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Rolando Ferreira

Personal information

Born

24 May 1964 (age 60)
Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil

Listed height

7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)

Listed weight

240 lb (109 kg)

Career information

High school

Colegro Objectivo (São Paulo, Brazil)

College

Houston (1986–1988)

NBA draft

1988: 2nd round, 26th overall pick

Selected by the Portland Trail Blazers

Playing career

1983–2001

Position

Center

Number

Career history

1988–1989

Portland Trail Blazers

Career highlights and awards

South American Club champion (1984)
Brazilian champion (1983)

Stats at NBA.com

Stats at Basketball Reference

Medals

Men's Basketball

Representing Brazil
Pan American Games
	1987 Indianapolis

Rolando Ferreira Júnior (born May 24, 1964) is a Brazilian former professional basketball player and coach. At a height of 2.16 m (7'1") tall, he played at the center position.

College career

Ferreira played college basketball at the University of Houston, with the Houston Cougars, for two seasons. As a senior co-captain of the 1987–88 Cougar squad, he averaged 15.8 points per game, and led the team with 6.8 rebounds and 1.6 blocked shots per game. For his efforts, he was named to the 1988 All-Southwest Conference defensive team.

Professional playing career

Ferreira was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers, in the 2nd round (26th overall) of the 1988 NBA draft. Ferreira played in only one NBA season, as a member of the 1988–89 Blazers. In his NBA career, he played in 12 games, and scored a total of 9 points. He owns the distinction of being the first Brazilian to play in the NBA.

National team playing career

Ferreira was a member of the senior Brazilian national basketball team for 12 years. He played at three FIBA World Cups, in 1986, 1990, and 1994, and at two Summer Olympic Games, in 1988 and 1992. He was also a part of the Brazilian team that won the 1987 Pan American Games, in Indianapolis, over Team USA.

Coaching career

After his playing career ended, Ferreira went on to work as coach at the Universidade Federal do Paraná. Today, he is a basketball coach at the International School Of Curitiba (ISC), in Curitiba-Paraná, Brazil.^{[citation needed]}

External links

Career NBA stats
Article at gazetaesportiva.net (in Portuguese)
Chicago Tribune Article

v t e 1988 NBA draft
First round	Danny Manning Rik Smits Charles Smith Chris Morris Mitch Richmond Hersey Hawkins Tim Perry Rex Chapman Rony Seikaly Willie Anderson Will Perdue Harvey Grant Jeff Grayer Dan Majerle Gary Grant Derrick Chievous Eric Leckner Ricky Berry Rod Strickland Kevin Edwards Mark Bryant Randolph Keys Jerome Lane Brian Shaw David Rivers
Second round	Rolando Ferreira Shelton Jones Andrew Lang Vinny Del Negro Fennis Dembo Everette Stephens Charles Shackleford Grant Long Tom Tolbert Sylvester Gray Ledell Eackles Greg Butler Dean Garrett Tito Horford Orlando Graham Keith Smart Jeff Moe Todd Mitchell Anthony Taylor Tom Garrick Morlon Wiley Vernon Maxwell Micheal Williams José Vargas Steve Kerr

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