Kikas Gomes
Personal information | |
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Born | Luanda, Angola | December 23, 1980
Nationality | Angolan |
Listed height | 200 cm (6.6 ft) |
Listed weight | 100 kg (220 lb) |
Career information | |
College | Valparaiso (2000–2004) |
Playing career | 1998–present |
Position | Power forward / Center |
Career history | |
1998–2000 | Petro Atlético |
2004–2005 | RheinEnergie Köln |
2005–2006 | EiffelTowers Den Bosch |
2006–2016 | 1º de Agosto |
Joaquim Brandão Gomes, also known as "Kikas", (born December 23, 1980) is a retired Angolan professional basketball player. He has played professionally in Germany and the Netherlands.
A 2 m (6 ft 6+1⁄2 in) in height, 100 kg (220 pounds) in weight center-power forward, Gomes was a stand out at Valparaiso University in Indiana, United States, where he played from 2000–04. He had a career-high 23 points in the final of the Mid-Continent Conference tournament in the Crusaders' 75–70 win over IUPUI on March 9, 2004.[1] In 2005, he won the German basketball cup with RheinEnergie Köln.[2] He also played for his country's national team in the 2004 Summer Olympics, 2006 FIBA World Championship, FIBA Africa Championship 2007.
Achievements
MVP | Top Rebounder |
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2010 Africa Champions Cup | |
2010 BAI Basket | |
2009 AfroBasket | 2009 AfroBasket |
2008 Africa Champions Cup | 2008 BAI Basket |
2007 AfroBasket |
See also
Angola national basketball team
References
- ^ "IUPUI vs. Valparaiso - Game Recap - March 9, 2004 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2017-07-27.
- ^ BBL-Pokal
External links
- "Angola Basketball Comes Far Since 1992"
- "Angolan Men National Team"
- Gomes Named to Angola's Olympic Team
- Player profile Template:Pt icon
- Africabasket profile
- 1980 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Luanda
- Angolan men's basketball players
- Angolan expatriate basketball people in the United States
- Angolan expatriates in the Netherlands
- Basketball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Basketball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Centers (basketball)
- Expatriate basketball people in Germany
- Olympic basketball players of Angola
- Power forwards (basketball)
- Den Bosch Basketball players
- Valparaiso Crusaders men's basketball players
- Atlético Petróleos de Luanda basketball players
- C.D. Primeiro de Agosto men's basketball players
- Angolan basketball biography stubs