Angolan basketball player (born 1996)
Gerson Henriques Gonçalves (born 29 March 1996), also known as Lukeny , is an Angolan basketball player for AMSB of the French LNB Pro B .[ 1] [ 2] He played nine seasons for Petro de Luanda of the Angolan Basketball League , where he was two-time league MVP winner (2019 and 2022) and a BAL champion in 2024.[ 3] [ 4]
Professional career
Angola
Gonçalves played for Petro de Luanda in the 2015 FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup .[ 5]
He participated in the 2018–19 Africa Basketball League where he averaged 6.6 points, 2.8 rebounds and 3 assists per game.[ 6]
Gonçalves was named the MVP of the Angolan League in 2019, after winning his second title with Petro.[ 7] He repeated as most valuable player three years later, in 2022, after another national championship.[ 8]
He won his first BAL championship on June 1, 2024, after Petro defeated Al Ahly Ly in the final .[ 9] He contributed 16 points in the final against Al Ahly Ly .[ 9]
France
On 16 July 2024, Gonçalves signed a one-year contract with Aix Maurienne Savoie Basket of the French LNB Pro B , the national second-level league.[ 10]
National team career
Gonçalves played for Angola's junior teams and helped them win the 2015 African Games .[ 5] At the 2014 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship , he averaged 16.6 points on his way to help Angola finish in 4th place.
represented the Angola national basketball team at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup in China,[ 11] where he averaged 3.2 points, 1 rebound and 1.5 assists per game.[ 12] [ 13] [ 14] [ 15]
BAL career statistics
Year
Team
GP
GS
MPG
FG%
3P%
FT%
RPG
APG
SPG
BPG
PPG
2021
Petro de Luanda
6
6
25.0
.457
.200
.700
5.5
4.0
1.2
.5
8.8
2022
Petro de Luanda
8
8
25.4
.521
.372
.700
3.4
4.1
.9
.1
12.1
2023
Petro de Luanda
8
8
23.4
.510
.360
.750
3.4
3.5
b
.0
9.1
Awards and accomplishments
Club
Individual
References
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