Oscar Schmidt
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Oscar Daniel Bezerra Schmidt (born February 16, 1958), nicknamed Mão Santa (Holy Hand), is a Brazilian retired professional
He is considered to be the
He was named one of
Youth club career
Schmidt played youth
Professional career
Brazil
Schmidt began his professional club career in 1974, at the age of 16, with the
In 1978, he moved to the Brazilian club
In 1982, Schmidt joined the Brazilian club América do Rio. However, he only stayed with the club for a brief amount of time.[6]
JuveCaserta
For the 1982–83 season, Schmidt joined the
With JuveCaserta, he won the
Schmidt led the Italian top division in scoring six times, while he was a member of JuveCaserta (1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1988–89, and 1989–90 seasons). JuveCaserta eventually retired Schmidt's #18 jersey.
Pavia
In 1990, Schmidt joined the
As a member of Pavia, Schmidt also had his highest scoring single game in the top division Italian League, as he scored 66 points in a 1991–92 season game versus Auxilium Torino, on 30 November 1991.[8][9] Pavia eventually retired his #11 jersey.
While playing club basketball in
Overall during his club career in Italy, Schmidt was the Top Scorer of the Italian First Division seven times (1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1989–90, and 1991–92 seasons). In 2017, Schmidt was inducted into the Italian Basketball Hall of Fame.
Valladolid
In 1993, Schmidt joined the
Schmidt also spent the 1994–95 season with Valladolid. In that season, he averaged 24.0 points per game, in 38 games played. His single-game scoring high in the Spanish League, was in a game that season versus Málaga, in which he scored 47 points, and made all 8 of his 3-point field goal attempts.[13]
In two seasons in the Spanish ACB, Schmidt scored a total of 2,009 points in 71 games played (regular season and playoffs), for a scoring average of 28.3 points per game.[14]
Return to Brazil
Schmidt returned to his native Brazil in 1995, to once again play in the
With Corinthians Paulista, he won the Brazilian Championship in 1996. As a member of Grêmio Barueri Bandeirantes, he won the
As a member of Flamengo, he won the
Schmidt retired from his club basketball playing career on May 26, 2003, at the age of 45. During his club playing career, he scored a total of 42,044 points, in 1,289 games played, for a career scoring average of 32.6 points per game. However, those totals do not include all of the games that he played in during his pro club career, as the data for some of the national cup games and Pan-European games that he played in Europe are not available.
NBA draft rights
Schmidt was drafted by the
National team career
Junior national team
Schmidt played in the youth systems of Brazil's national federation program. He played in 15 games with the junior selection of
Senior national team
With the senior Brazil national team, Schmidt played in five Summer Olympics (he was the second player to do so after Teófilo Cruz) and was the top scorer in three of them. However, he never went past the tournament's quarterfinals. In the 1980 Summer Olympics, he played in seven games and scored 169 points, for a 24.1 average.
He again scored 169 points in seven games in the 1984 Summer Olympics. His best Olympic performance was the 1988 Summer Olympics. At that tournament, he scored 338 points, for an average of 42.3 points per game. In 1992, he scored 198 points in eight games, and in 1996, he scored 219 points in 8 games. In 38 career Olympic basketball games, Schmidt scored a record of 1,093 points, for an average of 28.8 points per game.
Schmidt is also the
Schmidt played in the gold-medal match of the
. Brazil faced a 68–54 halftime deficit. However, Schmidt finished the game with 46 points, in a 120–115 win for Brazil.In 1996, at the age of 38, Schmidt retired from playing with the senior Brazilian national team as its all-time leading scorer. While representing Brazil, he scored a total of 7,693 points in 326 games played, for a career scoring average of 23.6 points per game.[19] In 1997, Schmidt was given the Olympic Order award.
Post-athletic career
In 2004, Schmidt started his career in management. He was the CEO of "Telemar Rio de Janeiro", a Brazilian professional basketball team which won the "Campeonato Carioca" (
In 2006, Schmidt, along with other Brazilian basketball greats such as
Personal life
Oscar is married since 1981 to Maria Cristina Victorino, and has a son Felipe, and a daughter, Stephanie.[20] Felipe played with Oscar in his last season in Flamengo before deciding to be a director.[21] His brother Tadeu Schmidt is a journalist, and his nephew Bruno Oscar Schmidt is a beach volleyballer.
On May 13, 2013, Schmidt had
In 2016, Schmidt was one of the guests at the
Senior club teams
- Brazilian Basketball Championship: 1974–78
- E.C. Sírio: Brazilian Basketball Championship: 1978–82
- América do Rio: Brazilian Basketball Championship: 1982
- Italian Second Division: 1982–83
- JuveCaserta: Italian Basketball League: 1983–90
- Pavia: Italian Second Division: 1990–91
- Pavia: Italian Basketball League: 1991–92
- Pavia: Italian Second Division: 1992–93
- Valladolid: Spanish Basketball League: 1993–95
- S.C. Corinthians Paulista: Brazilian Basketball Championship: 1995–97
- Bandeirantes / Mackenzie: Brazilian Basketball Championship: 1997–99
- C.R. Flamengo: Brazilian Basketball Championship: 1999–2003
Honors and awards
Summer Olympics Records
- All-time leading points scorer: 1,093 points
- Most total points scored in a tournament: 338 points
- Highest per game scoring average in a tournament: 42.3 points per game
- Most points scored in a single game: 55 points
- Oldest player to score 40 or more points in a single game: 38 years and 155 days (scored 45 points)
- Tied for most tournament appearances by a men's basketball player: 5 (tied with Teófilo Cruz, Andrew Gaze, Luis Scola, and Juan Carlos Navarro)
Individual
- Considered basketball's unofficial all-time leader in points scored:
- 49,737 career total points scored in 1,615 games played (30.8 points per game):
- 42,044 career points scored in 1,289 professional club games played (32.6 points per game).
