Pedro Vicente Fonseca
| Medal record | ||
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| Men's Basketball | ||
Competitor for  Brazil
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| World Championship | ||
| Gold | 1959 Santiago de Chile | Team |
| Pan American Games | ||
| Bronze | 1955 Mexico City | Team |
| Bronze | 1959 Chicago | Team |
| South American Championship | ||
| Bronze | 1955 Colombia | Team |
Pedro Vicente "Pecente" Fonseca (born January 21, 1935, in São Vicente) is a retired Brazilian basketball player who played as a point guard.[1] Among others, he is one of the champion players of the 1959 World Championship in Chile.[1]
As a professional player, he played for many clubs, such as São Vicente, Santos and XV de Piracicaba.[1] He played 26 official matches for the Brazilian national basketball team, scoring 151 points, and winning the 1959 World Championship.[1]
He also won the bronze medals for the Pan-American Games of 1955 and 1959 and the South American bronze medal in 1955.[1]
Currently, he is the technical coordinator of the Clube de Campo de Piracicaba youth basketball teams, and is the director of AVEBESP, which is the veteran basketball players association of São Paulo state.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 (Portuguese) "Pecente". Brazilian Basketball Confederation. Retrieved 2008-06-22.
- ↑ (Portuguese) "Pedro Vicente Fonseca "Pecente"". AVEBESP. Retrieved 2008-06-22.
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