Luis Domingos
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| Born | 14 October 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2011/2012–2019 | Leeds Spiders | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Varese | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | Basketmi Ferrol | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Servigest Burgos | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | BC Gaia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Mohawks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023–2023 | Wakefield Whirlwinds | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023–present | Tees Valley Mohawks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Luis Domingos is a Portuguese wheelchair rugby league player and former professional wheelchair basketball player who currently plays for Castleford Tigers and the England national wheelchair rugby league team.
Domingos was born in Setubal, Portugal and is of Angolan decent. He became a wheelchair user after contracting polio as a child. At age 14, he and his family moved to Leeds where he took up both wheelchair basketball and wheelchair rugby league as a hobby, playing for Leeds Vipers and Leeds Rhinos respectively. It was here that Domingos was scouted the by Portugal's co-captain Pedro Bartol to take up wheelchair basketball professionally.[1]
Wheelchair basketball
In 2019, Domingos passed a two week trial with Varese in Italy's Serie A, he signed his first professional contract after being granted permission to complete the remainder of his healthcare qualification he was studying with Leeds City College online. Domingos later moved to Spain, playing for Basketmi Ferrol and then Servigest Burgos in the second and first tiers of the Spanish league respectively, before ending his career with BC Gaia in Portugal. He made several appearances for the Portugal national team during his stint in the sport.[1]