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Oscar Daniel Bezerra Schmidt (Natal, Río Grande del Norte, Brazil; February 16, 1958) is a Brazilian former Brazilian 2.05 meters high. He played in two teams from Italy (Caserta and Pavia), in one from Spain (Forum Valladolid) and the rest of his career in his native country.

He retired on May 26, 2003 with 45 years, after beating the historical record of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar points with 49 737. ^{[ 2 ]} ​ ^{[ 3 ]} He participated in five Olympic Games with the Brazilian basketball team, being one of the basketball players who has had the most Olympic presences and the top scorer in that competition. ^{[ 4 ]} ​ ^{[ 5 ]} ​

Perhaps its most important titles are the World Basketball Club Championship of 1979 with the Syrian and the 1987 Pan American Games held in Indianapolis, in which they defeated the United States Basketball National Team by 120 to 115, ^{[ 6 ]} Thus, achieving the first victory of a selection against the United States at home, in addition to being the first team that scored more than 100 points.

Youth [ To edit ]

He was born on February 16 in Natal, Brazil and played in his first team at age 13, in Brasilia where he went to live with his family. At this time his uncle Alonso encouraged him to enter the Vizinhança unit that was trained by Zezao and began playing by measuring 1.85 m. In 1974 he went to São Paulo to play in the Children’s Children of the Society Palmeiras and played in the National Youth Team. In 1977 he was chosen best pivot of the South American youth and at age 19 he began to be part of the Brazilian basketball team with which the South American basketball championship in Valdivia, Chile. In this competition he scored 62 points throughout the championship. ^{[ 7 ]} ​

The following year the bronze medal was awarded in the 1978 World Championship played in the Philippines and the coach CLAUDIO MORTARI took him to play the Clube Sírio Esporte. ^{[ 8 ]} ​

Syrian [ To edit ]

It was in this Paulista club where he won in 1979 the World Basketball Club Championship (also called the Intercontinental Cup Renato William Jones) that was played in São Paulo. In addition that year also won the Brazilian championship and the Paulista championship, which he would also repeat in 1980.

That same year he again played the South American championship with his selection and was the top scorer with 121 points, although he lost in the final against the selection of basketball of Argentina by 90 to 85 in the match played in Bahía Blanca. ^{[ 9 ]} He also played the 1979 Pan American Games played in San Juan, Puerto Rico. His coach was Ary Ventura and Oscar was the second top scorer of the team behind Marcel Ramon Ponikwar. ^{[ ten ]} As a curiosity in this tournament he scored 34 consecutive free throws.

In 1980 he played with his selection the pre-Olympic tournament, but could only be a fourth after losing to Canada and Argentina. After that result it was not classified for the Olympic Games but the United States boycott left a free square that occupied Brazil. ^{[ 11 ]} Therefore, he went to the Moscow Olympic Games 1980, where he helped his selection to be in fifth position contributing 169 points. ^{[ twelfth ]} ​

In 1981 he was runner -up in the World Club Championship that was held again in São Paulo and which he lost to Real Madrid C. F .. also that year he played his third South American championship with his selection and returned to be the top scorer of his team with 96 points in five games, being finally second after the selection of Uruguay basketball, which was local. ^{[ 13 ]} ​

In 1982 he decided to leave the club to sign for the America of Rio de Janeiro in which he spent a short time since he signed for the Italian Caserta Snaidero. In addition that year he played the 1982 World Championship in which he scored 126 points to be in a poor eighth position. ^{[ 8 ]} ​

Caserta [ To edit ]

Again in 1983 the South American Championship was awarded, which he had already won in 1977, in the final against Argentina by 99 to 80. The tournament was played in São Paulo, his coach was on this occasion Renato Brito and was again the top scorer with 105 points in six games played. ^{[ 14 ]} ​

Coach Bogdan Tanjevic saw him in the World Club Championship and decided to sign it for his team, Phonola Caserta. Before going to the Olympic Games he played the third pre-olimpic tournament that served as preparation for the event. After eight games, Brazil won everyone and the tournament was awarded ahead of Uruguay. ^{[ 11 ]} ​

In 1984 he is again selected to play the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games in which he scores the same points on the previous occasion, 169, although Brazil was relegated to the ninth final position. ^{[ twelfth ]} At this time, the interest of several NBA teams and the New Jersey Nets try to sign it, but due to the possibility of not playing more matches with their selection (in the NBA it was prohibited at that time), Oscar decides to reject the offer and stay in Italy. He had been selected in 131 in the sixth round and for three consecutive years the Nets tried to sign it, without luck.

