Gerson Gonçalves

Gerson Henriques Gonçalves (born 29 March 1996), also known as Lukeny, is an Angolan basketball player for AMSB of the French LNB Pro B.^[1][2] He played nine seasons for Petro de Luanda of the Angolan Basketball League, where he was a two-time league MVP winner (2019 and 2022) and a BAL champion in 2024.^[3][4]

Gerson Gonçalves

Gonçalves after the 2022 BAL Finals
Aix Maurienne Savoie Basket
Position	Shooting guard
League	LNB Pro B
Personal information
Born	(1996-03-29) 29 March 1996 (age 29) Luanda, Angola
Listed height	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Listed weight	80 kg (176 lb)
Career information
Playing career	2015–present
Career history
2015–2024	Petro de Luanda
2024–present	AMSB
Career highlights
FIBA Africa Champions Cup champion (2015) BAL champion (2024) 5× Angolan League champion (2019, 2021–2024) 2× Angolan League MVP (2019, 2022) 2× Angolan Cup winner (2022, 2023) 3× Angolan Supercup winner (2021–2023)
Medals Men's basketball Representing  Angola African Games 2015 Brazzaville

Professional career

Angola

Gonçalves played for Petro de Luanda in the 2015 FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup.^[5]

He participated in the 2018–19 Africa Basketball League where he averaged 6.6 points, 2.8 rebounds and 3 assists per game.^[6]

Gonçalves was named the MVP of the Angolan League in 2019, after winning his second title with Petro.^[7] He repeated as most valuable player three years later, in 2022, after another national championship.^[8]

He won his first BAL championship on June 1, 2024, after Petro defeated Al Ahly Ly in the final.^[9] He contributed 16 points in the final against Al Ahly Ly.^[9]

France

On 16 July 2024, Gonçalves signed a one-year contract with Aix Maurienne Savoie Basket of the French LNB Pro B, the national second-level league.^[10]

National team career

Gonçalves played for Angola's junior teams and helped them win the 2015 African Games.^[5] At the 2014 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship, he averaged 16.6 points on his way to helping Angola finish in 4th place.

represented the Angola national basketball team at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup in China,^[11] where he averaged 3.2 points, 1 rebound and 1.5 assists per game.^{[12][13][14][15]}

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	Petro de Luanda	6	6	25.0	.457	.200	.700	5.5	4.0	1.2	.5	8.8
2022	Petro de Luanda	8	8	25.4	.521	.372	.700	3.4	4.1	.9	.1	12.1
2023	Petro de Luanda	8	8	23.4	.510	.360	.750	3.4	3.5	b	.0	9.1

Awards and accomplishments

Club

• 4× Angolan League: (2019, 2021, 2022, 2023)^[16]
• 2× Taça de Angola: (2022, 2023)
• 2× Supertaça de Angola: (2021, 2022)

Individual

• 2× Angolan League MVP: (2019, 2022)
• Angolan Basketball League Regular Season MVP: (2018)