Gerson Gonçalves
 Gonçalves after the 2022 BAL Finals | |||||||||||||||
| Aix Maurienne Savoie Basket | |||||||||||||||
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| Position | Shooting guard | ||||||||||||||
| League | LNB Pro B | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 March 1996 Luanda, Angola | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 80 kg (176 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2015–present | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| 2015–2024 | Petro de Luanda | ||||||||||||||
| 2024–present | AMSB | ||||||||||||||
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Gerson Henriques Gonçalves (born 29 March 1996), also known as Lukeny, is an Angolan basketball player for AMSB of the French LNB Pro B.[1][2] He played nine seasons for Petro de Luanda of the Angolan Basketball League, where he was two-time league MVP winner (2019 and 2022) and a BAL champion in 2024.[3][4]
Professional career
[edit]Angola
[edit]Gonçalves played for Petro de Luanda in the 2015 FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup.[5]
He participated in the 2018–19 Africa Basketball League where he averaged 6.6 points, 2.8 rebounds and 3 assists per game.[6]
Gonçalves was named the MVP of the Angolan League in 2019, after winning his second title with Petro.[7] He repeated as most valuable player three years later, in 2022, after another national championship.[8]
He won his first BAL championship on June 1, 2024, after Petro defeated Al Ahly Ly in the final.[9] He contributed 16 points in the final against Al Ahly Ly.[9]
France
[edit]On 16 July 2024, Gonçalves signed a one-year contract with Aix Maurienne Savoie Basket of the French LNB Pro B, the national second-level league.[10]
National team career
[edit]Gonçalves played for Angola's junior teams and helped them win the 2015 African Games.[5] At the 2014 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship, he averaged 16.6 points on his way to help Angola finish in 4th place.
represented the Angola national basketball team at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup in China,[11] where he averaged 3.2 points, 1 rebound and 1.5 assists per game.[12][13][14][15]
BAL career statistics
[edit]| 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 | Petro de Luanda | 6 | 6 | 25.0 | .457 | .200 | .700 | 5.5 | 4.0 | 1.2 | .5 | 8.8 |
| 2022 | Petro de Luanda | 8 | 8 | 25.4 | .521 | .372 | .700 | 3.4 | 4.1 | .9 | .1 | 12.1 |
| 2023 | Petro de Luanda | 8 | 8 | 23.4 | .510 | .360 | .750 | 3.4 | 3.5 | b | .0 | 9.1 |
Awards and accomplishments
[edit]Club
[edit]- 4× Angolan League: (2019, 2021, 2022, 2023)[16]
- 2× Taça de Angola: (2022, 2023)
- 2× Supertaça de Angola: (2021, 2022)
Individual
[edit]- 2× Angolan League MVP: (2019, 2022)
- Angolan Basketball League Regular Season MVP: (2018)
References
[edit]- ^ Clemente, Melo. "Poste Bruno Fernando refuses to call the National Team". jornaldeangola.sapo.ao. Archived from the original on 30 July 2019. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
- ^ "Jerson Gonclaves". basketball.realgm.com.
- ^ "Jerson Gonclaves Basketball Profile". eurobasket.com.
- ^ "Basketball / Angola: Petro de Luanda applies "plate 100" to ASA". desporto.sapo.pt.
- ^ a b "Lukeni Goncalves and Co giving Angola hope". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
- ^ "Jerson Gonclave". fiba.basketball.
- ^ "Basquetebol: Gerson Gonçalves considerado MVP". Angop.ao. Archived from the original on 3 June 2020. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
- ^ "Petro 'walks' through the playoffs and reclaims the title of national basketball champion". VerAngola. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
- ^ a b "Petro de Luanda are the 2024 BAL Champions". The BAL. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
- ^ "Gerson Gonçalves est Savoyard !". AMSB (in French). 16 July 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
- ^ "Angola announce final roster for World Cup, Valdelicio Joaquim set to return". fiba.basketball.
- ^ "Jerson Gonclave". fiba.basketball.
- ^ "Jerson Gonclave". proballers.com.
- ^ "Jerson Gonclaves". sofascore.com.
- ^ "Jerson Gonclaves". globalsportsarchive.com.
- ^ "Jornal de Angola - Notícias - Petro de Luanda conquista 16º título". Jornal de Angola (in Portuguese). Retrieved 22 April 2023.
External links
[edit]- Gerson Goncalves at Eurobasket.com