The following year, 1985, in his last South American championship he won again in front of Uruguay to those who won in the final played in Medellín by 89 to 86. His coach was Ary Ventura and was the top scorer of the team with 164 points in seven matches. ^{[ 15 ]} ​

In addition that year, with the Caserta he reached the final of the Korac Cup that faced the Virtus Rome. In the final he lost the first game in Caserta for 84-78 and the second in Rome by 73-72 being finally runner-up. The same result obtained in the Basketball League of Italy, where he was runner -up twice, in 1986 and 1987.

In 1986 the 1986 World Championship was played in Spain, in which he got 49 points before the selection of Cuba, which was the second best World Cup score of the moment, only surpassed by the 53 points that Nikos Galis scored before Panama only a few days before ^{[ 16 ]} And he scored 310 points (second top scorer ^{[ 17 ]} ) Although he could only get the fourth place after losing in the match for the medals before the Yugoslavia basketball team by 117 to 91. ^{[ 8 ]} ​

In 1987, he won the most important title of his career, the 1987 Pan American Games held in Indianapolis, in which they defeated the United States basketball team by 120 to 115, thus achieving the first victory of a selection of a selection of a selection Before the United States at home, in addition to being the first team that scored more than 100 points. Oscar became the top scorer with 249 points in seven games played. ^{[ ten ]} ​

In 1988 the newly renamed Snaidero Caserta (previously Mobilgirgi Caserta and Indesit Caserta) reaches the final of the Italian basketball cup against the Divarese Varese, which wins for the first time in its history. This competition was played by Oscar 7 times with the Caserta and in addition to this victory he was a finalist in 1984 and in 1989. ^{[ 18 ]} ​

That same year it was held as usual, the Pre-Olympic Tournament in which Brazil won in the final to Puerto Rico by 101 to 92, scoring Oscar 240 points throughout the tournament. ^{[ 11 ]} He then played the Seoul 1988 Olympic Games in which he was proclaimed maximum scorer of the tournament for the first time, with 338 points, although Brazil again stayed one step away from the medals, being in fifth place. ^{[ twelfth ]} Before the Spanish team he scored 55 points that meant the record record of the Olympic tournament. He also beat other records as the best average of points, the total record of points in the tournament, more points of three in a match, more points of three in the tournament, more points of two in a match, more points of two in the Tournament, more free throws in a match, more free throws in the tournament. In 1989, he played what was the first edition of the Copa América (or also called FIBA ​​AMERICAS CHAMPIONSHIP) designed as pre-world in Mexico City in Mexico. After eight games in which he only lost to the United States for 96 to 93 he was in third.

In 1989 playing with the Caserta, he reached the end of another European competition, the European Recopa that played against Real Madrid in Piraeus. The final result was 117-113 for Madrid. In an anthological match, the Brazilian scored 44 points, while his rival Drazen Petrovic scored 62. In total he played with the Casert In 1985 and the aforementioned final. ^{[ 18 ]} ​

In 1990 he played the World Basketball Championship, and before Australia Selection, he scored 48 points. ^{[ 16 ]} His coach was Hélio Rubens, but this time they could only end in fifth place, despite the 284 points he scored in eight games, becoming the top scorer of the tournament. ^{[ 17 ]} ​ ^{[ 8 ]} ​

After eight years in the Casert A2.

Pavi and Forlid Forum Forum [ To edit ]

In which it is perhaps the best season of his career, he played for coach Tonino Zorzi scoring 1760 points in 40 games during the 1990/1991 league with an average of 44 points per game not reached so far in the Basketball League of Italy .

From June 27 to July 5, 1992, he played the pre-olimpicus in Portland in which he ended third and scored 188 points. ^{[ 11 ]} Then he played with his selection the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games in which he was again the top scorer of the championship with 198 points although once again he was relegated to the fifth final position. ^{[ twelfth ]} After this result, he announced his withdrawal from the National Team and his new signing for the Forum Valladolid of Spain at the end of the 1992/93 season. Before signing for the Forum he had left the mark of 13,957 points scored in the 11 years he was in Italy. He also beat the record record in a match with 66 points against Fernet Branca in Pavia, was twice invited to participate in the NBA triple contest, in an Italian All-Star came to light 22 of 25 shots in the Triple contest and also had a streak of 271 consecutive games playing in the Italian league.

