Jean-Jacques Conceição
{{Short description|Angolan retired professional basketball player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Jean-Jacques da Conceição
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| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 7.5
| weight_lbs = 220
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| nationality = Angolan
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|4|3|df=y}}
| birth_place = Kinshasa, Zaire
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| draft_year = 1986
| career_start = 1982
| career_end = 2003
| career_position = Power forward
| career_number = 15
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| years1 = 1982–1988
| team1 = Primeiro de Agosto
| years2 = 1988–1996
| team2 = Benfica
| years3 = 1996–1999
| team3 = Limoges CSP
| years4 = 1999–2000
| team4 = Unicaja Malaga
| years5 = 2000–2003
| team5 = Portugal Telecom
| FIBA_HOF_player = Jean-Jacques-Conceicao
| highlights =
- Most Valuable African Player of All Time (2011)
- 10× Portuguese League champion (1989–1995, 2001–2003)
- 7× Portuguese Federation Cup winner (1992–1996, 2001, 2002)
- 6× Portuguese League Cup winner (1990, 1991, 1993–1996)
- 5× Portuguese Super Cup winner (1989, 1991, 1994, 1995, 2002)
- 5× Angolan League champion (1983, 1985–1988)
- 4× Angolan Cup winner (1985–1988)
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{{MedalSport|Men's basketball}}
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{{MedalCompetition|AfroBasket}}
{{MedalGold|Luanda 1989|}}
{{MedalGold|Cairo 1992|}}
{{MedalGold|Nairobi 1993|}}
{{MedalGold|Algiers 1995|}}
{{MedalGold|Luanda 1999|}}
{{MedalGold|Casablanca 2001|}}
{{MedalGold|Alexandria 2003|}}
{{MedalSilver|Alexandria 1983|}}
{{MedalSilver|Abidjan 1985|}}
{{MedalBronze|Tunis 1987|}}
{{MedalCompetition|FIBA Africa U18 Championship}}
{{MedalGold|Maputo 1982|Under-18}}
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Jean-Jacques Nzadi da Conceição (born 3 April 1964, in Kinshasa), more commonly known as J.J. Conceição or Jean-Jacques, is an Angolan-Portuguese{{Cite web |url=http://www.acb.com/jugador.php?id=A3I |title=J-J. Conceiçao nacionalidad {{!}} licencia: PRT {{!}} Doble nacionalidad Angola-Portugal {{in lang{{!}}es}}. |access-date=23 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050213163736/http://www.acb.com/jugador.php?id=A3I |archive-date=13 February 2005 |url-status=dead }}[http://www.fibaeurope.com/compID_3PFNKyhLHWIYKHG2fZORy3.season_2003.roundID_3553.playerID_5724.teamID_4063.html JEAN-JAQUES NZADI CONCEICAO Nationality POR.] retired professional basketball player. A 2.02 m (6'7 {{1/2}}"), 100 kg (220 lbs.) power forward, he represented Angola at the AfroBasket, where he won a record seven African titles. At the club level, he won five Angolan League championship titles with Primeiro de Agosto and four Angolan Cups, before moving to Benfica in Portugal, where he won seven Portuguese national championships and three Portuguese Federation Cups. He also went on to play for CSP Limoges in France, Baloncesto Málaga in Spain, and Portugal Telecom in Portugal.
Professional career
Even though he never played in the NBA, Jean-Jacques enjoyed a successful career in Europe, especially in Portugal, where he won 10 Portuguese national championships (7 with Benfica and 3 with Portugal Telecom), 7 Portuguese Federation Cups (5 with Benfica and 2 with Portugal Telecom), 5 Portuguese Super Cups (4 with Benfica and 1 with Portugal Telecom), and 6 Portuguese League Cups (all with Benfica).{{cite web |url=http://jornaldosdesportos.sapo.ao/27/0/jose_carlos_e_jean-jacques_agradecem_homenagem_lusa |title=José Carlos e Jean-Jacques agradecem homenagem Lusa |publisher=Jornal dos Desportos |access-date=12 April 2013|language=pt}}
National team career
As a member of the senior Angolan national team, Conceição won seven AfroBasket gold medals, namely in 1989, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2001, and 2003. He also won silver medals in 1983 and 1985, and a bronze medal in 1997.
He also played for his country at the FIBA World Cup in 1986, 1990, and 1994. He also played at the Summer Olympic Games in 1992, where he faced the famed Dream Team.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418104722/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/da/jean-jacques-da-conceicao-1.html Jean-Jacques da Conceição Full name: Jean-Jacques Nzadi da Conceição.] The Americans won easily, 116-48, but Conceição led the Angolans with ten points, seven rebounds and two assists.
Post-career
In 2011, in Antananarivo, within the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of FIBA Africa, Jacques was named the most valuable player in African basketball history.{{cite web|url=http://architectafrica.com/NETWORK/ANGOLA/category/social-tags/jean-jacques-concei%C3%A7%C3%A3o |title=Jean Jacques Africa's most valuable basketball player |publisher=AA Angola |access-date=12 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140406211100/http://architectafrica.com/NETWORK/ANGOLA/category/social-tags/jean-jacques-concei%C3%A7%C3%A3o |archive-date=6 April 2014}}{{cite web |url=http://allafrica.com/stories/201108290281.html |title=Angola: Jean Jacques Africa's Most Valuable Basketball Player |publisher=All Africa.com |access-date=12 April 2013}}{{cite web |url=http://www.newsbasket-beafrika.com/article-jean-jacques-conceicao-118126162.html |title=Jean-Jacques Conceicao chosen for FIBA Hall of Fame! |publisher=newsbasket-beafrika.com |access-date=30 May 2013}}
On 19 June 2013, Jean-Jacques became a FIBA Hall of Fame player.{{cite web |url=http://www.portalangop.co.ao/motix/en_us/noticias/desporto/2013/5/25/Jean-Jacques-enter-basketball-Hall-Fame-Wednesday,05d24fc1-3ce0-4a07-9ccf-67cd1408f669.html |title=Jean Jacques to enter basketball Hall of Fame Wednesday |publisher=ANGOP |access-date=20 June 2013}}
Titles and medals won
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! Year ! Tournament ! Medal | ||
| 1982 | align="center"|FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship (ANG Under-18) | {{gold medal}} |
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! Year ! Tournament ! Medal | ||
| 1983 | AfroBasket (ANG) | {{silver medal}} |
| 1985 | AfroBasket (ANG) | {{silver medal}} |
| 1987 | AfroBasket (ANG) | {{bronze medal}} |
| 1989 | AfroBasket (ANG) | {{gold medal}} |
| 1992 | AfroBasket (ANG) | {{gold medal}} |
| 1993 | AfroBasket (ANG) | {{gold medal}} |
| 1995 | AfroBasket (ANG) | {{gold medal}} |
| 1999 | AfroBasket (ANG) | {{gold medal}} |
| 2001 | AfroBasket (ANG) | {{gold medal}} |
| 2003 | AfroBasket (ANG) | {{gold medal}} |
Personal life
Jean-Jacques Conceição is the father to Angolan-Portuguese basketball player 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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External links
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- [http://www.fibaeurope.com/compID_,Uz02qBnJiADOq5VntEf53.season_1998.roundID_2569.playerID_5724.teamID_1045.html FIBA EuroLeague Profile]
- [http://www.fibaeurope.com/compID_3PFNKyhLHWIYKHG2fZORy3.season_2003.roundID_3553.playerID_5724.teamID_4063.html FIBA Europe Profile]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20050213163736/http://www.acb.com/jugador.php?id=A3I Spanish League Profile] {{in lang|es}}
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