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Oscar Schmidt

1958 - Today

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Oscar Daniel Bezerra Schmidt (born February 16, 1958), nicknamed Mão Santa (Holy Hand), is a Brazilian retired professional basketball player. Schmidt primarily played the power forward and small forward position, was 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) tall and weighed 109 kg (240 lbs). Along with his home country, Schmidt also played in Italy for JuveCaserta and Pavia, and Spain for Fórum Valladolid. He was born in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Oscar Schmidt is the 64th most popular basketball player (down from 24th in 2019), the 305th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 154th in 2019) and the most popular Brazilian Basketball Player.

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Oscar Schmidt ranks 64 out of 1,757Before him are Hakeem Olajuwon, Toni Kukoč, Nikos Galis, Moses Malone, Byron Scott, and John Stockton. After him are Šarūnas Jasikevičius, Metta World Peace, Ivo Daneu, Aleksandar Đorđević, Manute Bol, and Zydrunas Ilgauskas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Oscar Schmidt ranks 139Before him are Gary Peters, Eddie Lawson, Luis Guillermo Solís, Domenico Dolce, Tony Leung Ka-fai, and Cindy Kiro. After him are Alain Chabat, Nancy J. Currie-Gregg, Bertrand Piccard, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Karlheinz Förster, and Michael Winslow.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Oscar Schmidt ranks 305 out of 2,236Before him are Alfredo II (1920), Zequinha de Abreu (1880), Adriano (1984), Eumir Deodato (1942), Jandira Martini (1945), and José Bonifácio de Andrada (1763). After him are Nereu Ramos (1888), Michael Löwy (1938), Mazinho Oliveira (1965), Romualdo Arppi Filho (1939), Neco (1895), and Augusto Tasso Fragoso (1869).

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In Brazil

Among basketball players born in Brazil, Oscar Schmidt ranks 1After him are Ruy de Freitas (1916), Nenê (1982), Tiago Splitter (1985), Hortência Marcari (1959), Marcelo Huertas (1983), Leandro Barbosa (1982), Anderson Varejão (1982), Raul Neto (1992), Marcelinho Machado (1975), Bruno Caboclo (1995), and Lucas Nogueira (1992).