Oscar Schmidt
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Oscar Daniel Bezerra Schmidt (born February 16, 1958) is a retired Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

ian basketball
Basketball
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 player. He is also known as Oscar Schmidt Bezerra in Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...

, where he played for Fórum Valladolid
CB Valladolid
Club Baloncesto Valladolid, S.A.D., actually known as Blancos de Rueda Valladolid, is a professional basketball team based in Valladolid, Castile-Leon, Spain. CB Valladolid is member of the Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto...

 for the 1993-94 and 1994-95 seasons, and simply Oscar or Mão Santa (Holy Hand) in his homeland. At his peak, he was 2.05 m (6 ft 8 in) tall and weighed 102 kg (225 lb). He was born in Natal
Natal, Rio Grande do Norte
-History:The northeastern tip of South America, Cabo São Roque, to the north of Natal and the closest point to Europe from Latin America, was first visited by European navigators in 1501, in the 1501–1502 Portuguese expedition led by Amerigo Vespucci, who named the spot after the saint of the day...

, Rio Grande do Norte
Rio Grande do Norte
Rio Grande do Norte is one of the states of Brazil, located in the northeastern region of the country, occupying the northeasternmost tip of the South American continent. Because of its geographic position, Rio Grande do Norte has a strategic importance. The capital and largest city is Natal...

, Brazil.

He scored 49,702 points in his career on a professional level, a record.

Athletic career

He played in five Olympics
Summer Olympic Games
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 (the second person to do so after Teófilo Cruz
Teófilo Cruz
Teófilo Cruz Downs was a Puerto Rican professional basketball player. Cruz has played in the NCAA, and the National Superior Basketball League of Puerto Rico with Santurce Crabbers, Guaynabo Mets, Canovanas Indians, Río Piedras Cardinals, and Mayagüez Tainos. Cruz has played internationally in...

) and was the top scorer in three of them. However, he never went past the quarterfinals. In 1980
1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Moscow in the Soviet Union. In addition, the yachting events were held in Tallinn, and some of the preliminary matches and the quarter-finals of the football tournament...

 he played 7 games and scored 169 points for a 24.1 average. He again scored 169 points in 7 games in 1984
1984 Summer Olympics
The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Los Angeles, California, United States in 1984...

. His best Olympic performance was the 1988 Seoul Olympics
1988 Summer Olympics
The 1988 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, were an all international multi-sport events celebrated from September 17 to October 2, 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. They were the second summer Olympic Games to be held in Asia and the first since the 1964 Summer Olympics...

. He scored 338 points for an average of 42.3 points per game. In 1992
1992 Summer Olympics
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 he scored 198 points in 8 games, and in 1996
1996 Summer Olympics
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 he scored 219 points in 8 games. In 38 career Olympic basketball games, Schmidt scored 1093 points for a record 28.8 points per game average.

He scored 49,703 points in his top-level career, the most ever.

Schmidt played in the gold-medal match of the 1987 Pan American Games
1987 Pan American Games
The 1987 Pan American Games, officially known as the X Pan American Games, was a major international multi-sport event which was celebrated in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, from 7 August to 23 August 1987. Over 4,300 athletes from 38 countries in the Americas competed in 30 sports earning...

 in Indianapolis
Indianapolis
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. The US team of college players at those games featured two All-Americans in David Robinson
David Robinson (basketball)
David Maurice Robinson is a retired American NBA basketball player, who played center for the San Antonio Spurs for his entire NBA career. Based on his prior service as an officer in the United States Navy, Robinson earned the nickname "The Admiral". He and teammate power forward Tim Duncan were...

 (Hall of Famer) and Danny Manning
Danny Manning
Daniel Ricardo "Danny" Manning is a retired American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association. He is an assistant basketball coach at his alma mater, the University of Kansas Jayhawks. Manning won the National Championship with the Jayhawks in 1988 as a player, and...

, two Final Four
NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship
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 MVPs
NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player
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 in Pervis Ellison
Pervis Ellison
Pervis Ellison is a former college and professional NBA basketball player.Ellison was nicknamed "Never Nervous Pervis" for his play with the University of Louisville. At 6 ft 9 in and 242 lb, he started all four years as the center under coach Denny Crum...

 and Keith Smart
Keith Smart
Jonathan Keith Smart is a retired American basketball player and current assistant coach for the Sacramento Kings of the NBA. He is best remembered for hitting the game-winning shot in the 1987 NCAA championship game. The shot gave the Indiana Hoosiers a 74–73 victory over the Syracuse Orangemen...

, and several other future NBA players. Brazil faced a 68–54 halftime deficit. Schmidt finished with 46 points in a 120–115 win.

He was drafted by the New Jersey Nets
New Jersey Nets
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 in 1984, and had several other opportunities to play in the NBA, but declined them all in order to maintain his "amateur" status and continue to play in Brazil's national team (until 1989 NBA players were not allowed to play for national teams). He retired on May 26, 2003.

In 2004, Schmidt started his career in management. He was the CEO of "Telemar Rio de Janeiro", a Brazilian team which played for two years and won the "Campeonato Carioca" (Rio de Janeiro Championship) in 2004 and 2005.

In 2006, Schmidt, along with other Brazilian basketball greats such as Paula
Maria Paula Silva
Maria Paula Gonçalves da Silva, also known as Magic Paula , is a retired Brazilian basketball player. She is considered one of the greatest players in her country, along with Hortência Marcari and Janeth Arcain...

 and Hortência
Hortencia Marcari
Hortência Maria de Fátima Marcari is a former basketball player who is often considered to be one of the greatest women's basketball player in Brazil, alongside with Paula, and regarded as one of the greatest women's basketball player of all ever in the world by specialists in the world...

