Custódio Muchate

Custódio Muchate
Muchate being interviewed after the 2021 BAL season
No. 24 – Ferroviário de Maputo
PositionCenter
LeagueBasketball Africa League
Mozambican Basketball League
Personal information
Born (1982-05-06) 6 May 1982 (age 42)
Maputo, Mozambique
NationalityMozambican
Listed height1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)
Career history
2013–presentFerroviário de Maputo
Career highlights and 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.[2]

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.[3] In 2020, he retired from the national team after 19 years.[2]

BAL career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2021 Ferroviário de Maputo 4 4 29.8 .364 .333 .875 7.5 2.3 .0 .0 6.5
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]

References

  1. ^ Mozambique national team Archived 2011-09-29 at the Wayback Machine at AfricaBasket
  2. ^ a b "Custódio Muchate renúncia a selecção de basquetebol depois de 19 anos de carreira internacional". Lance (in European Portuguese). 2020-12-30. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Custodio Muchate - FIBA Archives". Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  4. ^ ""O basquetebol abriu-me portas e tornou-me disciplinado" - Custódio Muchate". Fermaputo.co.mz (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 24 May 2021.