By Eurohoops team / info@eurohoops.net
After Yago dos Santos, Cristiano Felicio, Bruno Caboclo, and Georginho De Paula, another Brazilian joined ratiopharm Ulm.
It’s the case of Marcio Santos, who will make his overseas and BKT EuroCup debut with the German side, continuing the tradition regarding the South American country’s basketball talents.
The 2002-born center recently took part in Brazil’s February window for the 2025 AmeriCup Qualifiers, averaging 8.0 points and 4.0 rebounds over two appearances.
Always playing professionally with Sesi Franca Basquete, he won the 2023 FIBA Intercontinental Cup in the final against Telekom Baskets Bonn. He also played in last year’s Basketball Champions League Americas, putting up 12.9 points and 6.1 rebounds per game.
His predecessors in the black-and-orange German side were part of Aleksandar Petrovic’s squad that overcame the odds to win the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2024 in Latvia, booking tickets to the Olympic Games in Paris. He didn’t make the team.
𝗕𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗶𝗿𝗱 𝗲𝗶𝗻 𝗨𝘂𝘂𝗹𝗺𝗲𝗿 🧡
Der 21-jährige Brasilianer Marcio Santos wechselt an den Orange Campus. Damit tritt das 2,06m große Kraftpaket auf der Center-Position in die Fußstapfen von Cris Felicio und Bruno Caboclo. 🏀#uuulmer pic.twitter.com/kTph70emx9— ratiopharm ulm (@ratiopharmulm) July 10, 2024
PHOTO CREDIT: Basketball Champions League Americas