Rolando Ferreira
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| Born | 24 May 1964 Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Brazilian | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 240 lb (109 kg) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| High school | Colegro Objectivo (São Paulo, Brazil) | ||||||||||||||
| College | Houston (1986–1988) | ||||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 1988: 2nd round, 26th overall pick | ||||||||||||||
| Selected by the Portland Trail Blazers | |||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1983–2001 | ||||||||||||||
| Position | Center | ||||||||||||||
| Number | 32 | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| 1988–1989 | Portland Trail Blazers | ||||||||||||||
| Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||||
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| Stats at NBA.com | |||||||||||||||
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |||||||||||||||
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Rolando Ferreira Júnior (born May 24, 1964) is a Brazilian former professional
coach. At a height of 2.16 m (7'1") tall, he played at the center
position.
College career
Ferreira played college basketball at the University of Houston, with the Houston Cougars, for two seasons. As a senior co-captain of the 1987–88 Cougar squad, he averaged 15.8 points per game, and led the team with 6.8 rebounds and 1.6 blocked shots per game. For his efforts, he was named to the 1988 All-Southwest Conference defensive team.
Professional playing career
Ferreira was selected by the
NBA
.
National team playing career
Ferreira was a member of the senior
1994, and at two Summer Olympic Games, in 1988 and 1992. He was also a part of the Brazilian team that won the 1987 Pan American Games, in Indianapolis, over Team USA
.
Coaching career
After his playing career ended, Ferreira went on to work as
coach at the Universidade Federal do Paraná. Today, he is a basketball coach at the International School Of Curitiba (ISC), in Curitiba-Paraná, Brazil.[citation needed
]
External links
- Career NBA stats
- Article at gazetaesportiva.net (in Portuguese)
- Chicago Tribune Article
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