 .2 12.6

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.latinbasket.com/player.asp?Cntry=BRA&PlayerID=36910 Player Profile
  2. http://puertorico2009.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/09/facm/player/p/pid/45392/sid/4042/tid/250/profile.html Profile
  3. http://puertorico2009.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/09/facm/player/p/pid/45392/sid/4042/tid/250/profile.html Profile
  4. http://www.latinbasket.com/player.asp?Cntry=BRA&PlayerID=36910 Profile