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Ubiratan Pereira Maciel

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Nationality
  
Brazilian

1961–1969
  
Corinthians (Brazil)

Height
  
1.99 m

1960–1961
  
Clube Esperia (Brazil)

Role
  
Basketball Player


Playing career
  
1960–1982

Name
  
Ubiratan Maciel

1969–1972
  
Venezia (Italy)

Position
  
Center, Power forward

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Born
  
January 18, 1944 Sao Paulo, Brazil (
1944-01-18
)

Died
  
July 17, 2002, Brasilia, Federal District, Brazil

Listed height
  
6 ft 6.5 in (1.99 m)

Ubiratan Pereira Maciel (January 18, 1944 – July 17, 2002) was a basketball player from Brazil. He is often regarded as the greatest Brazilian center of all time. He was born in São Paulo, Brazil. He was nicknamed "O Rei" (English: "The King").

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Club career

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Maciel won the top-tier level club league in Brazil, the Brazilian Basketball Championship, 5 times, in the years 1965, 1966, 1969, 1977, and 1981.

Brazilian national team

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Maciel won a total of 8 medals at the Summer Olympic Games, FIBA World Championship, and Pan American Games.

Post-playing career

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Maciel was named one of FIBA's 50 Greatest Players in 1991.

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In 2009, he was inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame, as a player. On April 5, 2010, Maciel was announced as a member of the 2010 induction class of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, as a player, and was formally inducted on August 13.

References

Ubiratan Pereira Maciel Wikipedia