In the Forum there was 1993/94 and 1994/95 seasons, when he decided to return to his country to play with the Sport Club Corinthians Paulista. During the two seasons he played in Spain he played 71 games in which he scored 2009 points (28.3 on average), the top scorer of the ACB, the first season with 930 points, while in the second one reached the second, while in the second one reached the figure of 1079 points. It was the top scorer of three in the two seasons in which he defended the Valladolid colors, 132 in 1993/94 and 160 in 1994/95. He also beat the triple record scored in an ACB League match, something he got in the match that faced his team with CB Murcia, 11 triples of 19 attempted. This record was in force until March 8, 2014, the day when Barcelonista Jacob Pullen surpassed him with a magnificent 12 of 15. ^{[ 19 ]} ​

Return to Brazil [ To edit ]

Before the Olympic Tournament, in 1995 he played with Brazil the sixth pre-olympic classification tournament held in Argentina. It was third after scoring 275 points in ten games and therefore qualified to play the tournament, after Puerto Rico and Argentina. ^{[ 11 ]} ​

With the Corinthians, the Brazilian Basketball League was awarded for the eighth time, in 1996, the year in which he also played the final of the first edition of the South American Club League, in which his team was defeated in the second and final match by the Olimpia de Venado Tuerto per 100 to 101 with a triple by Jorge Racca scored a few seconds from the end. In that party Oscar scored 40 points. At the request of the national coach Ary Ventura Vidal, he returned to play the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games, which meant the fifth occasion that disputed them, thus matching the record of presences of a basketball player who had the Australian Andrew Gaze and the Puerto Rican Teófilo Cruz. ^{[ 4 ]} ​ ^{[ 5 ]} He scored 219 points throughout the championship, being the top scorer again and being the first player to overcome the 1000 points, 1093 exactly. The fifth place dispute was his last game with the National Team, which he lost to the Greece basketball team. ^{[ twelfth ]} In the total of his career with the Brazilian team he added 7693 points and 326 games (23.6 points on average). ^{[ 3 ]} ​

On July 18, 1997, the International Olympic Committee granted the Olympic Order in recognition of its long career as Captain of the Brazilian National Team. ^{[ 20 ]} That year, he went to play with the Banco Banirantes where he had his former teammate, Marcel Ramon Ponikwar as coach. That year he established a record of points in a match of the Brazilian League, with 74 points in addition to being the top scorer with 1161 total points (41.5 on average). In the match that played his team against the Barueri he scored 41 points, thus exceeding 40,000 points throughout his career, only surpassed by the 46,725 scored by the American Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

During his stay in the Bandorals he had a brief political career with Celso Pitta, where he held the position of Municipal Secretary of the State for the sport of São Paulo. In 1998 he also broke records, he was the first player to be for the third time maximum scorer of the tournament, in addition to being the first to reach 1000 points. He also won the Paulista championship in the fifth match of the series against Mogi with a Paulinho basket in the last second.

Flamengo [ To edit ]

In 1999 he decided to leave São Paulo to play the state of Rio de Janeiro with Flamengo. His first game with this team was on September 8 against the municipal scoring 31 points to win by 114 to 56. On December 1 after a free kick he managed to score the 43000 points. In the state, he faced the Botafogo Playoff, which they defeated in the last game of the series by 116 to 96, with 44 points of his. In total, 647 points scored throughout the championship and was the top scorer of the tournament.

In 2001, the Brazilian title in the final for three games to one lost to Vasco, although this was the best result of the team in history. But this season the most exciting thing was to see Oscar play with his son Felipe for ten games. In his last season in Flamengo, with 44 years, he returns to play the Carioca Championship that he wins against the Campos team at his home in the fifth game in which he scored 29 points. Also with Flamengo against Fluminense, he exceeded the historical brand of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar of 46,725 points throughout the race. ^{[ 21 ]} ​ ^{[ 3 ]} ​

At the end of the season, with 45 years, he was proclaimed top scorer of the National Championship for the eighth consecutive time and played his last game against Mines, on May 26, 2003. ^{[ 22 ]} The Flamengo withdrew his shirt with number 14 and in the press room after the game said:

“I wanted to tell you that as of today you can call me a former basketball player, it is very difficult to say goodbye to what I like to do the most and what I am able to do, I don’t know what I will do in the future, the only certainty is that I want to continue Dictating conferences in Brazil. But I want to create a basketball training center, so that all children and young people can play. ” ^{[ 22 ]} ​

After withdrawal [ To edit ]

After retiring he has worked as a commentator for the television network Rede Globo in Brazil, broadcasting basketball matches. ^{[ 23 ]} On June 6, 2004 he had a tribute match in the gym of his former school (Marista), where some 4,000 followers gathered to see a confrontation between some world basketball stars, Magic Johnson among them, before the Oscar team that It was composed of former players of the Brazilian national team with former teams from the teams to which it had belonged. His team lost for 92-64.

