Custódio Muchate

Custódio Anão Muchate (born 6 May 1982) is a Mozambique basketball player for Ferroviário de Maputo of the Mozambican Basketball League.^[1] He was a member of the Mozambican national basketball team for 19 years.^[2]

Custódio Muchate

Muchate being interviewed after the 2021 BAL season
No. 24 – Ferroviário de Maputo
Position	Center
League	Basketball Africa League Mozambican Basketball League
Personal information
Born	(1982-05-06) 6 May 1982 (age 43) Maputo, Mozambique
Nationality	Mozambican
Listed height	1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)
Career history
2013–present	Ferroviário de Maputo
Career highlights
4× Mozambican League champion (2016–2019)

Professional career

Since 2013, Muchate plays with Ferroviário de Maputo in the Mozambican Basketball League and FIBA organised tournaments.

Muchate was on the Ferroviário roster for the 2021 BAL season, the inaugural season of the Basketball Africa League, where his team was eliminated in the quarter-finals.

National team career

Muchate was a member of the Mozambique national basketball team after making his debut at age 19, in 2001. He appeared with his country at the 2005, 2007, 2009, 2013 and 2015 AfroBasket championships.^[3] In 2020, he retired from the national team after 19 years.^[2]

BAL career statistics

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field goal percentage	3P%	3-point field goal percentage	FT%	Free throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2021	Ferroviário de Maputo	4	4	29.8	.364	.333	.875	7.5	2.3	.0	.0	6.5
Career		4	4	29.8	.364	.333	.875	7.5	2.3	.0	.0	6.5

Personal

Besides playing basketball, Muchate works as a manager at a beer brewing company.^[4]