Gui Carvalho

Last updated
Guilherme Carvalho
No. 11Minas
Position Shooting guard / small forward
League NBB
Champions League Americas
Personal information
Born (2002-06-22) 22 June 2002 (age 21)
Brasília, Brazil
NationalityBrazilian
Listed height1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)
Career information
Playing career2018–present
Career history
2018–present Minas
Medals
Men's Basketball
Representing Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Santiago

Guilherme 'Gui' Carvalho Dos Santos is a Brazilian basketball player.

Contents

Club career

In 2018, he played for Minas U21 team where he averaged 6.7 points, 5.7 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 10.5 efficiency and 23.0 minutes on the court - at only 16 years of age. [1]

In the 2018–19 NBB season, because he was still in school and for several other reasons, he was unable to fully follow the adult team's routine. [2]

In the 2019 Basketball Development League (LDB), Gui was the leader of the Minas team. At 17, his averages were 14.5 points, 6.4 rebounds and 2.6 assists in the U-20 championship. [2]

In 2019, Gui Carvalho was already part of his club's senior cast. He entered the court in three Minas games in the 2018–19 NBB season – against Joinville, Vasco and Sesi Franca. [1]

In the 2019–20 NBB season, Minas' coach Léo Costa granted Carvalho a bigger role with the team. [2]

National team

He was one of the main players in the Brazilian team that won the 2019 U-17 South American Championship. [2]

In February 2020, Gui Santos was called up by Aleksandar Petrovic for the Brazilian senior national team. He scored 11 points in the two games against Uruguay at the 2021 Copa America qualifiers. [2]

Miscellaneous

Gui Carvalho was one of the Brazilian representatives at Basketball Without Borders, a camp held by FIBA and the NBA that brought together 64 prospects from Latin America for training sessions in the city of Medellín (Colombia), and also at the FIBA Americas Youth Elite Camp, that happened in Campinas, Brazil at the end of 2018. [1]

According to the Brazilian news site O TEMPO, Carvalho is the Darling of the Crowd (um xodó da torcida). [2]

Gui recalls that especially the support of Minas teammates Alex Garcia and Leandro Barbosa helped him shape his game and reach success. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Confira 10 prospectos que disputarão a LDB 2019 Archived 2021-06-29 at the Wayback Machine Paulo Chacon (Olimpiada Todo Dia), 10 July 2019. Accessed 23 June 2021.(in Portuguese)
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Ala Gui Carvalho prestes a ganhar mais espaço no basquete do Minas Tênis Clube Archived 2021-06-03 at the Wayback Machine Daniel Ottoni (O TEMPO), 14 August 2020. Accessed 28 June 2021.(in Portuguese)