He is also the coordinator of the “NBB: Nossa Basqueque League”, where future players are formed. He is also coordinator of the absolute selection of Brazil and works as public relations for the company “CMG Worldwide’s Roster”. He is married to Cristina and has two children, Felipe and Stephania. In 2010 its incorporation to the Basketball Hall of Fame was announced, along with other great basis, coaches and European leaders. ^{[ 24 ]} ​

Brazilian selection [ To edit ]

Olympic Games [ To edit ]

Pre -Olympic (Tournament of the Americas) [ To edit ]

World championship [ To edit ]

South American [ To edit ]

Pan-American [ To edit ]

Fiba Américas Championship [ To edit ]

Brazilian selection [ To edit ]

• 2 Oros in the American Pre-Olympic Tournament (Tornare of the Americas) in São Paulo (Brazil – 1984) and in Montevideo (Uruguay – 1988)
• 2 bronzes in the American Pre -Olympic Tournament (Tournament of the Americas) in Portland (United States – 1992) and in Neuquén (Argentina – 1995)
• Bronze in the World of the Philippines Championship – 1978
• 3 golds in the South American championships (Chile – 1977, Brazil – 1983 and Colombia – 1985)
• 2 silvers in the South American championships (Argentina – 1979 and Uruguay – 1981)
• 1 gold at the Pan American Games (Indianapolis – USA. – 1987)
• 1 bronze at the Pan American Games (San Juan – Puerto Rico – 1979)
• 1 bronze in the FIBA ​​Americas championship (Mexico – 1989)

Clubs [ To edit ]

• World Champion (Sírio – 1979)
• South American Champion (Silrium – 1979)
• Brazilian League (Palmeiras – 1977; Syrian – 1979 y Corinthians – 1996)
• São Paulo Championship (Syrian – 1979, 1980; Palmeiras – 1974 y Mackenzie – 1998)
• Copa de Italia (Caserta – 1988)
• January rio championship (Flamengo – 1999, 2002)
• Second place in the Brazilian League (Flamengo – 2000)
• Second place in the South American League (Corinthians – 1996, 1997)

Other data [ To edit ]

• He has been a member of the FIBA ​​Hall since 2010. ^{[ 25 ]} ​
• Basketball Hall of Fame since 2013.
• Player with more participations in the Olympic Games with Andrew Gaze, Juan Carlos Navarro, Pau Gasol, Rudy Fernández, Luis Scola, Teófilo Cruz, Adriana Moisés Pinto, Diana Taurasi and Sue Bird and Teresa Edwards with 5 presences. ^{[ 4 ]} ​ ^{[ 5 ]} ​
• Player with more points at the Olympic Games: 1093. ^{[ 26 ]} ​
• Winner of the ACB triple contest of the 1993-94 season.
• Player with more three -point baskets, two points and free throws in the Olympic Games.
• Player with more minutes played at the Olympic Games.
• Player who has been maximum scorer in the Olympic Games: 3. ^{[ 27 ]} ​
• Player with more points in a match of the Olympic Games: 55 against the basketball team of Spain in 1988.
• Player with more total points in world championships: 916 in 35 games. ^{[ 16 ]} ​
• Fourth player with a better average points per game in world championships: 26.1 per game. ^{[ 16 ]} ​
• Third player with more points in a match of the world championships: 49 against Cuba in 1986. ^{[ 16 ]} ​
• Player with more points in a match of the Pan American Games: 53 against Mexico in 1987.
• Player with more points in a match in the South American Club League: 46 against Ambassador.
• Player with more points in a match of the National Club Championship in Brazil: 57 with Flamengo.
• Player with more points in his career: 49737. ^{[ 2 ]} ​
• Player with more points in the Brazilian basketball team: 7693. ^{[ 3 ]} ​
• Player with more points in the Italy championship (A2): 1760 in 40 games with Pavia. ^{[ 28 ]} ​
• Player Máxi Máximo scorer of the League of Italy: 5 times with the Caserta (from the 1983-1984 season until 1986-1987 and 1988-1989) and one with Pavia (1991-1992). ^{[ 28 ]} ​
• Third best average of points in the League of Italy: 33.21 points in 11 years playing for Caserta and Pavia, 8833 points in 266 games. ^{[ 28 ]} ​
• Better average points in the League of Italy (A2): 37.38 average points in 93 games in which he scored 3476 points. ^{[ 28 ]} ​
• Better points in a season in the Italy League: 38.62 points in the 1991-92 season. ^{[ 28 ]} ​
• 271 consecutive games playing in the Italian championship with the Caserta for 7 years. ^{[ 28 ]} ​
• Foreign player with more points in the Italy League: 13957.
• Player with more consecutive free throws in games of the Brazilian team: 34 in the 1979 Pan -American.
• Player with more consecutive free throws in professional matches: 90 in the Carioca League with Flamengo.
• Player with more consecutive triple in a match: 8 of 8 in the League of Spain with the Forum Valladolid.
• Player with more consecutive two shots in a game: 12 of 12 in the League of Spain with the Forum Valladolid.
• Player with more free throws in a 22 of 22 match in the Italian League with the Caserta.
• Four t -shirts retired in his career: 18 of the Caserta (Italy); 11 of Pavia (Italy); 14 of Unite (Brasilia); 14 of the Flamengo (Janeiro River).
• Triple tournament in Europe: 22 of 25 in Italy.

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