Angolan basketball player (born 1996)
 Gonçalves after the 2022 BAL Finals | |||||||||||||||
| Aix Maurienne Savoie Basket | |||||||||||||||
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| Position | Shooting guard | ||||||||||||||
| League | LNB Pro B | ||||||||||||||
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| Born | (1996-03-29) 29 March 1996 (age 28) Luanda, Angola | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 80 kg (176 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Playing career | 2015–present | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| 2015–2024 | Petro de Luanda | ||||||||||||||
| 2024–present | AMSB | ||||||||||||||
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Gerson Henriques Gonçalves (born 29 March 1996), also known as Lukeny, is an Angolan basketball player for AMSB of the French LNB Pro B. He played nine seasons for Petro de Luanda of the Angolan Basketball League, where he was two-time league MVP winner (2019 and 2022) and a BAL champion in 2024.
Professional career
Angola
Gonçalves played for Petro de Luanda in the 2015 FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup.
He participated in the 2018–19 Africa Basketball League where he averaged 6.6 points, 2.8 rebounds and 3 assists per game.
Gonçalves was named the MVP of the Angolan League in 2019, after winning his second title with Petro. He repeated as most valuable player three years later, in 2022, after another national championship.
He won his first BAL championship on June 1, 2024, after Petro defeated Al Ahly Ly in the final. He contributed 16 points in the final against Al Ahly Ly.
France
On 16 July 2024, Gonçalves signed a one-year contract with Aix Maurienne Savoie Basket of the French LNB Pro B, the national second-level league.
National team career
Gonçalves played for Angola's junior teams and helped them win the 2015 African Games. At the 2014 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship, he averaged 16.6 points on his way to help Angola finish in 4th place.
represented the Angola national basketball team at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup in China, where he averaged 3.2 points, 1 rebound and 1.5 assists per game.
BAL career statistics
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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| 2021 | Petro de Luanda | 6 | 6 | 25.0 | .457 | .200 | .700 | 5.5 | 4.0 | 1.2 | .5 | 8.8 |
| 2022 | Petro de Luanda | 8 | 8 | 25.4 | .521 | .372 | .700 | 3.4 | 4.1 | .9 | .1 | 12.1 |
| 2023 | Petro de Luanda | 8 | 8 | 23.4 | .510 | .360 | .750 | 3.4 | 3.5 | b | .0 | 9.1 |
Awards and accomplishments
Club
- 4× Angolan League: (2019, 2021, 2022, 2023)
- 2× Taça de Angola: (2022, 2023)
- 2× Supertaça de Angola: (2021, 2022)
Individual
- 2× Angolan League MVP: (2019, 2022)
- Angolan Basketball League Regular Season MVP: (2018)
References
- Clemente, Melo. "Poste Bruno Fernando refuses to call the National Team". jornaldeangola.sapo.ao. Archived from the original on 30 July 2019. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
- "Jerson Gonclaves". basketball.realgm.com.
- "Jerson Gonclaves Basketball Profile". eurobasket.com.
- "Basketball / Angola: Petro de Luanda applies "plate 100" to ASA". desporto.sapo.pt.
- ^ "Lukeni Goncalves and Co giving Angola hope". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
- "Jerson Gonclave". fiba.basketball.
- "Basquetebol: Gerson Gonçalves considerado MVP". Angop.ao. Archived from the original on 3 June 2020. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
- "Petro 'walks' through the playoffs and reclaims the title of national basketball champion". VerAngola. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
- ^ "Petro de Luanda are the 2024 BAL Champions". The BAL. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
- "Gerson Gonçalves est Savoyard !". AMSB (in French). 16 July 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
- "Angola announce final roster for World Cup, Valdelicio Joaquim set to return". fiba.basketball.
- "Jerson Gonclave". fiba.basketball.
- "Jerson Gonclave". proballers.com.
- "Jerson Gonclaves". sofascore.com.
- "Jerson Gonclaves". globalsportsarchive.com.
- "Jornal de Angola - Notícias - Petro de Luanda conquista 16º título". Jornal de Angola (in Portuguese). Retrieved 22 April 2023.
External links
- Gerson Goncalves at Eurobasket.com
| Petro de Luanda 2024 BAL Champions | |
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| Atlético Petróleos de Luanda – 2015 Africa Club Champions Cup – Gold Medal | |
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| Angolan Basketball League MVP | |
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