Fidel Mendonça Explained

Fidel Mendonça
Position:Point guard
League:Proliga
Team:Prédio
Birth Date:1984 7, df=y
Birth Place:Praia, Cape Verde
Nationality:Cape Verdean
Height M:1.87
Weight Kg:88
Years1:2010–2013
Team1:Sport Algés e Dafundo
Years2:2013–2018
Team2:AD Bairro
Years3:2018–2020
Team3:Prédio
Years4:2021–2022
Team4:AD Galomar
Years5:2022–present
Team5:Prédio
Highlights:

Fidel Mendonça (born 7 July 1984) is a Cape Verdean basketball player for Prédio and the Cape Verde national basketball team. Standing at, he plays as shooting guard.

Club career

From 2010 to 2013, Mendonça played in Portugal for second division Proliga club Sport Algés e Dafundo.[1]

Mendonça played several seasons for AD Bairro. He won the Cape Verdean Basketball Championship three times with the team, and was named MVP for four seasons in a row.

In 2018, Mendonça joined Cape Verdean club Prédio.[2] With Prédio, he won the Cape Verdean national championship two times.

For the 2021–22 season, he signed with AD Galomar in the Proliga.[3]

National team career

Mendonça has been a long-time member of the Cape Verde national basketball team, since 2006.[4] He is also the captain of the team.

He helped his country capture the fourth place at AfroBasket 2021, contributing 8 points per game.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fidel Mendonca, Basketball Player . Proballers . 28 October 2021 . en.
  2. Web site: Basquetebol: Fidel Mendonça quer levar Prédio à conquista do Nacional "o mais rápido possível" . Expresso das Ilhas . 28 October 2021 . pt.
  3. Web site: Basquetebol: Fidel Mendonça de volta a Pro-liga portuguesa . Rtc.cv . 28 October 2021 . pt-PT.
  4. Web site: Fidel Mendonça . 28 October 2021 . pt-PT.
  5. News: Fidel MENDONÇA at the FIBA AfroBasket 2021 . 28 October 2021 . FIBA.basketball . en.