:Miguel Ferrão
{{short description|South African-Portuguese basketball player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
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| name = Miguel Ferrão
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| position = Small forward / power forward
| league = BNL
| team = Western Cape Mountaineers
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1996|01|16}}
| birth_place = Johannesburg, South Africa
| nationality = South African / Portuguese
| height_m = 2.05
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| college = University of the Witwatersrand
| draft_year = 2018
| career_start = 2015
| years1 = 2015–2021
| team1 = Egoli Magic
| years2 = 2021
| team2 = Cape Town Tigers
| highlights = *BNL Most Valuable Player (2021)
- 2× BNL champion (2016, 2021)
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| years3 = 2022
| team3 = Western Cape Mountaineers
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Miguel Pedro Ho Ferrão (born 16 January 1996) is a South African-Portuguese basketball player for the Western Cape Mountaineers. In international competitions, Ferrão represents South Africa, although he competed for Portugal in the youth ranks.
College career
Ferrão attended University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, and helped the Witwatersrand basketball team win the USSA national championship twice (in 2016 and 2018).{{Cite web |title=Cape Town Tigers, A snap shot of the South African Streak |url=https://fullcourtpress.co.za/2021/12/06/cape-town-tigers-a-snap-shot-of-the-south-african-streak/ |access-date=2023-01-31 |website=Full Court Press |language=en-US}}
Professional career
Ferrão played the first years of his career with the Egoli Magic of the Basketball National League (BNL). In the final of the 2020–21 season, he had 25 points and 21 rebounds and was named the league's MVP.{{cite web |title=Reliving the BNL 2020-2021 Unforgettable Season – Basketball National League |url=https://bnlsa.com/2021/04/26/reliving-the-bnl-2020-2021-unforgettable-season/ |access-date=26 October 2021}}
Since 2021, he is on the roster of the Cape Town Tigers.{{cite web |title=Miguel FERRAO at the ROAD TO BAL 2022 2021 |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/africaleague/2022/qualifiers/player/Miguel-Ferrao |website=FIBA.basketball |access-date=26 October 2021 |language=en}} One year later, Ferrão played for the Western Cape Mountaineers and helped the team reach the finals, collecting Afrobasket.com All-League First Team honours in the process.{{Cite news |date=2022-10-27 |title=Afrobasket.com All-South African BNL Awards 2022 |work=Eurobasket.com |url=https://www.afrobasket.com/South-Africa/news/774935/Afrobasket.com-All-South-African-BNL-Awards-2022 |access-date=2023-01-31}}
National team career
Ferrão has played with the Portugal under-18 and under-20 team at their respective European Championships in the B division.{{cite news |title=Miguel Ferrao Player Profile, Events Stats, Game Logs, Awards - RealGM |url=https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Miguel-Ferrao/Summary/75504 |access-date=26 October 2021 |work=basketball.realgm.com}} He switched teams to South Africa and represented the country at AfroBasket 2017.
References
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External links
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{{Cape Town Tigers current roster}}
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Category:South African men's basketball players
Category:Portuguese men's basketball players
Category:Cape Town Tigers players
Category:South African people of Portuguese descent
Category:Sportspeople of Portuguese descent
Category:21st-century Portuguese sportsmen
Category:21st-century South African sportsmen
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