Jacques Conceição
{{short description|Angolan-Portuguese basketball player}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name =Jacques Conceição
| image =
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| position = Point guard
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 3
| weight_lb = 190
| league = LPB
| team = Galitos F.C.
| number = 15
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1989|09|04}}
| birth_place = Lisbon, Portugal
| nationality = Angolan / Portuguese
| high_school =Lycée français Charles Lepierre
| college = William Paterson
| draft_year = 2015
| career_start =2015
| career_end =
| years1 =2015–2017
| team1 = Galitos F.C.
| years2 = 2017–2018
| team2 = Primeiro de Agosto
| years3 = 2018–2019
| team3 = S.L. Benfica
| years4 = 2019–2020
| team4 = ADO Basquetebol Sad Ovarense
| years5 = 2020–2021
| team5 = Galitos F.C.
| years6 = 2021–2022
| team6 = Lusitânia
| years7 = 2022–2023
| team7 = Imortal
| years8 = 2023–present
| team8 = Galitos F.C.
| highlights =
}}
Jacques leandro Pinto Nzadi Conceição (born 4 September 1989) is an Angolan-Portuguese basketball player.{{cite web |title=Jaques CONCEICAO |url=http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/african-qualifiers/player/Jaques-Conceicao |website=fiba.basketball}}{{cite web |title=Jacques Conceicao Career |url=https://basketball.afrobasket.com/player/Jaques-Conceicao/Dominican%20Republic/Desportivo-1.-De-Agosto-Luanda/207773 |website=basketball.afrobasket.com}} for Galitos F.C. of the LPB.{{cite web |title=Jacques Conceicao |url=https://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Conceicao-Jaques/Angola/Ovarense/207773 |website=basketball.eurobasket.com}}
College career
Before attending college, he played basketball at the Atlético Clube de Portugal where he won the South conference and was third at the Final Four as a senior.{{cite web |title=Jaques Conceicao - 2011-2012 Men's Basketball - William Paterson University |url=https://www.wpupioneers.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=1869 |website=wpupioneers.com}} He moved to William Paterson University in 2011, he averaged 7.79 points, 5.68 rebounds and 1.61 assists in his freshman year.{{cite web |title=Men's Basketball |url=https://www.wpupioneers.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=2197 |website=wpupioneers.com}}{{cite web |title=2011-2012 William Paterson Pioneers |url=https://basketball.realgm.com/ncaa-diii/conferences/New-Jersey-Athletic-Conference/87/William-Paterson/454/Rosters/2012 |website=basketball.realgm.com}} In his sophomore year, he averaged 7.79 points, 5.68 rebounds and 1.61 assists.{{cite web |title=2012-2013 William Paterson Pioneers Roster |url=https://basketball.realgm.com/ncaa-diii/conferences/New-Jersey-Athletic-Conference/87/William-Paterson/454/Rosters/2013 |website=basketball.realgm.com}} In his junior year, he averaged 10.42 points, 7.89 rebounds and 1.22 assists.{{cite web |title=2013-2014 William Paterson Pioneers |url=https://basketball.realgm.com/ncaa-diii/conferences/New-Jersey-Athletic-Conference/87/William-Paterson/454/Rosters/2014 |website=basketball.realgm.com}} In his Senior year, he averaged 8.10 points, 5.07 rebounds and 1.59 assists.{{cite web |title=2014-2015 William Paterson Pioneers |url=https://basketball.realgm.com/ncaa-diii/conferences/New-Jersey-Athletic-Conference/87/William-Paterson/454/Rosters/2015 |website=basketball.realgm.com}}{{cite web |title=Jaques Conceicao |url=https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Jaques-Conceicao/Summary/81841 |website=basketball.realgm.com}}
Professional career
Conceição played for the Galitos F.C. in the 2015–16 season, he averaged 6.66 points, 3.38 rebounds and 1.56 assists.{{cite web |title=Galitos Barreiro Rosters |url=https://basketball.realgm.com/international/league/83/Portuguese-LPB/team/1429/Galitos-Barreiro/rosters/2016 |website=basketball.realgm.com}} In the 2016–17 season, he averaged 10.92 points, 3.62 rebounds and 2.30 assists.{{cite web |title=Galitos Barreiro Rosters |url=https://basketball.realgm.com/international/league/83/Portuguese-LPB/team/1429/Galitos-Barreiro/rosters/2017 |website=basketball.realgm.com}} In the 2017–18 season, he moved to the Angolan side Primeiro de Agosto{{cite web |title=Clube Desportivo 1° de Agosto Roster |url=https://basketball.afrobasket.com/team/Angola/Desportivo-1-De-Agosto-Luanda/1075?Year=2017-2018 |website=basketball.afrobasket.com}} He moved Back to Portugal in the 2018–19 season to play for the S.L. Benfica where he averaged 2.48 points, 1 rebound and 0.65 assists.{{cite web |title=SL Benfica Rosters |url=https://basketball.realgm.com/international/league/83/Portuguese-LPB/team/500/SL-Benfica/rosters/2019}} He moved to the ADO Basquetebol Sad Ovarense in the 2019–20 season.{{cite web |title=ADO Basquetebol Sad Ovarense Rosters |url=https://basketball.realgm.com/international/league/83/Portuguese-LPB/team/1156/ADO-Basquetebol-Sad-Ovarense/rosters/2020 |website=basketball.realgm.com}}{{cite web |title=Jaques Conceicao |url=https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Jaques-Conceicao/Summary/81841 |website=basketball.realgm.com}}
National Team Career
Conceição represented the Angola national basketball team at the AfroBasket 2017 where he averaged 4.8 points, 2.5 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game.{{cite web |title=Jaques CONCEICAO |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/afrobasket/2017/player/Jaques-Leandro-P--Nzadi-Conceicao |website=fiba.basketball}} Conceição also represented the Angola national basketball team at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup in China, where he averaged 3 points, 1 rebound and 1.5 assists per game.{{cite web |title=Jaques CONCEICAO |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/player/Jaques-Conceicao |website=fiba.basketball}}
Personal life
Jacques Conceição is the son of the retired Angolan-Portuguese basketball player Jean-Jacques Conceição.{{cite web |title=Jaques Conceicao - 2011-2012 Men's Basketball - William Paterson University |url=https://www.wpupioneers.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=1869 |website=wpupioneers.com}}
References
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Category:2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup players
Category:Angolan men's basketball players
Category:C.D. Primeiro de Agosto men's basketball players
Category:Portuguese sportspeople of Angolan descent
Category:Portuguese men's basketball players
Category:S.L. Benfica basketball players
Category:Basketball players from Lisbon