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Oscar Schmidt

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Born
1958 (66 years old)

Birth Place

Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Position
Shooting Guard

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Ethnicity
Hispanic

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Height
6 ft 8.75 in (2.05 m)

Weight
243 lb (110 kg)

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Oscar Daniel Bezerra Schmidt (born February 16, 1958) is a retired Brazilian professional basketball player. He is also commonly known as Oscar Schmidt in Spain, where he played for Fórum Valladolid for the 1993–94 and 1994–95 seasons, and simply Oscar, or Mão Santa (Holy Hand), in his homeland. Schmidt primarily played the shooting guard and small forward position, was 2.05 m (6 ft 83⁄4 in) tall and weighed 110 kg (243 lbs). He was born in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.

He is considered to be the all-time leading scorer in the history of basketball, with 49,737 career points scored (pro club league play, plus senior Brazilian national team play combined). He is the record holder for the longest career span of a professional basketball player at 29 years. He is also the top scorer in the history of the Summer Olympic Games, and the top scorer in the history of the FIBA World Cup.

He was named one of FIBA's 50 Greatest Players in 1991. He received the Olympic Order in 1997. On August 20, 2010, Schmidt became a FIBA Hall of Fame player, in recognition of his play in international competitions. On September 8, 2013, Schmidt was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. He was inducted into the Italian Basketball Hall of Fame in 2017.