Augusto César Lima Brito (born September 17, 1991) is a Brazilian-Spanish professional

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player for

Unicaja Unicaja is a Spanish savings bank based in Málaga and chartered as a caja de ahorros providing retail banking services. The banks full name is ''Monte de Piedad y Caja de Ahorros de Ronda, Cádiz, Almería, Málaga y Antequera'' after the n ...

of the

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. He is 6'10" (2.08m) tall and he can play as either a

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or a

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. He is left handed, but at the age of ten, his parents forced him to learn to write and shoot with the right. He was born in

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a b ...

Professional career

Lima went to

at 16, to play with the junior teams of the organization. He also combined his playing time with Málaga's

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, Clínicas Rincón, of the

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. Under coach

Aíto García Reneses Alejandro 'Aíto' García Reneses (born 20 December 1946 in Madrid, Spain), usually known as just Aíto, is a Spanish former professional basketball coach and former player. As a head coach, as well as leading Spain's national team to Olympic si ...

, in 2009–10, in 9 games played in the Spanish League, he averaged 6.4 points and 3.7 rebounds, in 15 minutes per game. In the next season of 2010–11, his playing time in the Spanish League was limited to 7 games, with an average playing time of 4.6 minutes per game, with his numbers dropping down to 1.7 points, 0.9 rebounds, and 0.3 blocks per game. Nevertheless, that same season, the Brazilian player had his first good performance in a EuroLeague game, in which he also produced his best performance of the season, in a game against

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, the leader of the German League, in which Lima scored 14 points and grabbed 8 rebounds. He averaged 2.9 points and 3.1 rebounds per game during the Euroleague 2010–11 season. In 2011, he was transferred to

CB Granada Club Baloncesto Granada, S.A.D. was a professional basketball team based in Granada, Andalusia. The team was founded in 1994 and has had notable players during its history, including Curtis Borchardt, Darvin Ham, Giorgos Sigalas, Scott Padgett, P ...

, to fill the empty roster space following the departure of Robert Kurz, in the inside game of CB Granada, sharing minutes with

Paulão Prestes Paulo Sérgio "Paulão" Prestes (born February 15, 1988 in Monte Aprazível, São Paulo) is a Brazilian-Spanish former professional basketball player. Professional career Prestes was selected by the Minnesota Timberwolves, in the second round of ...

. In the 2011–12 season, he returned to Clínicas Rincón, a

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of Unicaja, while also playing in 17 games in the Spanish League with the senior men's first team, but with little continuity, due to not having a European passport. On January 26, 2012, Lima acquired

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citizenship. In 2013, Lima was registered in the 2013 NBA draft, but he was not drafted. On 25 January 2016, Lima agreed a contract until the 2017–18 season with

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. On July 29, 2016, Real Madrid loaned him to Žalgiris for the 2016–17 season. He helped Žalgiris win the national championship and the cup tournament, and to a successful season in the Euroleague, where they narrowly missed the playoffs. On August 5, 2017, Real Madrid loaned him to

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for the 2017–18 season. On December 31, 2017, he left Beşiktaş. On 2 January 2018, Lima signed with the

Xinjiang Flying Tigers The Xinjiang Guanghui Flying Tigers () is a professional basketball team based in Ürümqi, Xinjiang, China. The team play its home games at the Hongshan Arena, which has a capacity for 3,800 spectators. The club joined the Chinese Basketball ...

of the

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. After his contract with the Tigers expired, Lima signed with his former team UCAM Murcia. Lima started the 2018-2019 season with Croatian side

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, but left the team after changes in the coaching staff. He signed with San Pablo Burgos in December. On July 18, 2020, Lima signed a three-year deal with

UCAM Murcia UCAM Universidad Católica de Murcia Club de Baloncesto, S.A.D., more commonly referred to as UCAM Murcia, is a professional basketball team based in Murcia, Spain. It plays their home games at Palacio de Deportes. History Founded in 1985 u ...

. On July 18, 2022, he has signed with

of the

National team career

Lima was a member of the senior men's

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that won the silver medal at the

2011 FIBA Americas Championship The 2011 FIBA Americas Championship for Men, later known as the FIBA AmeriCup, was the qualifying tournament for FIBA Americas, at the 2012 Summer Olympics men's basketball tournament, in London. This FIBA AmeriCup tournament was held in Mar del ...

in Mar del Plata, Argentina, which qualified Brazil for the

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. In 2013, Lima was summoned again to the Brazilian senior men's team, led by head coach

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, for the initial training phase before the

2013 FIBA Americas Championship The 2013 FIBA Americas Championship for Men, later known as the FIBA AmeriCup, was the qualifying tournament for FIBA Americas, for the 2014 FIBA World Cup, in Spain. This FIBA AmeriCup tournament was held in Caracas, Venezuela, from August 30, to ...

, but due to a herniated disc, he had to be cut from the training of the team.

References

External links

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FIBA ProfileEuroleague.net ProfileEurobasket.com profileLiga ACB profile
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