{{short description|Cape Verdean basketball player}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Rodrigo Mascarenhas | image = | number = | position = Forward | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 6 | weight_lb = | league = | team = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1980|3|24}} | birth_place = Rotterdam, Netherlands | nationality = Cape Verdean / Portuguese | high_school = | college = | draft_year = 2002 | career_start = 1999 | years1=2003–2004 | team1 = Ginásio | years2=2004–2007 | team2=FC Porto | years3=2007–2008 | team3=Primero de Agosto | years4=2008–2010 | team4=ASA | years5 = 2010–2015 | team5 = Benfica | highlights = * 2× FIBA Africa Champions Cup champion (2007, 2008) | bbr = | bbr_wnba = | nba_profile = | wnba_profile = | medal_templates = {{MedalCountry|{{CPV}}}} {{MedalCompetition|African Championships}} {{MedalBronze| 2007 Angola | Cape Verde}} }} '''Rodrigo Mascarenhas''' (born March 24, 1980) is a Cape Verdean-Portuguese former basketball player. Standing at {{height|ft=6|in=6}}, he played as forward.
==Professional career== Mascarenhas played professional basketball in Portugal with F.C. Porto.<ref>[http://www.cvhoops.com/where-they-starred/ CVhoops.com: Where they Starred]</ref> He then joined countryman Marques Houtman on Angolan side Primero de Agosto at the 2007-08 season <ref>[http://forums.interbasket.net/f67/angolan-league-2008-09-8370/p3.html Angolan League 2008-09] at Interbasket</ref> and then played for another Angolan team, ASA.
==National team career== Mascarenhas currently is the captain of the Cape Verde national basketball team. At the 2007 FIBA Africa Championship, after leading the Cape Verdeans to a surprise third-place finish in the tournament.<ref>[http://www.fiba-afrique.org/en/lect_actu.php?titre=evene&id=1506 Interview with Marques Houtman at FIBAafrique.com]</ref> he was named to the All-Tournament team.
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Cape Verde squad FIBA Africa Championship 2007}} {{C.D. Primeiro de Agosto 2007 Africa Clubs Champions Cup}} {{C.D. Primeiro de Agosto 2008 Africa Clubs Champions Cup}}
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