Paulo Macedo (basketball)

{{Short description|Angolan professional basketball player and coach}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Paulo Macedo

| image = Macedo.JPG

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| caption = Macedo in 2014

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| height = {{convert|190|cm|ft|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|92|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|5|28|df=y}}

| birth_place = Luanda, Angola

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| career_start = 1979

| career_end = 1995

| career_position = Point guard

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| coach_start = 2012

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| years1 = {{0|0000}}–{{0|0000}} | team1 = 1º de Agosto

| years2 = {{0|0000}}–{{0|0000}} | team2 = Sporting Portugal

| years3 = {{0|0000}}–{{0|0000}} | team3 = 1º de Agosto

| cyears1 = 2012–2015 | cteam1 = 1º de Agosto

| cyears2 = 2013 | cteam2 = Angola National Team

| cyears3 = 2015–2016 | cteam3 = Marinha de Guerra

| cyears4 = 2017–2020 | cteam4 = 1º de Agosto

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As head coach:

• 3× FIBA Africa Basketball League champion (2012, 2013, 2019)

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{{MedalSport|Men's Basketball}}

{{MedalCountry|{{ANG}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|AfroBasket}}

{{MedalGold|Luanda 1989|National Team}}

{{MedalGold|Cairo 1992|National Team}}

{{MedalGold|Nairobi 1993|National Team}}

{{MedalGold|Abidjan 2013|National Team}}

{{MedalSilver|Radès 2015|National Team}}

{{MedalBronze|Tunis 1987|National Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship}}

{{MedalSilver|Abuja 1987|National Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup}}

{{MedalGold|Malabo 2012|1º de Agosto}}

{{MedalGold|Sousse 2013|1º de Agosto}}

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Paulo Jorge Morais Rebelo de Macedo (born 28 May 1968) is an Angolan former professional basketball player and a current coach. Macedo, who is {{convert|190|cm|ftin|abbr=on}} in height, has been a prominent point guard both at the service of the Angola national basketball team and with Primeiro de Agosto. For Angola, he played at the 1986, 1990 and 1994{{cite web |url=https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/12261/sid/2913/tid/235/tid2//_/1994_World_Championship_for_Men/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140908154908/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/12261/sid/2913/tid/235/tid2//_/1994_World_Championship_for_Men/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 8, 2014 |title=8 - Paulo Morais Rebelo de Macedo |publisher=FIBA.com|accessdate=2013-05-30}} world championships as well as at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Moreover, he won the FIBA Africa championships in 1989, 1992, 1993 and in 2013 as a coach.

On 30 May 2012 he was appointed head coach of the Angola national basketball team for the 2013 AfroBasket.{{cite web |url=http://www.portalangop.co.ao/motix/en_us/noticias/desporto/2013/4/22/Coach-Paulo-Macedo-player-Reggie-Moore-join-Angolan-basketball-squad,00297cbd-529c-461a-ad7e-fc5029c6c1ab.html |title=Coach Paulo Macedo, US player Reggie Moore join Angolan basketball squad |publisher=ANGOP |accessdate=2013-05-30}}

In January 2016, he was appointed head coach of Clube Desportivo da Marinha de Guerra.

As of June 2017, he has been the head coach of Clube Desportivo Primeiro de Agosto.