{{Short description|Angolan basketball player (1968–2024)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2024}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Ângelo Victoriano | image = | caption = | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 6 | weight_lb = 247 | birth_date = {{birth date|1968|2|8|df=y}} | birth_place = Luanda, Portuguese Angola | death_date = {{death date and age|2024|4|13|1968|2|8|df=y}} | death_place = Luanda, Angola | draft_year = | career_start = 1982 | career_end = 2006 | career_number = | career_position = Center | years1 = 1982–1992 | team1 = Petro de Luanda | years2 = 1992–1993 | team2 = Queluz | years3 = 1993–1995 | team3 = Barreirense | years4 = 1995–1996 | team4 = ASA | years5 = 1996–1997 | team5 = Petro de Luanda | years6 = 1997–2006 | team6 = Primeiro de Agosto | awards = | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's Basketball}} {{MedalCountry|{{ANG}}}} {{MedalCompetition|FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship}} {{MedalSilver|Abuja 1987|Angola (U-18)}} {{MedalCompetition|AfroBasket}} {{MedalGold|Luanda 1989|Angola}} {{MedalGold|Cairo 1992|Angola}} {{MedalGold|Nairobi 1993|Angola}} {{MedalGold|Algiers 1995|Angola}} {{MedalGold|Luanda 1999|Angola}} {{MedalGold|Luanda 2001|Angola}} {{MedalGold|Alexandria 2003|Angola}} {{MedalGold|Algiers 2005|Angola}} {{MedalBronze|Tunis 1987|Angola}} {{MedalBronze|Dakar 1997|Angola}} {{MedalCompetition|FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup}} {{MedalGold|Luanda 2002|1º de Agosto}} {{MedalGold|Cairo 2004|1º de Agosto}} {{MedalSilver|Lagos 2006|1º de Agosto}} {{MedalBronze|Abidjan 2005|1º de Agosto}} | coach_start = 2007 | coach_end = 2009 | cyears1 = 2007–2009 | cteam1 = Primeiro de Agosto (assistant) | FIBA_HOF_player = Ângelo-Victoriano | highlights = '''As player:''' * 11× Angolan League champion (1989, 1990, 1992, 1996, 1997, 2000–2005) * 7× Angolan Cup winner (1990, 1991, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006) * 6× Angolan Supercup winner (1997, 2001–2005) '''As assistant coach:''' * Angolan League champion (2009) * 2× Angolan Cup winner (2008, 2009) * 2× Angolan Supercup winner (2007, 2008) }}
'''Ângelo Monteiro dos Santos Victoriano''' (8 February 1968 – 13 April 2024) was an Angolan basketball player. He was listed at 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) and 247 lbs. (112 kg). Victoriano was inducted to the FIBA Basketball Hall of Fame in 2023 as the second Angolan player in history.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-02 |title=FIBA Hall of Fame Class of 2023 headlined by China legend Yao, Brazil's iconic Marques and Opals' ace Taylor |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/news/fiba-hall-of-fame-class-of-2023-headlined-by-china-legend-yao-brazils-iconic-marques-and-opals-ace-taylor |access-date=2023-06-03 |website=FIBA.basketball |language=en}}</ref> Victoriano holds the record for most FIBA AfroBasket titles in history with eight titles, and in his club career in Angola he won eleven national championships and ten national cups.
Victoriano appeared on four Angolan Olympic basketball teams (in 1992, 1996, 2000, and 2004), serving as captain in his final appearance.
== Playing career == Born in the Maçal neighbourhood of Luanda, Victoriano began playing with Petro de Luanda in the top division at age 14.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=2024-04-13 |title=Morreu antiga estrela do basquetebol Ângelo Victoriano |url=https://angop.ao/noticias/desporto/morreu-hoje-o-antigo-basquetebolista-angelo-victoriano/ |access-date=2024-04-16 |work=Angop.ao}}</ref> At the club level, he won a total of 11 national championship titles, one with ASA, four with Petro de Luanda and six with Primeiro de Agosto. He won ten Angolan Cups, eight Super Cups and two Africa Club Championships with Primeiro de Agosto.
Victoriano was the only African player to have won eight FIBA Africa championships, ahead of Jean-Jacques Conceição, and Carlos Almeida, both with seven.
== Coaching career == From 2007 to 2009, Victoriano was an assistant coach under Luís Magalhães for Primeiro de Agosto and won the 2009 Unitel Basket title with them.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Magalhães |first=Anaximandro |date=2024-04-14 |title=Ângelo Victoriano deixa legado difícil de igualar |url=https://www.jornaldeangola.ao/ao/noticias/angelo-victoriano-deixa-legado-dificil-de-igualar/ |access-date=2024-04-16 |work=Jornal de Angola}}</ref>
== Personal == Victoriano died on 13 April 2024, aged 56, in Luanda following a long illness caused by diabetes.<ref name=":0" /><ref> {{cite web |title=Hall of Fame Ângelo Victoriano passes away |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/news/hall-of-fame-%C3%A2ngelo-victoriano-passes-away |access-date=14 April 2024 |website=FIBA}}</ref>
His brothers, Edmar Victoriano and Puna Victoriano, also played for the Angola national basketball team.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{sports links}} *[http://cbs.sportsline.com/olympics/summer/athletes/athletepage/507569 CBS Sportsline profile] *[https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2004/aug/24/athensolympics2004.olympicgames2 Angola aims high in face of adversity], 2004 article from ''The Guardian''. *{{Sports reference|vi/angelo-victoriano-1}} *{{Olympedia}} {{navboxes|list= {{Angola squad FIBA Africa Championship 2005}} {{Angola squad FIBA Africa Championship 2003}} {{Angola squad FIBA Africa Championship 2001}} {{Angola squad FIBA Africa Championship 1999}} {{Angola squad FIBA Africa Championship 1997}} {{Angola squad FIBA Africa Championship 1995}} {{Angola squad FIBA Africa Championship 1993}} {{Angola squad FIBA Africa Championship 1992}} {{Angola squad FIBA Africa Championship 1989}} {{C.D. Primeiro de Agosto Africa Clubs Champions Cup 2006}} {{C.D. Primeiro de Agosto Africa Clubs Champions Cup 2005}} {{C.D. Primeiro de Agosto Africa Clubs Champions Cup 2004}} {{C.D. Primeiro de Agosto Africa Clubs Champions Cup 2002}} }} {{authority control}}
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