Brazilian international Vitor Benite signed with Cedevita
28-year old shooting guard Vitor Alves Benite signed a one-year contract with Cedevita. He spent the previous 3 seasons with Spanish Murcia and he is very familiar to the new Cedevita head coach Sito Alonso.
(Photo: FIBA)
Vitor Benite is Brazilian international, which played his last game for Brazil few weeks ago, when Brazil beat Colombia 98:71 on the road. Aco Petrović is the head coach of Brazil and Benite was his best player against Colombia. In 20 minutes spent on court he scored 28 points.
His Murcia used to play in the Basketball Champions League last season, having won 3rd place and Benite was averaging 11.5 points, 2.2 rebounds and 1 assist in 21 minutes spent on court.
With the Brazil national team Benite won the silver medal at the FIBA Americas Championship and he also won the gold with Brazil at the 2015 Pan American Games.
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S Cedevitom potpisao brazilski reprezentativac Vitor Benite
28 godišnji bek šuter Vitor Alves Benite potpisao je jednogodišnji ugovor s Cedevitom. Protekle tri sezone je proveo u španjolskoj Murciji i dobro poznat novom treneru Cedevite Situ Alonsu.
Benite je brazilski reprezentativac, a svoju posljednju utakmicu za Brazil odigrao je prije par tjedana, kad su Brazilci u kvalifikacijama za Svjetsko prvenstvo u gostima pobijedili Kolumbiju 98:71. Izbornik Brazila je bivši trener Cedevite Aco Petrović, a Benite je protiv Kolumbije bio njegov najbolji igrač. Za 20 minuta u igri zabio je čak 28 poena.
Njegova Murcia je u prošloj sezoni nastupala u Ligi prvaka, u kojoj je osvojila treće mjesto, a u tom natjecanju Benite je imao prosjek od 11,5 poena, 2,2 skoka i 1 asistencije za 21 minutu po susretu.
S reprezentacijom Brazila Benite je 2011. godine osvojio srebrnu medalju na Američkom prvenstvu, a 2015. godine došao je do zlata na Panameričkim igrama.
