Brazilian basketball player
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
NBB playoffs
Season
Team
2009
Pinheiros
3
39.2
.565
.304
1.000
11.0
2.7
1.0
.0
18.7
2010
Pinheiros
6
38.3
.600
.345
.848
12.0
1.5
1.2
.5
17.7
2011
Pinheiros
8
32.3
.604
.333
.800
7.1
0.9
1.0
.3
12.8
2012
Pinheiros
10
31.1
.582
.175
.763
8.3
1.1
1.3
.1
12.8
2013 †
Flamengo
9
26.9
.605
.323
.667
6.2
1.4
1.4
.2
9.6
2014 †
Flamengo
9
24.8
.628
.333
.769
6.9
0.8
1.0
.3
11.1
2015 †
Flamengo
10
26.3
.636
.353
.769
6.0
1.5
1.2
.1
12.6
2016 †
Flamengo
12
25.9
.622
.467
.781
6.8
1.1
1.0
.2
14.1
2017
Flamengo
5
22.3
.586
.455
.889
6.0
1.2
1.0
.0
14.4
2018
Flamengo
7
19.0
.513
.250
.769
5.6
.9
.7
.0
8.4
2019 †
Flamengo
12
21.2
.609
.419
.800
6.6
1.2
1.1
.2
11.8
2021 †
Flamengo
8
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
References
External links
Head coach: José Neto
Assistant coach: Rodrigo Silva