Carlos Alexandre Rodrigues do Nascimento, also known as Olivinha or Alexandre (born April 18, 1983 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 6'8" (2.02 m) forward, Olivinha currently plays for Esporte Clube Pinheiros

Esporte Clube Pinheiros

The Esporte Clube Pinheiros is a sports and social club located in the Brazilian metropolis São Paulo, founded in 1899 as Sport Club Germânia by German immigrants. It has around 35,000 members and its terrain comprises 170,000 m² in the well regarded quarter of Jardim Europa...

 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...

. In the 2009 season, he averaged a team-leading 20.2 points and 10.3 rebounds per game.

He is also a member of the Brazil national basketball team

Brazil national basketball team

The Brazilian National Basketball Team represents Brazil in FIBA's basketball competitions.-Men's team:First drafted in 1922, the men's team has won two World Championships , three bronze Olympic medals , four Americas Championships and five Pan American Games .-Olympic Games:-FIBA...

. He made his debut for the senior team at the 2009 Marchand Continental Championship Cup

Marchand Continental Championship Cup

The Tuto Marchand Continental Championship Cup is a warm up tournament for the FIBA Americas region senior men's basketball championship, the FIBA Americas Championship. The tournament is hosted by Puerto Rico.-History:...

, averaging 3.3 points and 1.3 rebounds 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 four games off the bench for the Brazilians.