Hélio Rubens Garcia
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Born | Franca, Brazil | 2 September 1940||||||||||||||||||||
Listed height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 175 lb (79 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Playing career | 1959–1984 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Position | Point guard | ||||||||||||||||||||
Coaching career | 1984–present | ||||||||||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||||||||||
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1959–1984 | Franca | ||||||||||||||||||||
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1989–1999 | Franca | ||||||||||||||||||||
1999–2002 | Vasco da Gama | ||||||||||||||||||||
1990–2002 | Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||
2003–2004 | Unitri/Uberlândia | ||||||||||||||||||||
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As a player:
As a head coach:
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Hélio Rubens Garcia (born Franca, Brazil, September 2, 1940), also commonly known as Hélio Rubens, is a former Brazilian professional basketball player and coach. He is the father of Helinho, who is the current head coach of Franca.
Professional playing career
[edit]During his pro club career, he won 4 Brazilian Championships, in the years 1971, 1974, 1975, and 1980.
Coaching career
[edit]At his retirement at age 43, he was player-coach of Franca.
National team playing career
[edit]With the senior Brazilian national basketball team, Rubens Garcia played at the 1967, 1970, 1974 and 1978 editions of the FIBA World Cup. He also played at the 1968 Summer Olympic Games, and the 1972 Summer Olympic Games.
National team coaching career
[edit]Hélio Rubens was the head coach of the senior Brazilian national basketball team at the 1990 FIBA World Cup, the 1998 FIBA World Cup, and the 2002 FIBA World Cup.
External links
[edit]- FIBA Profile
- CBB Profile (in Portuguese)
- 1940 births
- Living people
- Brazilian basketball coaches
- Basketball players at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Basketball players at the 1971 Pan American Games
- Basketball players at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Basketball players at the 1975 Pan American Games
- Basketball players at the 1979 Pan American Games
- Brazilian men's basketball players
- 1967 FIBA World Championship players
- 1970 FIBA World Championship players
- 1974 FIBA World Championship players
- 1978 FIBA World Championship players
- Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama basketball coaches
- Esporte Clube Sírio basketball players
- Franca Basquetebol Clube coaches
- Franca Basquetebol Clube players
- Olympic basketball players for Brazil
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Brazil
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil
- Pan American Games medalists in basketball
- People from Franca
- Point guards
- Sport Club Corinthians Paulista basketball players
- Unitri/Uberlândia basketball coaches
- Medalists at the 1971 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1979 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games
- Basketball players from São Paulo (state)
- Basketball coaches of international teams
- 20th-century Brazilian sportsmen
- Brazilian basketball biography stubs