Associação de Basquete Cearense

Associação de Basquete Cearense or simply Basquete Cearense is a Brazilian professional basketball team that is based in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil. The club plays in the Brazilian top-tier level Novo Basquete Brasil (NBB). The team was founded in 2012, and since then has played in all editions of the NBB, reaching the playoffs three times.

Basquete Cearense
Leagues	NBB
Founded	June 23, 2012
Arena	Northeast Olympic Training Center
Capacity	20,000
Location	Fortaleza, Brazil
Team colors	White and Red
Main sponsor	Solar Unimed
President	Thális Braga
Head coach	Dannyel Russo
Website	Official Website
Home Away

History

Basquete Cearense was created in 2012, with the support of the government of Ceará, Fortaleza, City Hall, and sponsored by Sky. It was created as a project franchise, conceived by head coach Alberto Bial, who had been one of those responsible for the creation of the Joinville team. The team became the first basketball team from the Northeast Region of Brazil to play in the to[-tier level Novo Basquete Brasil (NBB).

Roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Basquete Cearense roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age C 1 Neto, Feliciano 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 115 kg (254 lb) 30 – 23 May 1990 PG 3 Brite, Dontrell 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 26 – 31 March 1994 G/F 4 Gusmão, Victor 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 27 – 3 September 1993 G 5 Willians, Léo 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 23 – 20 October 1997 SG 7 Lourenço, Paulo 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 97 kg (214 lb) 26 – 13 October 1994 PG 8 Albuquerque, Gabriel 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 36 – 26 December 1984 PG 9 Boracini, Paulinho 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 39 – 7 March 1981 PF 10 de Oliveira, Alex 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 37 – 17 August 1983 PG 11 Freitas, Bruninho 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 78 kg (172 lb) 23 – 28 January 1998 SF 14 da Silva, Sualisson 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 94 kg (207 lb) 28 – 14 October 1992 SG 17 McLemore, Rashaun 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 92 kg (203 lb) 34 – 13 May 1986 PG 21 Cobb, Farad 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 27 – 5 April 1993 C 23 Fiorotto, Bruno 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 115 kg (254 lb) 36 – 23 August 1984 PG 24 Lassance, Rafael 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 62 kg (137 lb) 21 – 8 February 1999 F/C 33 Ribeiro, Felipe 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 41 – 20 August 1979 C 34 Kurtz, Douglas 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 120 kg (265 lb) 33 – 11 July 1987 PG 45 Gabriel, João 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 20 – 6 April 2000 PG 55 Lobo, Pedro 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 18 – 21 August 2002	Head coach Dannyel Russo Assistant coach(es) Luis Claudio da Mota Correa Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 2 July 2019

Noted players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club. Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time. Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

• Duda Machado
• Davi Rossetto
• Marcus Toledo

References

External links

• Official website (in Portuguese)
• Latinbasket.com Profile