 dos Santos in 2023 | |||||||||||||||
| No. 99 – Crvena zvezda Meridianbet | |||||||||||||||
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| Position | Point guard | ||||||||||||||
| League | Basketball League of Serbia ABA League EuroLeague | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
| Born | March 9, 1999 Tupã, São Paulo, Brazil | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Brazilian | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 80 kg (176 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 2023: undrafted | ||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2016–present | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| 2016–2020 | Paulistano | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2022 | Flamengo | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Ratiopharm Ulm | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–present | Crvena zvezda | ||||||||||||||
| Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||||
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Yago Mateus dos Santos (born March 9, 1999), known simply as Yago, is a Brazilian professional basketball player for Crvena zvezda of the Serbian KLS, the Adriatic League and the EuroLeague. Dos Santos was discovered by Palmeiras, and played for Paulistano from 2016 to 2020 and Flamengo from 2020 to 2022 before moving to German club Ratiopharm Ulm. He has also played for the Chicago Bulls in the 2023 NBA Summer League team. Yago won the 2023 German BBL championship with Ulm, while being named Finals MVP as well.
ESPN and ESporte called him one of the greatest revelations of Brazilian basketball of the 2010s.[1][2]
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Professional career
From 2020 to 2022, Yago played two seasons with Flamengo, with whom he won the 2022 FIBA Intercontinental Cup, as well as two NBB championships.
On July 20, 2022, Yago signed a two-year contract with German club Ratiopharm Ulm of the German Basketball Bundesliga.[3] He was instrumental in helping Ulm win its first ever German championship in 2023 and received Bundesliga Finals MVP honours.[4] Appearing in 45 Bundesliga games (45 starts) during the 2022-23 campaign, he averaged a team-high 15.0 points per contest to go along with 5.7 assists and 2.7 rebounds a game.[5]
On July 17, 2023, Yago signed with Serbian powerhouse KK Crvena zvezda. In that same season, main rival FK Partizan signed also a Brazilian Bruno Caboclo, so, the Serbian derby, became , also, a derby between two of the best Brazilian players. During the World Cup 2023, he scored a double-double (24 points, eleven assists, 6-6 from three point land) against the Ivory Coast that earned him praise from around the world.[6]
Career statistics
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | PIR | Performance Index Rating |
| Bold | Career high |
EuroLeague
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | PIR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023–24 | Crvena zvezda | 28 | 16 | 19.8 | .435 | .402 | .807 | 2.0 | 3.9 | .5 | — | 8.7 | 9.1 |
| Career | 28 | 16 | 19.8 | .435 | .402 | .807 | 2.0 | 3.9 | .5 | — | 8.7 | 9.1 | |
References
- ^ "Palmeiras descobriu e lapidou promessa do NBB, mas fechou time; hoje, 'baixinho' encanta em finalista". ESPN Brasil. espn.uol.com.br. 27 May 2017. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
- ^ "Finalista do NBB, prodígio foi treinado por técnico ligado aos Warriors". Esporte UOL. esporte.uol.com.br. 27 May 2017. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
- ^ "Frischgebackener MVP auf dem Weg nach Ulm". Ratiopharm Ulm (in German). Retrieved 2022-07-22.
- ^ "Ulm conclude miraculous German playoff run by winning first-ever championship title". basketnews.com. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
- ^ "Ratiopharm Ulm". Basketball-Bundesliga. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
- ^ Filardi, Eric (2023-08-30). "Yago Santos na Copa do Mundo 2023: mídia mundial se derrete". www.esportelandia.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-08-31.
External links
- Profile at realgm.com
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