Elvis Garcia Monteiro Évora (born February 4, 1978) is a Cape Verde

Cape Verde

The Republic of Cape Verde is an island country, spanning an archipelago of 10 islands located in the central Atlantic Ocean, 570 kilometres off the coast of Western Africa...

-born Portuguese

Portuguese people

The Portuguese are a nation and ethnic group native to the country of Portugal, in the west of the Iberian peninsula of south-west Europe. Their language is Portuguese, and Roman Catholicism is the predominant religion....

 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. He plays as a center.

He played for FC Porto, from 1998/1999 to 2004/2005. After a season at Tenerife

Tenerife

Tenerife is the largest and most populous island of the seven Canary Islands, it is also the most populated island of Spain, with a land area of 2,034.38 km² and 906,854 inhabitants, 43% of the total population of the Canary Islands. About five million tourists visit Tenerife each year, the...

, he moved back to Portugal, playing for Ovarense

Ovarense (basketball)

Ovarense Basketball is a team of professional basketball that plays in Ovar, Portugal. The team plays in the LCB. The Ovarense created its section of basketball in 1970, with the initiative of a member entrepreneur, John Gonçalves, but in this space of time managed to assert itself as one of the...

, from 2006/07 to 2007/08, were he was twice National Champion. In 2008, he moved to Gandía BA

Gandía BA

Gandía Básquet Athletic is a professional basketball team based in Gandía, Valencian Community and plays in the Municipal de Gandía, in LEB Plata.-Current roster:-Season by season:- External links :* *...

, in Spain. With the season going, he signed for SL Benfica

S.L. Benfica (basketball)

Benfica Basket is the professional basketball team of Sport Lisboa e Benfica, based in Lisbon, Portugal. It plays in Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol , although in June 2007, the team decided to leave the LCB professional top league and join for the 2007–2008 season the Proliga, a league organized by...

 becoming a starter and a very important player for the team.
He plays for Portugal

Portugal national basketball team

The Portuguese national basketball team is the basketball side that represents Portugal in international competition. Portugal never had great success in the past at international level, but have qualified for the Eurobasket three times, more recently in EuroBasket 2011...

 since 2000. He had 95 caps by October 2007. Elvis Évora played at the EuroBasket 2007

Eurobasket 2007

-Group B:-Group C:-Group D:-Second round:- Group E :- Group F :-Championship bracket:- Quarterfinals :-Classification rounds:- Semifinals :- Third place game:- Final :...

 finals, where Portugal reached the 2nd phase.

Club

• 2006/07: Ovarense Aerosoles
  Ovarense (basketball)
  Ovarense Basketball is a team of professional basketball that plays in Ovar, Portugal. The team plays in the LCB. The Ovarense created its section of basketball in 1970, with the initiative of a member entrepreneur, John Gonçalves, but in this space of time managed to assert itself as one of the...
  
   - Portuguese Basketball League (LCB)
  Portuguese Basketball League (LCB)
  The Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol is the top men’s basketball league in Portugal. From the 2008-09 season onwards, the competition will be organized once again by the Federação Portuguesa de Basquetebol after 13 seasons. This was caused by the fold of the LCB, after many years of financial...
  
  
• 2007/08: Ovarense Aerosoles - Portuguese Basketball League (LCB)
  Portuguese Basketball League (LCB)
  The Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol is the top men’s basketball league in Portugal. From the 2008-09 season onwards, the competition will be organized once again by the Federação Portuguesa de Basquetebol after 13 seasons. This was caused by the fold of the LCB, after many years of financial...
  
  
• 2008/09: SL Benfica
  S.L. Benfica (basketball)
  Benfica Basket is the professional basketball team of Sport Lisboa e Benfica, based in Lisbon, Portugal. It plays in Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol , although in June 2007, the team decided to leave the LCB professional top league and join for the 2007–2008 season the Proliga, a league organized by...
  
   - Portuguese Basketball League (LCB)
  Portuguese Basketball League (LCB)
  The Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol is the top men’s basketball league in Portugal. From the 2008-09 season onwards, the competition will be organized once again by the Federação Portuguesa de Basquetebol after 13 seasons. This was caused by the fold of the LCB, after many years of financial...
  
  
• 2009/10: SL Benfica
  S.L. Benfica (basketball)
  Benfica Basket is the professional basketball team of Sport Lisboa e Benfica, based in Lisbon, Portugal. It plays in Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol , although in June 2007, the team decided to leave the LCB professional top league and join for the 2007–2008 season the Proliga, a league organized by...
  
   - Portuguese Basketball League (LCB)
  Portuguese Basketball League (LCB)
  The Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol is the top men’s basketball league in Portugal. From the 2008-09 season onwards, the competition will be organized once again by the Federação Portuguesa de Basquetebol after 13 seasons. This was caused by the fold of the LCB, after many years of financial...
  
  

External links

• LCB Profile
• EuroBasket 2007
  Eurobasket 2007
  -Group B:-Group C:-Group D:-Second round:- Group E :- Group F :-Championship bracket:- Quarterfinals :-Classification rounds:- Semifinals :- Third place game:- Final :...
  
  Profile