Valter Gerson Correia da Rocha Monteiro (born 12 July 1973 in Benguela

Benguela

Benguela is a city in western Angola, south of Luanda, and capital of Benguela Province. It lies on a bay of the same name, in 12° 33’ S., 13° 25’ E...

, Angola

Angola

Angola, officially the Republic of Angola , is a country in south-central Africa bordered by Namibia on the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the north, and Zambia on the east; its west coast is on the Atlantic Ocean with Luanda as its capital city...

) is an Angolan professional basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

 player. He formerly played for Primeiro de Agosto

Clube Desportivo Primeiro de Agosto

Clube Desportivo Primeiro de Agosto , is a sports club from Luanda, Angola.-History:...

, and was a longtime member of the Angola national basketball team

Angola national basketball team

The Angola national basketball team represents Angola in international basketball matches and is controlled by the Federação Angolana de Basquetebol. Angola has been a member of FIBA since 1979...

. He is also a Portuguese

Portugal

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 citizen. He is a currently playing for Recreativo Libolo in Luanda

Luanda

Luanda, formerly named São Paulo da Assunção de Loanda, is the capital and largest city of Angola. Located on Angola's coast with the Atlantic Ocean, Luanda is both Angola's chief seaport and its administrative center. It has a population of at least 5 million...

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Club

From 1993 to 2003, Monteiro played on various clubs in Portugal, including Ovarense, Oliveirense, and Barreirense

Barreirense

Barreirense is a sports club in Maio Island, Cape Verde. Its football team first title in history since independence was claimed in 2006 and became the latest team that advanced to the national division for the first time.Apart from football there are also in the club basketball, volleyball and...

. In 2004, he attempted to join the San Antonio Spurs

San Antonio Spurs

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 of the NBA, but was cut during pre-season camp. Afterwards, Monteiro returned to his native Angola, playing for Petro Atletico de Luanda

Atlético Petróleos Luanda

Atlético Petróleos de Luanda, usually known as Petro Atlético Luanda, or simply Petro Atlético or Petro de Luanda, is a traditional football club from Luanda, Angola, founded in 1980...

 before moving to Primeiro de Agosto.

International

Monteiro has been a member of the Angola national basketball team since 2001 and traveled with the squad to world championships in the United States

United States

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 in 2002 and Japan

Japan

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 in 2006 as well to the 2004 Olympic games in Greece, where he had the 2nd highest individual 3pt shooting percentage among all players. He also was a member of the FIBA Africa Champion

FIBA Africa Championship 2007

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 Angola squad in Algeria

Algeria

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 at the 2007 All-Africa Games

2007 All-Africa Games

The 9th All-Africa Games took place between 11 and 23 July 2007 in Algiers, the capital city of Algeria. Algiers is the first city to hold All-Africa Games for a second time. The 1978 All-Africa Games were held there...

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Source

• Gerson Monteiro @ AfricaBasket.com (subscription only)