Custódio Muchate Explained

Custódio Muchate
Position:Center
Height M:1.99
League:Basketball Africa League
Mozambican Basketball League
Team:Ferroviário de Maputo
Number:24
Birth Date:1982 5, df=y
Birth Place:Maputo, Mozambique
Nationality:Mozambican
Years1:2013–present
Team1:Ferroviário de Maputo
Awards:

Custódio Anão Muchate (born 6 May 1982) is a Mozambique basketball player for Ferroviário de Maputo of the Mozambican Basketball League.[1] He was a member of the Mozambican national basketball team for 19 years.

Professional career

Since 2013, Muchate plays with Ferroviário de Maputo in the Mozambican Basketball League and FIBA organised tournaments.

Muchate was on the Ferroviário roster for the 2021 BAL season, the inaugural season of the Basketball Africa League, where his team was eliminated in the quarter-finals.

National team career

Muchate was a member of the Mozambique national basketball team after making his debut at age 19, in 2001. He appeared with his country at the 2005, 2007, 2009, 2013 and 2015 AfroBasket championships.[2] In 2020, he retired from the national team after 19 years.[3]

BAL career statistics

|-| style="text-align:left;"|2021| style="text-align:left;"|Ferroviário de Maputo| 4 || 4 || 29.8 || .364 || .333 || .875 || 7.5 || 2.3 || .0 || .0 || 6.5|-|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career| 4 || 4 || 29.8 || .364 || .333 || .875 || 7.5 || 2.3 || .0 || .0 || 6.5

Personal

Besides playing basketball, Muchate works as a manager at a beer brewing company.[4]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.africabasket.com/Mozambique/basketball.asp?NewsID=166608 Mozambique national team
  2. Web site: Custodio Muchate - FIBA Archives . 24 May 2021.
  3. News: Custódio Muchate renúncia a selecção de basquetebol depois de 19 anos de carreira internacional . 24 May 2021 . Lance . 2020-12-30 . pt-PT.
  4. Web site: “O basquetebol abriu-me portas e tornou-me disciplinado” - Custódio Muchate . Fermaputo.co.mz . 24 May 2021 . pt-pt.