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Yago dos Santos

Yago dos Santos

Brazilian basketball player (born 1999)

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.

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ESPN and ESporte called him one of the greatest revelations of Brazilian basketball of the 2010s.[1][2]

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, dos Santos signed with Serbian powerhouse KK Crvena zvezda. 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]

References

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    "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.
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    "Finalista do NBB, prodígio foi treinado por técnico ligado aos Warriors". Esporte UOL. esporte.uol.com.br. 27 May 2017. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
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    "Frischgebackener MVP auf dem Weg nach Ulm". Ratiopharm Ulm (in German). Retrieved 2022-07-22.
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    "Ulm conclude miraculous German playoff run by winning first-ever championship title". basketnews.com. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
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    "Ratiopharm Ulm". Basketball-Bundesliga. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
  6. [6]
    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.
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