José Carlos Guimarães

José Carlos Ribeiro de Carvalho Guimarães (born 9 April 1964 in Luanda), known as Zé Carlos, is a former Angolan basketball player and a former coach of the Angola national basketball team. He played as a guard and as a forward. He achieved a huge success in his career playing for Portuguese side Benfica, where he won several National Championship and the Cup of Portugal titles, with his fellow countryman Jean-Jacques. Guimarães also lived the dream of playing against the 1992 US Olympic Dream Team and at the 1996 Summer Olympics.[1] He later became assistant coach of the Angola Squad. He served as coach of the Angolan national basketball team from May 2012 to May 2013.

For other people named José Guimarães, see José Guimarães (disambiguation).
José Carlos Guimarães
Personal information
Born (1964-04-09) April 9, 1964
Luanda, Angola
NationalityAngolan
Listed height190 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Listed weight96 kg (212 lb)
Career information
Playing career1982–2000
PositionPoint guard
Coaching career2003–present
Career history
As player:
FC Luanda
1982–1984Leões de Luanda
1991FC Porto
1992–1994Benfica
1995Ovarense
19991º de Agosto
As coach:
2003–2004Sporting de Cabinda
0PROMADE
2010–2012Interclube
2012–2013Angola
2021–2022 Primeiro de Agosto
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Angola
FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship
Gold medal – first placeLuanda 1980Angola
Gold medal – first placeMaputo 1982Angola
FIBA Africa Championship
Gold medal – first placeLuanda 1989Angola
Gold medal – first placeCairo 1992Angola
Gold medal – first placeAlgiers 1995Angola
Silver medal – second placeAlexandria 1983Angola
Silver medal – second placeAbidjan 1985Angola
Bronze medal – third placeTunis 1987Angola

Dismissal as head coach

On a press conference held on May 31, 2013, Guimarães said he is considering abandoning all basketball-related activity due to the disrespectful manner that some individuals - whom he did not name - handled the case of his dismissal. Guimarães learned of his dismissal, with the announcement by the Angolan Basketball Federation in a previous news conference, of Paulo Macedo as the new head coach. After they let me do all the preparations, summon the players, prepare training camp, they just decided to sack me, he said. Guimarães has been offered, instead, a job as an advisor to the chairman of the Angolan Basketball Federation, Paulo Madeira, which he declined.[2] The Angolan media, generally agrees that the Federation should have handled Mr. Guimarães' dismissal in a more appropriate way, such as giving him proper notice of his own dismissal.

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "José Carlos Guimarães". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
  2. "José Carlos Guimarães pondera abandono da modalidade" (in Portuguese). ANGOP. Retrieved 2013-06-14.
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