Fidel Teixeira Barbosa Mendonca[1] (born 7 July 1984) is a Cape Verdean basketball player for Prédio and the Cape Verde national basketball team. Standing at 1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in), he plays as shooting guard.

Club career

From 2010 to 2013, Mendonça played in Portugal for second division Proliga club Sport Algés e Dafundo.[2]

Mendonça played several seasons for AD Bairro. He won the Cape Verdean Basketball Championship three times with the team, and was named MVP for four seasons in a row.

In 2018, Mendonça joined Cape Verdean club Prédio.[3] With Prédio, he won the Cape Verdean national championship two times.[4]

For the 2021–22 season, he signed with AD Galomar in the Proliga.[4]

National team career

Mendonça has been a long-time member of the Cape Verde national basketball team, since 2006.[5] He is also the captain of the team.

He helped his country capture the fourth place at AfroBasket 2021, contributing 8 points per game.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Fidel Teixeira Barbosa Mendonca (Cape Verde) - Basketball Stats, Height, Age". FIBA Basketball. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
  2. ^ "Fidel Mendonca, Basketball Player". Proballers. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Basquetebol: Fidel Mendonça quer levar Prédio à conquista do Nacional "o mais rápido possível"". Expresso das Ilhas (in Portuguese). Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Basquetebol: Fidel Mendonça de volta a Pro-liga portuguesa". Rtc.cv (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  5. ^ "Fidel Mendonça" (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  6. ^ "Fidel MENDONÇA at the FIBA AfroBasket 2021". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fidel_Mendon%C3%A7a
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