Marcel de Souza (basketball)
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Born | Campinas, Brazil | 4 December 1956
Listed height | 6 ft 6.5 in (1.99 m) |
Listed weight | 210 lb (95 kg) |
Position | Shooting guard / small forward |
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Marcel Ramon Ponickwar de Souza, commonly known as Marcel de Souza, or simply Marcel (born December 4, 1956, in Campinas), is a retired Brazilian professional basketball player and a professional coach.
Professional career
[edit]During his pro club career, de Souza won the 1979 edition of the FIBA Intercontinental Cup, while a member of EC Sírio.
National team career
[edit]De Souza played at 5 FIBA World Cups: (1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, and 1990). He totaled 37 games played and 494 points scored during those competitions, and he won a bronze medal at the 1978 tournament. De Souza also played with Brazil at the Summer Olympic Games of 1980, 1984, 1988, and 1992.
Personal life
[edit]De Souza is the older brother of Maury de Souza, who is also a Brazilian former professional basketball player. De Souza is also the father-in-law of Brazilian professional basketball player Guilherme Giovannoni.
External links
[edit]- FIBA Profile 1
- FIBA Profile 2
- Profile at the official website of the Brazilian basketball federation (in Portuguese)
- 1956 births
- Living people
- Brazilian basketball coaches
- Brazilian men's basketball players
- 1974 FIBA World Championship players
- 1978 FIBA World Championship players
- 1982 FIBA World Championship players
- 1990 FIBA World Championship players
- Basketball players at the 1975 Pan American Games
- Basketball players at the 1979 Pan American Games
- Basketball players at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Basketball players at the 1983 Pan American Games
- Basketball players at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Basketball players at the 1987 Pan American Games
- Basketball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Basketball players at the 1991 Pan American Games
- Basketball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Clube Atlético Monte Líbano basketball players
- Esporte Clube Pinheiros basketball coaches
- Esporte Clube Sírio basketball players
- Olympic basketball players for Brazil
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Brazil
- Pan American Games medalists in basketball
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Brazil
- Shooting guards
- Small forwards
- Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras basketball players
- Sport Club Corinthians Paulista basketball players
- 1986 FIBA World Championship players
- Medalists at the 1979 Pan American Games
- Sportspeople from Campinas
- Basketball players from São Paulo (state)
- Competitors at the 1990 Goodwill Games
- Bradley Braves men's basketball players
- Brazilian expatriate basketball people in the United States
- Brazilian expatriate basketball people in Italy
- 20th-century Brazilian sportsmen
- Brazilian basketball biography stubs