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Filipe Abraão (31 December 1979 – 9 January 2019) was an Angolan basketball player. He was a 194 cm (6'4") in height and weighs 88 kg (194 pounds) and played as a small forward.

Filipe Abraão

Personal information
Born	(1979-12-31)31 December 1979 Luanda, Angola
Died	9 January 2019(2019-01-09) (aged 39)
Nationality	Angolan
Listed height	194 cm (6.36 ft)
Listed weight	88 kg (194 lb)
Position	Small forward
Career history
2002–2008	ASA
2009–2013	Primeiro de Agosto
2014–present	Recreativo do Libolo
Medals Men's Basketball Representing  Angola AfroBasket 2009 Benghazi National Team FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup Tunis 2014 Rec do Libolo Salé 2011 1º de Agosto Sousse 2008 ASA

Abraão also represented the Angolan senior team for the first time at the FIBA Africa Championship 2009.[1] He saw action in five games off the bench for the Angolans, who won their seventh consecutive FIBA Africa Championship and qualified for the 2010 FIBA World Championship.[2]

He last played for Recreativo do Libolo at the Angolan major basketball league BIC Basket.

Abraão died on 9 January 2019 of an undisclosed disease.[3]

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