Wesley Alexandre Sena da Silva (born May 2, 1996) is a Brazilian professional basketball player who currently plays for Caxias do Sul in the NBB.
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| No. 21 – Caxias do Sul | |
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| Position | pivot |
| League | Novo Basquete Brasil |
| Personal information | |
| Born | May 2, 1996 Campinas, Brazil |
| Listed height | 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) |
| Listed weight | 118 kg (260 lb) |
| Career information | |
| Playing career | 2012–present |
| Career history | |
| 2012–2014 | Palmeiras |
| 2014–2016 | Bauru |
| 2016 | FC Barcelona Lassa |
| 2016–2017 | →FC Barcelona Lassa B |
| 2017 | Contagem Towers |
| 2017–2018 | Mogi das Cruzes |
| 2018-2019 | CB Prat |
| 2019–2020 | Botafogo |
| 2020-2021 | ECP |
| 2021–2022 | Caxias |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Professional career
editSena played for Palmeiras, seeing action in the top-tier of Brazilian basketball, the NBB, until 2014 and then made the switch to fellow NBB outfit Bauru.[1] With Bauru, he won the 2014 Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol and the 2015 FIBA Americas League.
He was an early entry candidate for the 2016 NBA draft, but later removed his name from the list.[2] The same year, at age 20, he signed for FC Barcelona of the Spanish ACB. To begin with, he jumped between Barça’s first team and their reserve team, that plays in LEB Oro.[3]
On 23 October 2016, Sena made his debut in Liga ACB. He played three minutes and scored one point in Barcelona's 80–58 win over Real Betis Energía Plus.[4]
In February 2017, Sena left FC Barcelona Lassa by mutual consent.[5] He saw action in only one ACB game for Barcelona, while being a regular in the reserve side, averaging 6.8 points and 3.3 rebounds a contest.
In March 2017, he joined the Contagem Towers of the Liga Ouro de Basquete in his native Brazil.[6]
On August 8, 2018, Sena signed with CB Prat of the LEB Oro.[7]
In december 2019, Wesley Sena was part of the champion cast players of the Botafogo, on league sul-american of basketball.
In October 2021, Wesley Sena was hired to play for Caxias do Sul Basquete, on NBB, doing an amazing season.
National team career
editSena has represented his country in international junior competition, competing with Brazil in the 2013 U17 South America Championship and the 2014 U18 FIBA Americas.
References
edit- ^ "Federação Paulista de Basketball - 90 anos de história". www.fpb.com.br. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
- ^ Release, Official. "Thirty-three international early-entry candidates withdraw from Draft". NBA.com. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
- ^ "LEB Oro: La Masía del baloncesto: las estrellas del Barcelona que vienen - Marca.com". Marca.com. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
- ^ "Resultado Barça Lassa vs Real Betis" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 23 October 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
- ^ "Wesley Sena abandona el FC Barcelona Lassa" (in Spanish). ACB.COM. February 3, 2017. Retrieved February 3, 2017.
- ^ TEMPO, O (2017-03-23). "Contagem Towers anuncia contratação de peso que chega do Barcelona". Outros (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2017-04-26.
- ^ "El brasileño de 210 cm, Wesley Sena, completa el juego interior y la plantilla del CB Prat". FEB (in European Spanish). 9 August 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
External links
edit- Profile at ACB.com (in Spanish)
- Profile at fiba.com
- Profile at fibaamericas.com (in Spanish)
- Profile at FEB.es (in Spanish)
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