Diego Pinheiro da Silva (born June 14, 1980 in Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

) is a Brazilian professional basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

 player.

A 6'5" (1.95 m) guard, Pinheiro currently plays for Universo BRB

Universo BRB

UniCEUB/BRB/Brasília is a Brazilian basketball team based in Brasília, Federal District. They play in the in NBB, the Brazilian Premier Basketball League, and is the defending champion.-Titles:FIBA Americas League* Winners : 2008-09...

 of Novo Basquete Brasil

Novo Basquete Brasil

Novo Basquete Brasil is the Brazilian premier profissional men's basketball league. Organized by the Liga Nacional de Basquete , in a new format to the Campeonato Brasileiro de Basquete, this league is managed for the first time by 19 Brazilian basketball associations, all LNB founding...

. He is also a member of the Brazil national basketball team

Brazil national basketball team

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.

Pinheiro made his debut for the senior team at the 2008 South American Championship

FIBA Americas Championship 2009 qualification

Qualifying for FIBA Americas Championship 2009 the basketball championships for the Americas began on August 12, 2007 at the FIBA CBC Championship for national teams from the Caribbean...

, averaging 5.8 points and 2.7 assists per game for the team. He also competed for the gold-medal winning Brazilian team at the FIBA Americas Championship 2009

FIBA Americas Championship 2009

The 2009 FIBA Americas Championship was the continental championships held by FIBA Americas for North, Central and South America and the Caribbean. The championship served as a qualifying tournament for the 2010 FIBA World Championship in Turkey...

, seeing action in five games off the bench for the Brazilians.

Previously, Pinheiro competed for the junior national team at the 1999 World Championship for Junior Men as a 19-year old. He was the team's second leading scorer, and helped the Brazilians to an eighth-place finish in the tournament.