Carlos Olivinha

Carlos Alexandre Rodrigues do Nascimento (born April 18, 1983), commonly known as Carlos Olivinha, or simply Olivinha, is a Brazilian professional basketball player that currently plays for Flamengo of Novo Basquete Brasil. At 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m), he can play at either the small forward or power forward positions, with power forward being his main position. He was born in Rio de Janeiro.^[1]

Carlos Olivinha

Olivinha with Flamengo, in 2015.
No. 16 – Flamengo
Position	Small forward / power forward
League	NBB
Personal information
Born	(1983-04-18) April 18, 1983 (age 42) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Listed height	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight	260 lb (118 kg)
Career information
Playing career	2003–present
Career history
2003–2009	Flamengo
2008–2009	Uberlândia
2009–2012	Pinheiros
2012–present	Flamengo
Career highlights
2× FIBA Intercontinental Cup champion (2014, 2022) 2× BCLA/FIBA Americas League champion (2014, 2021) 6× NBB champion (2013–2016, 2019, 2021) 2× Super 8 Cup champion (2018, 2021) NBB Finals MVP (2016, 2019) NBB All-Star Game (2013)
Medals Men's basketball Representing  Brazil FIBA AmeriCup 2009 San Juan Pan American Games 2015 Toronto FIBA South American Championship 2016 Caracas 2014 Isla Margarita

Professional career

In the Brazilian League's 2009–10 regular season, Olivinha averaged 20.8 points and 10.4 rebounds per game.

National team career

Olivinha has also been a member of the senior men's Brazilian national basketball team.^[2] He made his debut with the senior team at the 2009 Marchand Continental Championship Cup, averaging 3.3 points and 1.3 rebounds per game for the team.^[3] He also competed for the gold medal-winning Brazilian team at the 2009 FIBA AmeriCup, seeing action in four games off the bench for the Brazilians.^[4] He also played at the 2015 FIBA AmeriCup.

NBB career statistics

†	Denotes seasons in which Olivinha won NBB championship
*	Led the league

NBB regular season

Season	Team	GP	MPG	2PT FG%	3PT FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2009	Pinheiros	28	36.0	.599	.422	.748	10.2	1.5	1.4	.2	20.4
2009–10	Pinheiros	26	34.6	.587	.347	.812	10.4	1.9	1.2	.8	20.8
2010–11	Pinheiros	26	32.2	.641	.365	.773	8.9	1.7	1.0	.3	17.9
2011–12	Pinheiros	28	29.1	.630	.307	.793	6.7	1.9	1.1	.5	15.0
2012–13†	Flamengo	34	29.8	.639	.325	.722	8.7	1.3	.5	.2	14.4
2013–14†	Flamengo	32	28.1	.551	.340	.783	8.4	1.2	.8	.2	12.9
2014–15†	Flamengo	29	22.6	.622	.349	.703	6.1	1.1	.9	.2	10.2
2015–16†	Flamengo	23	18.1	.621	.286	.680	4.4	.9	.5	.1	9.3
2016–17	Flamengo	28	26.5	.667	.340	.721	10.1	1.7	.8	.3	13.9
2017–18	Flamengo	28	19.3	.589	.246	.800	6.4	.9	.6	.1	8.8
2018–19†	Flamengo	26	19.5	.617	.355	.800	5.6	.7	.9	.1	12.4
2019–20	Flamengo	22	22.5	.492	.403	.768	6.3	1.0	1.0	.2	11.3
2020–21†	Flamengo	24	21.9	.550	.463	.743	7.4	1.8	.8	.3	12.8
Career		354	26.4	.605	.356	.760	7.7	1.4	.9	.2	13.9
All-Star		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

NBB playoffs

Season	Team	GP	MPG	2PT FG%	3PT FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2009	Pinheiros	3	39.2	.565	.304	1.000	11.0	2.7	1.0	.0	18.7
2010	Pinheiros	6	38.3	.600	.345	.848	12.0	1.5	1.2	.5	17.7
2011	Pinheiros	8	32.3	.604	.333	.800	7.1	0.9	1.0	.3	12.8
2012	Pinheiros	10	31.1	.582	.175	.763	8.3	1.1	1.3	.1	12.8
2013†	Flamengo	9	26.9	.605	.323	.667	6.2	1.4	1.4	.2	9.6
2014†	Flamengo	9	24.8	.628	.333	.769	6.9	0.8	1.0	.3	11.1
2015†	Flamengo	10	26.3	.636	.353	.769	6.0	1.5	1.2	.1	12.6
2016†	Flamengo	12	25.9	.622	.467	.781	6.8	1.1	1.0	.2	14.1
2017	Flamengo	5	22.3	.586	.455	.889	6.0	1.2	1.0	.0	14.4
2018	Flamengo	7	19.0	.513	.250	.769	5.6	.9	.7	.0	8.4
2019†	Flamengo	12	21.2	.609	.419	.800	6.6	1.2	1.1	.2	11.8
2021†	Flamengo	8	22.5	.543	.250	.643	7.5	.5	.3	.1	9.6
Career		99	26.6	.596	.333	.786	7.2	1.1	1.0	.2	12.6