Artur Castela

Artur Castela (born 30 July 1993) is a Portuguese basketball player.^[1]

Biography

Castela is the only and youngest player that achieved, in Portugal, at the same time, all the Titles of Champion (8 Championships with his Team and 2 times Bichamp, Senior and U-20 at the same Season) and Internationalizations (65 times with the Portugal National Team) as U-16, U-18 and U-20, and has 5 years experience (and 54 Official FIBA - Europe Internationalizations) in European Basketball Championships.^[2]

Career Stats & Profile (last 197 Games, from Sept. 2010 / May 2015)

• Outstanding athleticism, jumping and Defense abilities, fast, run and technical dribbling floor good, excellent rebounder and FG Efficiency quality shoots from in & outside (2 Pts. Efficiency: 63,8%; 3 Pts. Efficiency: 33,3%; FT Eff.: 54,4% – Total: 1.656 Pts; Max.: 34 Pts – Feb. 2009); 8,5 Rebounds per game – 5,8 DefReb + 2,7 OffReb – Max.: 28 Total Reb. – March 2013), fierce blocker (1,5 BS’s PG – Max.: 9 BS’s – Nov. 2012), team player (1,5 Assists PG and 1,4 A/TO – Max.: 7 Ass – Jan. 2011), unique understanding of the game, disciplined and very coachable, definitely high potential – Several MVP and Ideal 5 National Awards & 3 Times MVP in the U-18 European Championship Games (2011) & 3 Times MVP in the U-20 European Championship Games (2013).^[3]
• Ranking Top 5 Record (U-18 European Championship – 2011).^[4]
• Ranking Top 5 Record (U-20 European Championship – 2013).^[5]

References

External links

• 5 players to follow in the Portuguese LPB 2013/14