Childe Madaleno Fortuna Dundão (born 17 May 1998) is an Angolan
basketball
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player who plays for
Petro de Luanda of the
Angolan Basketball League
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C.D. Primeiro de Agosto ( ...
and the
Basketball Africa League
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(BAL). Standing at , he plays as
point guard
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.
Professional career
Dundão started his career with
Petro de Luanda in 2016. On 8 January, he re-signed for another season.
Dundão helped Petro reach the
2022 BAL Finals
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as the team's starting point guard, gathering
All-Defensive Team honours in the same season.
In the 2023 season, Dundão won the national triple with Petro; he also lead the league in assists per game. He was named the 2023
Angolan Cup
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Final MVP.
On May 12, 2024, Dundão won his first
Angolan Basketball League MVP award on the same day he guided Petro to a fifth consecutive.
One month later, on June 1, Petro won their first
BAL championship.
In the 2024–25 season, Dundão and Petro lost the BAL finals to
Al Ahli Tripoli.
He was named to a fourth All-Defensive Team.
National team career
Dundão has played for the
Angola national junior teams in the
2016 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship and the
2017 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup
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.
He has been a major part of the Angola senior team in recent years.
References
External links
Childe Dundãoat Afrobasket
Childe Dundãoat Proballers
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1998 births
Atlético Petróleos de Luanda basketball players
Angolan men's basketball players
21st-century Angolan sportsmen
Point guards
Basketball players from Luanda
Living people
2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup players