Clarissa Cristina dos Santos (born March 10, 1988) is a Brazilian professional basketball player who previously played for the Chicago Sky of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).[1] Most recently she has played for Basket Landes in the Euroleague Women.[2]

Early life and career

She began playing sports at 13 on the Miécimo da Silva Sports Complex, and one day, as the basketball court was right along the athletics field where she practiced discus throw. Santos was invited to play basketball, and eventually it became her priority.[3] In 2005, she joined the young teams of the club, and one year later was already in the adult team of Fluminense.

Player profile

Dos Santos excelled at rebounds, a statistic she topped in the Brazilian championship for two straight years. She was champion in 2012 with the Americana team.[4]

International career

For the Brazil women's national basketball team, dos Santos won a bronze medal at the 2011 Pan American Games,[5] and was champion of the 2011 FIBA Americas Championship for Women which qualified Brazil for the 2012 Summer Olympics.[6]

In the women's event, Brazil fell at the group stage with only one win, with Santos leading the rebounds statistic.[7]

She was also part of the Brazilian team that played at the Rio Olympics.[8]

Career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
 TO  Turnovers per game  FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 Bold  Career best ° League leader

WNBA

Regular season

WNBA regular season statistics[9]
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2015 Chicago 31 7 17.5 .461 — .688 4.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 1.2 5.3
2016 Chicago 20 0 9.4 .339 .000 .850 2.2 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.5 2.9
Career 2 years, 1 team 51 7 14.3 .425 .000 .735 3.7 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.9 4.3

Playoffs

WNBA playoff statistics
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2015 Chicago 3 0 7.0 .500 — .500 2.0 0.3 0.7 0.7 0.7 2.0
2016 Chicago 5 0 18.4 .543 — .818 3.4 1.4 1.8 0.0 1.6 9.4
Career 2 years, 1 team 8 0 14.1 .538 — .647 2.9 1.0 1.4 0.3 1.3 6.6

References

  1. ^ "Sky Acquire Astou Ndour From Stars In Exchange For Clarissa Dos Santos - WNBA". www.wnba.com.
  2. ^ Proballers. "Clarissa Dos Santos, Basketball Player". Proballers. Retrieved 2022-08-28.
  3. ^ "Entrevista - Clarissa Cristina dos Santos". www.cbb.com.br. Archived from the original on July 2, 2013.
  4. ^ "TREINADOR MANDA MENSAGEM DE APOIO A PUPILA CLARISSA". www.cbb.com.br. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015.
  5. ^ "Basketball: Women's Bronze Medal Match 17". Guadalajara2011.org.mx. Archived from the original on 2014-08-19.
  6. ^ "Clarissa Santos". www.cbb.com.br. Archived from the original on July 21, 2012.
  7. ^ "FIBA Events History Search | FIBA Basketball". www.fiba.basketball.
  8. ^ "BARBOSA DEFINE SELEÇÃO BRASILEIRA PARA OS JOGOS RIO 2016". www.cbb.com.br. Archived from the original on 2016-10-28. Retrieved 2017-07-12.
  9. ^ "Clarissa dos Santos WNBA Stats". Basketball Reference. Retrieved March 10, 2025.
Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarissa_dos_Santos
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