- 7,693 points scored in 326 Brazilian national teamgames played (23.6 points per game).
- Brazilian national team's all-time leading scorer[23]
- FIBA World Cup's all-time leader in points scored:
- 906 career points scored in 34 games played (26.7 points per game)
- All-Tournament Team
- 1986 FIBA World Championship: All-Tournament Team
- 1990 FIBA World Championship: All-Tournament Team
- 1990 FIBA World Championship's Top Scorer(34.6 points per game)
- Summer Olympics's all-time leader in points scored:[24]
- 1,093 career points scored – 28.8 points per game
- 3× Summer Olympics Top Scorer:[24]
- Seoul 1988 – 42.3 points per game (the record in any edition)
- Barcelona 1992 – 24.8 points per game
- Atlanta 1996 – 27.4 points per game
- Most points scored in a game at the
- FIBA Intercontinental Cup Finals Top Scorer (1979)
- 7× Italian League Top Scorer: (1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1992)
- 2× Italian 2nd DivisionTop Scorer (1991, 1993)
- Spanish League Top Scorer: (1994)
- 10× Brazilian ChampionshipTop Scorer: (1979, 1980, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003)
- He scored 66 points in an Italian League game on 30 November 1991[8][9]
- He scored 74 points in a
- Retired club jerseys: #18 JuveCaserta (1990), #11 Pavia (1993), #14 C.R. Flamengo (2003)
- FIBA European Selection: (1991)
- FIBA's 50 Greatest Players: (1991)
- Olympic Order: (1997)
- FIBA Hall of Fameinductee: (2010)
- Basketball Hall of Fame: (2013)
- Italian Basketball Hall of Fame: (2017)
As a member of pro club teams
- 4× São Paulo State Championshipchampion: 1974, Sírio 1978, 1979, 1998
- 3× Brazilian Championshipchampion: 1977, 1979, 1996
- South American Club Championshipchampion: 1979
- FIBA Intercontinental Cup champion: 1979
- Italian Cup winner: 1988
- 2× Rio de Janeiro State Championshipchampion: 1999, 2002
Brazil national team
- 3× FIBA South American Championship: Gold (1977, 1983, 1985)
- FIBA World Cup: Bronze (1978)
- 2× FIBA South American Championship: Silver: (1979, 1981)
- Pan American Games: Bronze (1979)
- Pan American Games: Gold (1987)
- FIBA AmeriCup: Bronze (1989)
See also
References and notes
- ^ Schmidt Oscar PROFILO CM 206 KG 109 (in Italian).
- ^ "FIBA Hall of Famers - Oscar Schmidt - FIBA.basketball". FIBA. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
- ^ "FIBA announces 2010 Hall of Fame Class". FIBA. 2010-08-20. Archived from the original on 2010-10-19.
- ^ "Basketball Hall of Fame 2013". 2013-09-07.
- ^ E.C. Sírio 100 - Bosna 98.
- ^ CARREIRA DO BRASIL PARA O MUNDO (1982) (in Portuguese).
- ^ Final Real Madrid CF 117 - SC Sanidero Juventus Caserta 113.
- ^ a b Record individuali per Oscar Schmidt Più punti segnati (in Italian).
- ^ a b 30 NOV 1991 ASD Pavia 109 - Reale Mutua Torino 110 (in Italian).
- ^ "Kobe Bryant turns to David Beckham for advice on Achilles injury", Eric Pinkus, Los Angeles Times
- ^ "Oscar Schmidt Story: The Greatest Player Ever?", The Lead
- ^ Los 11 triples de Oscar Schmidt cumplen un cuarto de siglo (in Spanish).
- ^ Do you remember 'Mano Santa? This is how Oscar Schmidt scored 47 points, with 8/8 in triples, being 36 years old ... (Video) (in Spanish).
- ^ Historial estadístico Schmidt, Oscar (in Spanish).
- ^ a b Oscar Schmidt bate recorde de pontos num só jogo (in Portuguese).
- ^ a b Com 74 pontos em um jogo, atleta obtém sua melhor marca Oscar afirma, após recorde, que atingiu o limite do 'impossível' (in Portuguese).
- ^ a b O Mão Santa do Basquete (in Portuguese).
- ^ OSCAR SCHMIDT CIERRA EL CICLO GREPB (in Spanish).
- ^ Oscar Schmidt rejeitou a NBA e mostrou que o melhor caminho nem sempre é o mais fácil | Mais que um jogo #19 (in Portuguese).
- ^ "Oscar Schmidt credita aos filhos superação de câncer no cérebro".
- ^ Filho de Oscar, Felipe chegou a jogar com o pai, mas hoje faz sucesso como diretor de clipes
- ^ a b Casey, Tim (9 September 2013). "Oscar Winner". Sports on Earth. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
In the spring, he had his second brain tumor surgery in two years. He is now on chemotherapy five days a month...
- ^ Oscar Schmidt: história, títulos e recordes do Mão Santa (in Portuguese).
- ^ a b c "Destruidor de recordes: dez façanhas de Oscar Schmidt nas Olimpíadas". sportv.globo.com (in Portuguese). February 24, 2016. Retrieved February 24, 2016.
External links
- Profile at interbasket.com
- FIBA Profile
- FIBA Hall of Fame Profile
- ProBallers.com Profile
- Profile at the Brazilian Basketball Federation (in Portuguese)
- Italian League Profile (in Italian)
- Italian League Stats (in Italian)
- Spanish League Archive Profile (in Spanish)
- History of Brazilian basketball (in Spanish)