Amaury Antônio Pasos (December 11, 1935 – December 12, 2024), also commonly known simply as Amaury, was a Brazilian basketball player and coach of Argentine origin. Born in

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, Brazil, he was a tall

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. He competed at three

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and was named one of FIBA's 50 Greatest Players in 1991. He was awarded the Brazil Former Athlete Olympic Prize in 2003. He was enshrined into the

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in 2007.

Club career

At the club level, Pasos played for Clube de Regatas Tietê (1951–1961), and then C.R. Sírio (1962–1965) and Corinthians (1966–1972). He won the Brazilian League championship in 1966 and 1969, and the São Paulo regional title league in 1966, 1968 and 1969.

National team career

Pasos played for the senior Brazilian national team. With Brazil, he won the gold medal at the

1959 FIBA World Championship The 1959 FIBA World Championship was the 3rd FIBA World Championship—the international basketball world championship for men's national teams. It was hosted by Chile from 16 to 31 January 1959. Amaury Antônio Pasos was named the MVP. The ho ...

(where he was also named the MVP of the tournament) and the gold medal at the

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. He also won a silver medal at the

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, bronze medals at the

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and

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, a bronze medal at the

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, a silver medal at the

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, and a bronze medal at the

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Death

Pasos died in São Paulo on December 12, 2024, a day after his 89th birthday.

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