BASKETBALL PLAYER

Fab Melo

1990 - 2017

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Fabricio Paulino de Melo ([faˈbɾisju pawˈlinu dʒi ˈmɛlu]; June 20, 1990 – February 11, 2017) was a Brazilian professional basketball player. He played one season in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Boston Celtics before returning to his home country and playing for Liga Sorocabana and Brasília of the Brazilian Novo Basquete Brasil (NBB). Prior to entering the NBA in 2012, he played two years of college basketball for Syracuse, where he was named the Big East Defensive Player of the Year as a sophomore. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Fab Melo is the 1,877th most popular basketball player (down from 1,760th in 2019), the 2,400th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 2,272nd in 2019) and the 15th most popular Brazilian Basketball Player.

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Fab Melo ranks 1,877 out of 1,757Before him are Ronnie Price, Anthony Tolliver, Cheick Diallo, Solomon Hill, Andrew Nicholson, and John Henson. After him are Quincy Pondexter, Jared Cunningham, Shao Ting, Alana Beard, Kendall Marshall, and Lance Thomas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1990, Fab Melo ranks 1,903Before him are Lucy Spoors, Keshav Maharaj, Sophie Bray, Kim Amb, Adrianna Franch, and John Henson. After him are Chelsea Stewart, Gavin Hoyte, Nazem Kadri, Takuya Ohata, Krystle D'Souza, and Cameron Bairstow. Among people deceased in 2017, Fab Melo ranks 693Before him are Stephen Wooldridge, Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu, Velichko Cholakov, Ugo Ehiogu, Brad Bufanda, and Dionatan Teixeira.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Fab Melo ranks 2,400 out of 2,236Before him are Gabriel Pimba (1990), Marcelo Tosi (1969), Felipe Martins (1990), Paulão (1989), Kelvin Hoefler (1994), and Adriel (1997). After him are João Menezes (1996), Weslley Silva Santos Rodrigues (1992), Catarina Macario (1999), Rogério Moraes Ferreira (1994), Andressinha (1995), and Diego Gonçalves (1994).

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In Brazil

Among basketball players born in Brazil, Fab Melo ranks 15Before him are Raul Neto (1992), Marcelinho Machado (1975), Bruno Caboclo (1995), Cristiano Felício (1992), Lucas Nogueira (1992), and Clarissa dos Santos (1988). After him are Damiris Dantas (1992).