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Cristiano Felicio

Sendai 89ers (B1 League) signed 32-year-old Brazilian international 210cm center Cristiano Felicio (college: Oregon) for the upcoming season. He last played for Coviran Granada in the Spanish Liga Endesa, where he averaged 10.2ppg and 5.4rpg in 34 games last season.
He has tried to make it to the NBA and played in the NBA Pro Summer League in 2016.
Felicio has been a member of the Brazilian international program for some years. He has regularly played for the Brazilian senior team since 2011 and previously for the University National Team in 2013.
Felicio also represented Brazil at the FIBA Olympic Games Qualifying Tournament in Riga (Latvia) this year. Felicio's team won Gold and he had 2 ppg.
He is a very experienced player. Felicio has quite traveled the world as his pro career brought him to six different countries on three different continents (Europe, Latin America and of course North America). He has played previously professionally in Brazil (Flamengo), Germany (ratiopharm Ulm), Italy, NBA (Chicago Bulls) and NBA G League (Cleveland Charge and Windy City Bulls).
His team finished as the runner-up in the regular season in the German NBBL Group South B in 2022.
Felicio graduated from the University of Oregon in 2014 and it will be his 11th season in pro basketball.


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