Defender of the Year stays! Award-winning and multiple champion Rafael Mineiro renews with Flamengo
In his second stint at the club, the pivot is going into his fourth consecutive season defending the Sacred Mantle
By Flamengo Communication - inAnother champion has renewed his contract with FlaBasquete! Rafael Mineiro has signed a new season with the "Mais Querido" (Most Beloved). The center joins coach Gustavo De Conti and stars Olivinha and Franco Balbi, who also remain with the club, along with reinforcements Vitor Faverani, Brandon Robinson, JP Batista, and Dar Tucker.
"I'm very happy to have renewed my contract with Mengão. This year we have new goals, and I hope to continue contributing so that we can always keep our Flamengo at the top," he celebrated.
In his second stint with the club, Mineiro is entering his fourth consecutive year at Gávea. Between 2015 and 2017, he was the NBB 8 champion. After his return, the center has won two more NBB titles, three state titles, two Super 8 titles, and a Champions League title.
A regular call-up to the Brazilian national team, he won a gold medal at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto. That same year, in a match against Mexico in the Copa América, he made a play that earned him the FIBA "Slam Dunk of the Decade" award. This June, Mineiro was also named Defender of the Year by the National Basketball League (LNB).
The basketball teams of Clube de Regatas do Flamengo rely on resources from their sponsors – BRB, MOSS, TIM, AmBev, Rede D'or, IRB Brasil RE, CSN, Brasil Plural, EY – via the Federal Incentive Law/Ministry of Sports (IR) and State Incentive Law/State Secretariat of Sports, Leisure and Youth (Seelje) of Rio de Janeiro, in addition to support from the Brazilian Club Committee (CBC).