{{short description|Mozambique basketball player}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Gerson Novela | image = | number = | position = Guard | height_m = 1.88 | height_in = | weight_lb = | league = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1979|9|12|df=y}} | birth_place = Maputo, Mozambique | nationality = Mozambican | high_school = | college = | draft_year = | draft_round = | draft_pick = | draft_team = | draft_league = | career_start = | career_end = | years1 = 2006–2012 | team1 = Ferroviário de Maputo | highlights = | stat1label = | stat1value = | stat2label = | stat2value = | stat3label = | stat3value = | bbr = | bbr_wnba = | nbanew = | wnba_profile = | HOF_player = | womensHOF = | FIBA_HOF_player = }} '''Gerson Orlando Novela''' (born 12 September 1979) is a Mozamibcan retired basketball player. He played with Clube Ferroviário de Maputo of the Mozambique Professional Basketball League.<ref>[http://www.africabasket.com/Mozambique/basketball.asp?NewsID=166608 Mozambique national team] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929102515/http://www.africabasket.com/Mozambique/basketball.asp?NewsID=166608 |date=2011-09-29 }} at AfricaBasket</ref> He is also a member of the Mozambique national basketball team and appeared with the club at the 2009 African Championships for the first time after previously participating with the team in qualifying for the FIBA Africa Championship 2005.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090813181509/http://www.libya2009.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/09/fafcm/player/p/eid/4047/pid/51953/sid/6599/tid/332/profile.html Gerson Novela] FIBA.com profile</ref>
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