Emmanuel "Manny" Quezada is a Dominican-American

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player who plays for Interclube in the Angolan Basketball League. Standing at , he plays as

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Career

After playing at NCAA with San Francisco University, Quezada started his career in 2010 in the

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, where he played for

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in the

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. In summer 2010, Quezada leaves his country and signs for Spanish second division squad

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, where he spends two seasons being one of the top scorers of the league. In August 2012, he joins the

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, Spanish top league, with one of the most classic teams in

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: FIATC Joventut. In his first game at

, he becomes the MVP of the week after scoring 27 points in Joventut's win against Lagun Aro GBC by 89–73. After the injury of the Brazilian player Fúlvio in November 2013, playing for

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, at NBB, Manny was hired to replace him in this team. In March 2023, Quezada returned to Angola to play for Interclube.

The Basketball Tournament (TBT)

In the summer of 2017, Quezada competed in

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for the Talladega Knights. Competing for the $2 million grand prize, Quezada scored 16 points, grabbed five rebounds and dished out three assists in the Knights' 78-74 first round loss to Paul's Champion's; a team led by former

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point guard Earl Boykins. Quezada also played for Talladega during the summer of 2016. In two games, he averaged a team-high 29.5 points, 4.5 assists and 3.5 rebounds as the Knights fell to the City of Gods in the second round.

References

External links

Profile at ACB.comProfile at FEB.esProfile at Eurobasket.com
1985 births Living people US Monastir basketball players Basketball players from New York City American sportspeople of Dominican Republic descent Dominican Republic men's basketball players American expatriate basketball people in Angola American expatriate basketball people in Spain Atlético Petróleos de Luanda basketball players San Francisco Dons men's basketball players Baloncesto León players Joventut Badalona players Liga ACB players Novo Basquete Brasil players Small forwards St. Albans School (Washington, D.C.) alumni American men's basketball players {{Caribbean-basketball-bio-stub G.D. Interclube men's basketball players Marineros de Puerto Plata players