Kikas Gomes
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Full name | Joaquim Brandão Gomes |
Nickname | Kikas |
Nationality | Angolan |
Born | 23 December 1980 |
Height | 200 cm (6.6 ft) |
Weight | 100 kg (220 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Basketball |
Rank | Forward |
Club | Primeiro de Agosto |
Updated on 23 March 2013 |
Men's Basketball Representing Angola African Championships 2005 Algeria National team 2007 Angola National team 2009 Libya National team 2011 Madagascar Angola Lusophony Games 2006 Macau National team
Joaquim Brandão Gomes , aka "Kikas", (born December 23, 1980, in Luanda), is an Angolan professional basketball player. He has played professionally in Germany and the Netherlands.
A 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) in height, 100 kg (220 pounds) in weight center-power forward, Gomes was a stand out at Valparaiso University in Indiana, United States, where he played from 2000-04. He had a career-high 23 points in the final of the Mid-Continent Conference tournament in the Crusaders' 75-70 win over IUPUI on March 9, 2004.[1] In 2005 he won the German basketball cup with RheinEnergie Köln.[2] He also played for his country's national team in the 2004 Summer Olympics, 2006 FIBA World Championship, FIBA Africa Championship 2007.
He is currently playing for Primeiro de Agosto at the Angolan major basketball league BAI Basket.
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External links
- "Angola Basketball Comes Far Since 1992"
- "Angolan Men National Team"
- Gomes Named to Angola's Olympic Team
- Player profile Template:Pt icon
- Africabasket profile
Template:Angola squad 2002 FIBA World Championship Template:Angola Men Basketball Squad 2004 Summer Olympics
Template:Angola squad 2006 FIBA World Championship
Template:Angola Men Basketball Squad 2008 Summer Olympics
- 1980 births
- Living people
- Angolan basketball players
- Basketball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Basketball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Centers (basketball)
- Expatriate basketball people in Germany
- Angolan expatriate basketball people in the United States
- Angolan expatriates in the Netherlands
- Olympic basketball players of Angola
- Power forwards (basketball)
- Valparaiso Crusaders men's basketball players
- Angolan basketball biography stubs