Carlos Alexandre Rodrigues do Nascimento (born April 18, 1983), commonly known as Carlos Olivinha, or simply Olivinha, is a Brazilian professional

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player that currently plays for

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. At , he can play at either the

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positions, with power forward being his main position. He was born in

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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

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. He made his debut with the senior team at the 2009

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, averaging 3.3 points and 1.3 rebounds per game for the team. He also competed for the gold medal-winning Brazilian team at the

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, seeing action in four games off the bench for the Brazilians.Profile
at latinbasket.com He also played at the

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NBB career statistics

NBB regular season

NBB playoffs

References

External links

FIBA Profile

LatinBasket.com Profile

NBB Player Profile
1983 births Living people Basketball players at the 2015 Pan American Games Brazilian men's basketball players Esporte Clube Pinheiros basketball players Flamengo basketball players Novo Basquete Brasil players Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil Pan American Games gold medalists in basketball Power forwards Small forwards Unitri/Uberlândia basketball players Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Basketball players from Rio de Janeiro (city) 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen {{Brazil-basketball-bio-stub