Ângelo Victoriano

Ângelo Victoriano

Personal information
Born	(1968-02-08)8 February 1968 Luanda, Portuguese Angola
Died	13 April 2024(2024-04-13) (aged 56) Luanda, Angola
Listed height	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight	247 lb (112 kg)
Career information
Playing career	1982–2006
Position	Center
Coaching career	2007–2009
Career history
As player:
1982–1992	Petro de Luanda
1992–1993	Queluz
1993–1995	Barreirense
1995–1996	ASA
1996–1997	Petro de Luanda
1997–2006	Primeiro de Agosto
As coach:
2007–2009	Primeiro de Agosto (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
As player: 11× Angolan League champion (1989, 1990, 1992, 1996, 1997, 2000–2005) 7× Angolan Cup winner (1990, 1991, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006) 6× Angolan Supercup winner (1997, 2001–2005) As assistant coach: Angolan League champion (2009) 2× Angolan Cup winner (2008, 2009) 2× Angolan Supercup winner (2007, 2008)
Medals Men's Basketball Representing Angola FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship Abuja 1987 Angola (U-18) AfroBasket Luanda 1989 Angola Cairo 1992 Angola Nairobi 1993 Angola Algiers 1995 Angola Luanda 1999 Angola Luanda 2001 Angola Alexandria 2003 Angola Algiers 2005 Angola Tunis 1987 Angola Dakar 1997 Angola FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup Luanda 2002 1º de Agosto Cairo 2004 1º de Agosto Lagos 2006 1º de Agosto Abidjan 2005 1º de Agosto

Ângelo Monteiro dos Santos Victoriano (8 February 1968 – 13 April 2024) was an Angolan basketball player. He was listed at 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) and 247 lbs. (112 kg). Victoriano was inducted to the FIBA Basketball Hall of Fame in 2023 as the second Angolan player in history. Victoriano holds the record for most FIBA AfroBasket titles in history with eight titles, and in his club career in Angola he won eleven national championships and ten national cups.

Victoriano appeared on four Angolan Olympic basketball teams (in 1992, 1996, 2000, and 2004), serving as captain in his final appearance.

Playing career

Born in the Maçal neighbourhood of Luanda, Victoriano began playing with Petro de Luanda in the top division at age 14. At the club level, he won a total of 11 national championship titles, one with ASA, four with Petro de Luanda and six with Primeiro de Agosto. He won ten Angolan Cups, eight Super Cups and two Africa Club Championships with Primeiro de Agosto.

Victoriano was the only African player to have won eight FIBA Africa championships, ahead of Jean-Jacques Conceição, and Carlos Almeida, both with seven.

Coaching career

From 2007 to 2009, Victoriano was an assistant coach under Luís Magalhães for Primeiro de Agosto and won the 2009 Unitel Basket title with them.

Personal

Victoriano died on 13 April 2024, aged 56, in Luanda following a long illness caused by diabetes.

His brothers, Edmar Victoriano and Puna Victoriano, also played for the Angola national basketball team.

External links

• Angelo Victoriano at FIBA.com (archived)
• Angelo Victoriano at the FIBA Hall of Fame
• Angelo Victoriano at Eurobasket.com
• Angelo Victoriano at RealGM
• Angelo Victoriano at Proballers
• CBS Sportsline profile
• Angola aims high in face of adversity, 2004 article from The Guardian.
• Ângelo Victoriano at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Ângelo Victoriano at Olympedia