Palma was the coach of Angola at their first appearance at the FIBA Africa Championship, in 1980, finishing in seventh place.
He later would be the coach of Benfica, leading the Portuguese squad to a golden era, where they won five titles at the Portuguese Championship and the Cup of Portugal. They also reached the final group of the European Champions Cup for the first time in 1993/94.
mário, palma, mário, leonel, faria, borges, palma, born, june, 1950, portuguese, basketball, coach, personal, informationborn, 1950, june, 1950, portuguese, guineanationalityportuguesecoaching, career1980, presentcareer, historyas, coach, 1980angola1992, 1996b. Mario Leonel Faria Borges de Palma born 27 June 1950 is a Portuguese basketball coach Mario PalmaPersonal informationBorn 1950 06 27 27 June 1950 age 73 Portuguese GuineaNationalityPortugueseCoaching career1980 presentCareer historyAs coach 1980Angola1992 1996Benfica1997 1998Estrelas da Avenida1998 2006Primeiro de AgostoAngola2009 2011Jordan2011 2012Primeiro de AgostoPortugal2015 2016Club Africain2016 2019Tunisia2021Al Ahly2023 TunisiaMedals Men s basketballRepresenting AngolaAfroBasketLuanda 1999Casablanca 2001Alexandria 2003Algiers 2005Representing TunisiaAfroBasketRades 2017 Contents 1 Career 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksCareer editPalma was the coach of Angola at their first appearance at the FIBA Africa Championship in 1980 finishing in seventh place He later would be the coach of Benfica leading the Portuguese squad to a golden era where they won five titles at the Portuguese Championship and the Cup of Portugal They also reached the final group of the European Champions Cup for the first time in 1993 94 Palma returned to the Angolan squad where he won three titles in a row at the FIBA Africa Championship editions of 1999 2001 and 2003 He was also the Angolan coach at the 2000 Summer Olympics and 2004 Summer Olympics After leaving the Angola side he went to coach Clube Desportivo Primeiro de Agosto where he won the national championship title and Palma Aqua Magica in Spain In his most recent position he led the Jordan national basketball team to the bronze medal at the FIBA Asia Championship 2009 earning the nation its first FIBA World Championship berth In March 2011 he was nominated head coach of Portugal On 3 May 2021 Palma was appointed head coach of Egyptian club Al Ahly for the remainder of the season 1 See also editList of FIBA AfroBasket winning head coachesReferences edit Mario Palma Is Al Ahly Basketball Men s Team New Head Coach www alahlyegypt com Retrieved 3 May 2022 External links edit 1 in Portuguese nbsp nbsp This biographical article relating to a Portuguese basketball figure is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mario Palma amp oldid 1168260329, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
