Filipe Abraão
Angolan basketball player (1979–2019)
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Filipe Abraão (31 December 1979 – 9 January 2019) was an Angolan basketball player. He was a 194 cm (6 ft 4 in) in height and weighs 88 kg (194 lb) and played as a small forward.
Died9 January 2019 (aged 39)
Listed height194 cm (6.36 ft)
Listed weight88 kg (194 lb)
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| Born | 31 December 1979 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 9 January 2019 (aged 39) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 194 cm (6.36 ft) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 88 kg (194 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Small forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2008 | ASA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2013 | Primeiro de Agosto | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Recreativo do Libolo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Abraão also represented the Angolan senior team for the first time at the FIBA Africa Championship 2009.[1] He saw action in five games off the bench for the Angolans, who won their seventh consecutive FIBA Africa Championship and qualified for the 2010 FIBA World Championship.[2]
He last played for Recreativo do Libolo at the Angolan major basketball league BIC Basket.
Abraão died on 9 January 2019 of an undisclosed disease.[3]
