Nádia Gomes Colhado (born February 25, 1989) is a Brazilian professional basketball player who currently plays for Gernika KESB of Spain's Liga Femenina de Baloncesto.[1] She has competed for the Brazil women's national basketball team at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics, the 2014 FIBA World Championship for Women, and FIBA Americas tournaments.[2][3]

Nádia Colhado
Colhado with Brazil at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Free agent
PositionCenter
LeagueWNBA
Personal information
Born (1989-02-25) February 25, 1989 (age 35)
Marialva, Paraná, Brazil
Listed height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight196 lb (89 kg)
Career information
Playing career2007–present
Career history
2011–2012Santo André
2012–2013São José
2013–2014Sport Recife
2014–2015Atlanta Dream
2014–2015São José
2015–2016Sampaio Basquete
2016–2017IDK Gipuzkoa
2017Indiana Fever
2017-2019Uni Girona CB
2019-20Flammes Carolo Basket
2020-presentGernika KESB
Stats at WNBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata
Medals
Representing  Brazil
Americas Championship
Gold medal – first place 2011 Valdivia
South American Championship
Gold medal – first place 2016 Barquisimeto
Gold medal – first place 2010 Santiago

During the 2013–14 Brazilian championship, Colhado played with Érika de Souza and Tiffany Hayes, both from the WNBA's Atlanta Dream, for Sport Recife. While Dream coach Michael Cooper visited his players, he was impressed with Colhado and invited her to the team's training camp prior to the 2014 WNBA season.[4] She eventually passed the tests to join Atlanta,[5] and despite having limited minutes due to the Dream's abundance of centers, took part in 16 games of the regular season.[6] Colhado played 6 more games in the 2015 WNBA season before being waived by the Dream.[7] During the 2016–17 season, she played in Spain, in IDK Gipuzkoa from San Sebastian and she became the MVP of the competition. In 2017, Colhado signed with the Fever.[8] In the offseason, she played for another Spanish team, Uni Girona.[9]

Non-WNBA club history

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  • Divino/COC/Jundiaí (Brazil)
  • Universidad Leon (Spain)
  • São Caetano (Brazil)
  • Santo André (Brazil)
  • São José (Brazil)
  • Sport Recife (Brazil)
  • Sampaio Basquete (Brazil)
  • IDK Gipuzkoa (Spain)
  • Uni Girona (Spain)
  • Flammes Carolo Basket (France)
  • Gernika KESB (Spain)

References

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  1. ^ EuroCup Women: Nádia Colhado
  2. ^ "Nadia Colhado". 2012 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original on 1 August 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
  3. ^ "Nádia Colhado Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2017-12-10.
  4. ^ "Nádia Colhado, do Sport Recife, recebe convite de equipe da WNBA para participar de traning camp - LBF – Liga de Basquete Feminino". Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2014-09-30.
  5. ^ "Page not found – Atlanta Dream". Atlanta Dream. Retrieved 2017-09-05. {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)
  6. ^ "Player Review: Nadia Colhado". NBA.com. Retrieved 2017-09-05.
  7. ^ "Atlanta Dream waives Nadia Colhado | Love Women's Basketball". Archived from the original on 2015-07-11. Retrieved 2015-07-09.
  8. ^ Indiana Fever Sign Brazilian Center Nadia Colhado
  9. ^ Nadia Colhado: La força interior de l’Spar Citylift