FlaBasquete signs shooting guard Kevin Crescenzi
The player is having a good season with the Liga Sorocabana and is reinforcing the Mais Querido for a season.
By Flamengo Communication - in25-year-old shooting guard Kevin Crescenzi joins the Mais Querido team next season. Born in the United States to an American father, but with a Brazilian passport, the player arrives to wear the Sacred Mantle after a strong season in the Sorocabana League.
"I'm very excited and happy to be part of this great team that is Flamengo. I expect to work hard to help continue the success the club has achieved over the past few years," the player declared.
With 11,6 points, 3,8 rebounds and 2,5 assists per game, Crescenzi was the second-highest scorer for the Sorocaba team in the NBB 10. A graduate of Dartmouth University, one of the most traditional in the USA, he played in the NCAA for four seasons before transferring to Brazilian basketball.
In the last NBB All-Star Game, the shooting guard competed in the 3-point tournament alongside the recently signed Deryk Ramos and Flamengo's eternal idol, Marcelinho Machado.
Credits
Name: Kevin Freitas Crescenzi
Position: Shooting Guard
Age: 25 years
Height: 1,93cm
Weight: 90kg
Place of Birth: New Jersey - USA
Teams: Dartmouth University (USA), Sorocabana League (SP).
The Flamengo Regatas basketball teams receive funding from their sponsors – Thinkseg, TIM, AmBev, Rede D'or, IRB Brasil RE, CSN, Brasil Plural, and EY – via the Federal Incentive Law/Ministry of Sports (IR) and the State Incentive Law/Rio de Janeiro State Secretariat of Sports, Recreation, and Youth (Seelje), as well as support from the Brazilian Club Committee (CBC) through the decentralization of funds from the Pelé Law. The Flamengo Guardian Angel Project, a personal tax transfer, benefits all Olympic sports of the club.