Basketball Carlos Almeida

He is 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) in height and 91 kg (200 pounds) in weight. Almeida played for Angola at the 2000 and the 2004 Summer Olympics, the 2002 and 2006 basketball world championship as well as the 2005, 2007 Africa championships and 2009 Africa championship.

Carlos Almeida

Personal information
Born	(1976-09-24) 24 September 1976 (age 47) Luanda, Angola
Listed height	193 cm (6.33 ft)
Listed weight	91 kg (201 lb)
Career information
Playing career	1987–2014
Position	Shooting guard
Career history
1984–1987	E.R.T.
1987–2001	Petro Atlético
2001–2014	Primeiro de Agosto
Medals FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship Yaoundé 1994 Angola U18 FIBA Africa Championship Luanda 1999 Angola Casablanca 2001 Angola Alexandria 2003 Angola Algiers 2005 Angola Luanda 2007 Angola Benghazi 2009 Angola Abidjan 2013 Angola FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup Luanda 2002 1º de Agosto Luanda 2007 1º de Agosto Sousse 2008 1º de Agosto Malabo 2012 1º de Agosto Lagos 2006 1º de Agosto Salé 2011 1º de Agosto Abidjan 2005 1º de Agosto

In addition to playing basketball, he has been serving a second term as a member of the Angolan parliament, representing the ruling party, MPLA.

Carlos Almeida has won seven FIBA Africa Championship titles.

On 17 April 2014, Almeida played his last official game in the 1st leg of the 2014 Angola Basketball Cup against Petro de Luanda, a match involving the two most important clubs in his career. At the end of the game, honours were paid to him for his long, successful basketball career.