Michael Plowden known as Mike Plowden, was an American-born Portuguese naturalized basketball player and coach. He was a power forward.

Plowden came to Portugal still in his 20s to play for Barreirense

Barreirense

Barreirense is a sports club in Maio Island, Cape Verde. Its football team first title in history since independence was claimed in 2006 and became the latest team that advanced to the national division for the first time.Apart from football there are also in the club basketball, volleyball and...

. He later would represent Benfica, in the best years of his career, winning several National Champion titles and the Cup of Portugal.

He was capped 61 times 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 1988.

Plowden, after ending his player career, become a coach. He died suddenly while coaching Quintajense, at his team pavilion.