Mário Gil Fernandes
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Mário Gil Andrade Fernandes (born April 25, 1982, Funchal
, Madeira
) is a Portuguese
basketball
player. He currently plays for the Spanish
side CB Plasencia
, having previously played with the local club CAB Madeira
and Murcia
's Balneario de Archena. He measures 1.74 metre
s and plays as a point guard
.
Funchal
Funchal is the largest city, the municipal seat and the capital of Portugal's Autonomous Region of Madeira. The city has a population of 112,015 and has been the capital of Madeira for more than five centuries.-Etymology:...
, Madeira
Madeira
Madeira is a Portuguese archipelago that lies between and , just under 400 km north of Tenerife, Canary Islands, in the north Atlantic Ocean and an outermost region of the European Union...
) is a 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 currently plays for the Spanish
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
side CB Plasencia
CB Plasencia
Club Baloncesto Plasencia Ambroz, more commonly referred to today by its sponsorship name of Plasencia Extremadura, is a professional Basketball team based in Plasencia, Extremadura. The team currently plays in league LEB Plata.-Current roster:...
, having previously played with the local club CAB Madeira
CAB Madeira
CAB Madeira, or Clube Amigos do Basquete to give their full name, is a professional basketball team based in Funchal, Madeira, Portugal. It plays in LCB.-Current Squad 2007/08:...
and Murcia
Murcia
-History:It is widely believed that Murcia's name is derived from the Latin words of Myrtea or Murtea, meaning land of Myrtle , although it may also be a derivation of the word Murtia, which would mean Murtius Village...
's Balneario de Archena. He measures 1.74 metre
Metre
The metre , symbol m, is the base unit of length in the International System of Units . Originally intended to be one ten-millionth of the distance from the Earth's equator to the North Pole , its definition has been periodically refined to reflect growing knowledge of metrology...
s and plays as a point guard
Point guard
Point guard , also called the play maker or "the ball-handler", is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. A point guard has perhaps the most specialized role of any position – essentially, he is expected to run the team's offense by controlling the ball and making sure that...
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