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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 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Fab Melo is the 2,031st most popular basketball player (down from 1,762nd in 2024), the 2,559th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 2,272nd in 2019) and the 21st most popular Brazilian Basketball Player.

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Fab Melo ranks 2,035 out of 1,757. Before him are Shelvin Mack, Antonia Delaere, Keyon Dooling, Ronnie Price, John Lucas III, Anthony Tolliver, Cheick Diallo, Solomon Hill, Andrew Nicholson, and John Henson. After him are Quincy Pondexter, and Jared Cunningham.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1990, Fab Melo ranks 1,904. Before 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 712. Before him are Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu, Velichko Cholakov, Ugo Ehiogu, Brad Bufanda, Sharon Laws, Neeraj Vora, Dionatan Teixeira, and Inder Kumar.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Fab Melo ranks 2,563 out of 2,236. Before him are Edival Pontes (1997), Larissa Ramos (1989), Wanderson (1994), Renato Piau de Sa (1992), Gabriel Pimba (1990), Marcelo Tosi (1969), Felipe Martins (1990), Paulão (1989), Kelvin Hoefler (1994), and Adriel (1997). After him are João Menezes (1996), and Weslley Silva Santos Rodrigues (1992).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In Brazil

Among basketball players born in Brazil, Fab Melo ranks 21. Before him are Kelly Santos (1979), Bruno Caboclo (1995), Cristiano Felício (1992), Rafael Hettsheimeir (1986), Lucas Nogueira (1992), and Clarissa dos Santos (1988). After him are Damiris Dantas (1992).

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