Jacques Conceição Explained

Jacques Conceição
Position:Point guard
Height Ft:6
Height In:3
Weight Lb:190
League:LPB
Team:Galitos F.C.
Number:15
Birth Date:1989 9, mf=yes
Birth Place:Lisbon, Portugal
Nationality:Angolan / Portuguese
High School:Lycée français Charles Lepierre
College:William Paterson
Draft Year:2015
Career Start:2015
Years1:2015–2017
Team1:Galitos F.C.
Years2:2017–2018
Team2:Primeiro de Agosto
Years3:2018–2019
Team3:S.L. Benfica
Years4:2019–2020
Team4:ADO Basquetebol Sad Ovarense
Years5:2020–2021
Team5:Galitos F.C.
Years6:2021–2022
Team6:Lusitânia
Years7:2022–2023
Team7:Imortal
Years8:2023–present
Team8:Galitos F.C.

Jacques leandro Pinto Nzadi Conceição (born 4 September 1989) is an Angolan-Portuguese basketball player.[1] [2] for Galitos F.C. of the LPB.[3]

College career

Before attending college, he played basketball at the Atlético Clube de Portugal where he won the South conference and was third at the Final Four as a senior.[4] He moved to William Paterson University in 2011, he averaged 7.79 points, 5.68 rebounds and 1.61 assists in his freshman year.[5] [6] In his sophomore year, he averaged 7.79 points, 5.68 rebounds and 1.61 assists.[7] In his junior year, he averaged 10.42 points, 7.89 rebounds and 1.22 assists.[8] In his Senior year, he averaged 8.10 points, 5.07 rebounds and 1.59 assists.[9] [10]

Professional career

Conceição played for the Galitos F.C. in the 2015–16 season, he averaged 6.66 points, 3.38 rebounds and 1.56 assists.[11] In the 2016–17 season, he averaged 10.92 points, 3.62 rebounds and 2.30 assists.[12] In the 2017–18 season, he moved to the Angolan side Primeiro de Agosto[13] He moved Back to Portugal in the 2018–19 season to play for the S.L. Benfica where he averaged 2.48 points, 1 rebound and 0.65 assists.[14] He moved to the ADO Basquetebol Sad Ovarense in the 2019–20 season.[15] [16]

National Team Career

Conceição represented the Angola national basketball team at the AfroBasket 2017 where he averaged 4.8 points, 2.5 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game.[17] Conceição also represented the Angola national basketball team at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup in China, where he averaged 3 points, 1 rebound and 1.5 assists per game.[18]

Personal life

Jacques Conceição is the son of the retired Angolan-Portuguese basketball player Jean-Jacques Conceição.[19]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jaques CONCEICAO . fiba.basketball.
  2. Web site: Jacques Conceicao Career . basketball.afrobasket.com.
  3. Web site: Jacques Conceicao . basketball.eurobasket.com.
  4. Web site: Jaques Conceicao - 2011-2012 Men's Basketball - William Paterson University . wpupioneers.com.
  5. Web site: Men's Basketball . wpupioneers.com.
  6. Web site: 2011-2012 William Paterson Pioneers . basketball.realgm.com.
  7. Web site: 2012-2013 William Paterson Pioneers Roster . basketball.realgm.com.
  8. Web site: 2013-2014 William Paterson Pioneers . basketball.realgm.com.
  9. Web site: 2014-2015 William Paterson Pioneers . basketball.realgm.com.
  10. Web site: Jaques Conceicao . basketball.realgm.com.
  11. Web site: Galitos Barreiro Rosters . basketball.realgm.com.
  12. Web site: Galitos Barreiro Rosters . basketball.realgm.com.
  13. Web site: Clube Desportivo 1° de Agosto Roster . basketball.afrobasket.com.
  14. Web site: SL Benfica Rosters .
  15. Web site: ADO Basquetebol Sad Ovarense Rosters . basketball.realgm.com.
  16. Web site: Jaques Conceicao . basketball.realgm.com.
  17. Web site: Jaques CONCEICAO . fiba.basketball.
  18. Web site: Jaques CONCEICAO . fiba.basketball.
  19. Web site: Jaques Conceicao - 2011-2012 Men's Basketball - William Paterson University . wpupioneers.com.