Rolando Ferreira

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Rolando Ferreira

Personal information

Born

May 24, 1964

Medal record

Men's Basketball
Competitor for Brazil
Pan American Games
Gold	1987 Indianapolis	National team

Rolando Ferreira Júnior (born May 24, 1964 in Curitiba, Paraná) is a retired Brazilian professional basketball player.

A 7'1" center, Ferreira played college basketball at the University of Houston for two seasons. As a senior co-captain of the 1987-88 Cougar squad, he averaged 15.8 points and led the team with 6.8 rebounds and 1.6 blocked shots. For his efforts he was named to the 1988 All-Southwest Conference defensive team. He was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers in the 2nd round (26th overall) of the 1988 NBA Draft. Ferreira played in only one NBA season as a member of the 1988–89 Blazers. In his NBA career, he played in 12 games and scored a total of 9 points. He owns the distinction of being the first Brazilian to play in the NBA.

He was a member of the Brazil national basketball team for 12 years, taking part in three FIBA World Championships and two Olympic Games. He was also part of the team which won the 1987 Pan American Games in Indianapolis over the US team. After his playing career, Ferreira went on to coach at the Universidade Federal do Paraná. Today he is a basketball coach in Curitiba-Paraná, Brazil.^{[citation needed]}

External links

Career NBA stats
(Portuguese) Article at gazetaesportiva.net
Chicago Tribune Article

v t e 1988 NBA Draft

First round	Danny Manning Rik Smits Charles Smith Chris Morris Mitch Richmond Hersey Hawkins Tim Perry Rex Chapman Rony Seikaly Willie Anderson Will Perdue Harvey Grant Jeff Grayer Dan Majerle Gary Grant Derrick Chievous Eric Leckner Ricky Berry Rod Strickland Kevin Edwards Mark Bryant Randolph Keys Jerome Lane Brian Shaw David Rivers

Second round	Rolando Ferreira Shelton Jones Andrew Lang Vinny Del Negro Fennis Dembo Everette Stephens Charles Shackleford Grant Long Tom Tolbert Sylvester Gray Ledell Eackles Greg Butler Dean Garrett Tito Horford Orlando Graham Keith Smart Jeff Moe Todd Mitchell Anthony Taylor Tom Garrick Morlon Wiley Vernon Maxwell Micheal Williams José Vargas Steve Kerr

v t e Brazil squad – 1994 FIBA World Championship – 11th place

4 De Almeida 5 Vianna 6 de Azevedo 7 Ponickwar 8 A. dos Santos 9 Joerke 10 Minuci 11 Ferreira 12 Fonseca 13 Klafke 14 do Nascimento 15 Santana Coach: Vecchi

Persondata
Name	Ferreira, Rolando
Alternative names
Short description	Brazilian basketball player
Date of birth	May 24, 1964
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