Angolan retired professional basketball player
Jean-Jacques da Conceição Personal information Born (1964-04-03 ) 3 April 1964 (age 61) Nationality Angolan Listed height 6 ft 7.5 in (2.02 m) Listed weight 220 lb (100 kg) Career information NBA draft 1986 :undrafted Playing career 1982–2003 Position Power forward Number 15 Career history 1982–1988 Primeiro de Agosto 1988–1996 Benfica 1996–1999 Limoges CSP 1999–2000 Unicaja Malaga 2000–2003 Portugal Telecom Most Valuable African Player of All Time (2011) 10×Portuguese League champion (1989–1995, 2001–2003) 7×Portuguese Federation Cup winner (1992–1996, 2001, 2002) 6×Portuguese League Cup winner (1990, 1991, 1993–1996) 5×Portuguese Super Cup winner (1989, 1991, 1994, 1995, 2002) 5×Angolan League champion (1983, 1985–1988) 4×Angolan Cup winner (1985–1988) FIBA Hall of Fame
Jean-Jacques Nzadi da Conceição (born 3 April 1964, inKinshasa ), more commonly known asJ.J. Conceição orJean-Jacques , is an Angolan-Portuguese[ 1] [ 2] basketball player. A 2.02 m (6'71 ⁄2 power forward , he representedAngola at theAfroBasket , where he won a record seven African titles. At theclub level, he won fiveAngolan League championship titles withPrimeiro de Agosto and fourAngolan Cups , before moving toBenfica in Portugal, where he won sevenPortuguese national championships and threePortuguese Federation Cups . He also went on to play forCSP Limoges in France,Baloncesto Málaga in Spain, and Portugal Telecom in Portugal.
Professional career [ edit ] Even though he never played in theNBA , Jean-Jacques enjoyed a successful career in Europe, especially in Portugal, where he won 10Portuguese national championships (7 withBenfica and 3 with Portugal Telecom), 7Portuguese Federation Cups (5 with Benfica and 2 with Portugal Telecom), 5Portuguese Super Cups (4 with Benfica and 1 with Portugal Telecom), and 6Portuguese League Cups (all with Benfica).[ 3]
National team career [ edit ] As a member of the seniorAngolan national team , Conceição won sevenAfroBasket gold medals, namely in1989 ,1992 ,1993 ,1995 ,1999 ,2001 , and2003 . He also won silver medals in1983 and1985 , and a bronze medal in1997 .
He also played for his country at theFIBA World Cup in1986 ,1990 , and1994 . He also played at theSummer Olympic Games in1992 , where he faced the famedDream Team .[ 4]
In 2011, in Antananarivo, within the celebrations of the 50th anniversary ofFIBA Africa , Jacques was named themost valuable player in African basketball history.[ 5] [ 6] [ 7]
On 19 June 2013, Jean-Jacques became aFIBA Hall of Fame player .[ 8]
Titles and medals won [ edit ]
Angolan junior national team [ edit ]
Angolan senior national team [ edit ]
Jean-Jacques Conceição is the father to Angolan-Portuguese basketball playerJacques Conceição .[ 9]
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