Franklim Furtado

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Franklim Furtado
Academia do Lumiar Lisboa
Position Power forward
League Proliga (Portugal)
Personal information
Born (1987-10-21) October 21, 1987 (age 36)
Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
Listed height6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Career information
Playing career2008–present
Career history
2016-17 Academia do Lumiar Lisboa (Portugal)

Franklim Balde Capristano Furtado (born October 21, 1987) is a Bissau-Guinean professional basketball player, currently with Academia do Lumiar Lisboa of the Proliga (Portugal).

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He represented Guinea-Bissau's national basketball team at the FIBA Africa Championship 2011 qualification. [1]

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References

  1. Guinea-Bissau | 2011 FIBA Africa Championship, ARCHIVE.FIBA.com, accessed 23 Feb 2017.

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