, (another Hall of Famer), led the NLB: Nossa Liga de Basquete ("our basketball league"), an attempted rival to the Brazilian basketball league
Campeonato Brasileiro de Basquete
The Campeonato Brasileiro de Basquete was the main basketball league in Brazil. The championship was organized by the Brazilian confederation, CBB...

. However, the league folded a year later.

On August 20, 2010, Schmidt was inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame
FIBA Hall of Fame
FIBA Hall of Fame honors basketball players, coaches and administrators who have contributed to international competitive basketball. It was established by FIBA in 1991. It includes the "Samaranch Library", the biggest basketball library in the world that, as of 2007, has over 10,000 basketball...

 in recognition of his play in international competition.

Clubs

  • Palmeiras
    Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras
    Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras is a Brazilian football club from São Paulo. The club was founded on August 26, 1914, as Palestra Italia but changed to the current name on September 14, 1942...

    , Sao Paulo
    São Paulo
    São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...

    , Brazil
  • Sírio, São Paulo, Brazil
  • Caserta
    Juvecaserta Basket
    JuveCaserta Basket , also known for sponsorship reasons as Pepsi Caserta, is an Italian League professional basketball team from the town of Caserta. For past club sponsorship names, see the list below.-The Beginnings:...

    , Italy
    Italy
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  • Pavia
    Pallacanestro Pavia
    Pallacanestro Pavia was an Italian professional basketball team from the town of Pavia.It was established in 1943 in and, in the past, due to sponsorship deals, has also been known as Necchi Pavia , Annabella Pavia and Fernet Branca Pavia . It has participated in Serie A in 1948-1958 and 1991-92,...

    , Italy
  • Forum/Valladolid
    CB Valladolid
    Club Baloncesto Valladolid, S.A.D., actually known as Blancos de Rueda Valladolid, is a professional basketball team based in Valladolid, Castile-Leon, Spain. CB Valladolid is member of the Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto...

    , Spain
    Spain
    Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...

  • Corinthians
    Sport Club Corinthians Paulista
    Sport Club Corinthians Paulista, commonly just known as Corinthians , is a Brazilian football club based in the city of São Paulo. They play in the São Paulo state league, as well as the Brasileirão, Brazil's top national league...

    , São Paulo, Brazil
  • Bandeirantes, São Paulo, Brazil
  • Barueri, São Paulo, Brazil
  • Flamengo
    Flamengo Basketball
    Flamengo's Basketball team is a Brazilian professional team, part of the Clube de Regatas do Flamengo family.-Roster:-Noted coaches:*Miguel Angelo da Luz*Paulo Teixeira Sampaio "Chupeta"*Togo Renan Soares "Kanela"...

    , Rio de Janeiro
    Rio de Janeiro
    Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...

    , Brazil

Honours

  • All-time leading scorer with 49,703 points
  • FIBA Hall of Fame
    FIBA Hall of Fame
    FIBA Hall of Fame honors basketball players, coaches and administrators who have contributed to international competitive basketball. It was established by FIBA in 1991. It includes the "Samaranch Library", the biggest basketball library in the world that, as of 2007, has over 10,000 basketball...

     inductee (2010 class)

As a member of Team Brazil

  • sixth place in Pre-Olympics Tournament in San Juan (Puerto Rico - 1974)
  • three times South American champion (Chile - 1977; Brazil - 1983; Colombia - 1985)
  • World Championship's bronze medal (Philippines - 1978)
  • second place in South American championship (Argentina - 1979; Uruguay - 1981)
  • bronze medal in 1979 Pan-American Games (San Juan, Puerto Rico)
  • fourth place in Pre-Olympics Tournament (San Juan, Puerto Rico - 1980)
  • fifth place in 1980 Summer Olympics Games (Moscow, USSR)
  • World Championship's eight place (Colombia - 1982)
  • champion in American Pre-Olympics Tournament (Sao Paolo, Brazil - 1984)
  • ninth place in 1984 Summer Olympics Games (Los Angeles, USA)
  • World Championship's fourth place (Spain - 1986)
  • gold medal in 1987 Pan-American Games (Indianapolis, USA)
  • champion in American Pre-Olympics Tournament in Montevideo (Uruguay - 1988)
  • fifth place in 1988 Summer Olympics Games (Seoul, South Korea)
  • bronze medal in America's Cup (Mexico - 1989)
  • World Championship's fifth place (Argentina - 1990)
  • bronze medal in Pre-Olympics Tournamente (Portland, USA - 1992)
  • fifth place in 1992 Summer Olympics (Barcelona, Spain)
  • bronze medal in American Pre-Olympics Tournament (Buenos Aires, Argentina - 1996)
  • sixth place in 1996 Summer Olympics in (Atlanta, USA)

As a member of clubs

  • World Championship (Sírio - 1979)
  • South American League (Sírio - 1979)
  • Brazilian Championship (Palmeiras - 1977; Sírio - 1979; Corinthians - 1996)
  • Sao Paulo Championship (Sírio - 1979, 1980; Palmeiras - 1974; Mackenzie - 1998)
  • Italian Cup (Caserta - 1988)
  • Italian Championship Serie A-2 (Caserta - 1983; Pavia - 1991)
  • Rio de Janeiro Championship (Flamengo - 1999, 2002)
  • second place in Brazilian Championship (Flamengo - 2000)
  • second place in South American League (Corinthians - 1996, 1997)

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