Marcelo "Marcelinho" Magalhaes Machado was born on 12 April 1975 and is a former Brazilian professional basketball player.
22 Facts About Marcelinho Machado
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Marcelinho Machado spent most of his career playing with Flamengo in Brazil's top-tier level NBB league, and he was a long-time member of the senior men's Brazilian national basketball team.
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Marcelinho Machado emerged as one of the greatest hopes of Brazilian basketball as a career then idol Oscar Schmidt was ending, mainly due to the similarities of their game, a player who threw a lot of balls three and did many points.
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Marcelinho Machado was called to the national team to play the 1999 Pan American Games, in Winnipeg, Canada.
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Marcelinho Machado stayed in Lithuania until 2007, helping Zalgiris win the national championship and cup, before he signed with Flamengo.
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Marcelinho Machado had just won his third Pan American Games, realized in Rio de Janeiro.
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Marcelinho Machado scored 25 points, but his team did not win the game.
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Marcelinho Machado was chosen as one of the starters, as in the previous season.
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Three days later, Marcelinho Machado's team won the All-Star Game, with Marcelo scoring 38 points and being chosen the All-Star Game MVP.
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On 7 March 2010, Marcelinho Machado broke the record for points in a game that belonged to Oscar Schmidt.
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Marcelinho Machado made a double-double, with 33 points and 10 assists.
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Marcelinho Machado scored 32 points in the Game 1,40 points in the Game 2, and 27 points in the Game 3.
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Marcelinho Machado did not like that and said that Penna disrespected his teammate, but actually Fernando used a feature to clear your opponent.
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Still in the same season, on 26 January 2011, Marcelinho Machado was again chosen as starter of the NBB All Star Game, to defend NBB Brasil, the team formed by Brazilian players.
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On 8 March 2012, Marcelinho Machado substituted Marquinhos in the starting lineup of NBB Brasil in the NBB All Star Game, due to an injury suffered by the Pinheiros' forward.
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Marcelinho Machado scored 7 points in 17 minutes in his 4th All Star Game.
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Marcelinho Machado finished the season with a 20,6-point average, his lowest average since the begin of NBB.
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In January, 2013, Flamengo hired the Paraguayan Bruno Zanotti to replace Marcelinho Machado, who saw his team win the NBB at the end of the season.
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On 30 November 2013, Marcelinho Machado returned to the courts against Paulistano.
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Marcelinho Machado was a long-time member of the senior Brazilian national basketball team.
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Marcelinho Machado was the leading scorer, and was voted the MVP of the 2005 FIBA AmeriCup.
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Marcelinho Machado's uncle, Sergio "Macarrao" Toledo Machado, was a successful basketball player with the senior men's Brazilian national basketball team, in the 1960s and 1970s.