Nádia Colhado

Nádia Gomes Colhado (born February 25, 1989) is a Brazilian professional basketball player who currently plays for Gernika KESB of Spain's Liga Femenina de Baloncesto.^[1] She has competed for the Brazil women's national basketball team at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics, the 2014 FIBA World Championship for Women, and FIBA Americas tournaments.^[2][3]

Nádia Colhado

Colhado with Brazil at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Free agent
Position	Center
League	WNBA
Personal information
Born	(1989-02-25) February 25, 1989 (age 34) Marialva, Paraná, Brazil
Nationality	Brazilian
Listed height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight	196 lb (89 kg)
Career information
Playing career	2007–present
Career history
2011–2012	Santo André
2012–2013	São José
2013–2014	Sport Recife
2014–2015	Atlanta Dream
2014–2015	São José
2015–2016	Sampaio Basquete
2016–2017	IDK Gipuzkoa
2017	Indiana Fever
2017-2019	Uni Girona CB
2019-20	Flammes Carolo Basket
2020-present	Gernika KESB
Stats at WNBA.com
Medals Representing  Brazil Americas Championship 2011 Valdivia South American Championship 2016 Barquisimeto 2010 Santiago

During the 2013–14 Brazilian championship, Colhado played with Érika de Souza and Tiffany Hayes, both from the WNBA's Atlanta Dream, for Sport Recife. While Dream coach Michael Cooper visited his players, he was impressed with Colhado and invited her to the team's training camp prior to the 2014 WNBA season.^[4] She eventually passed the tests to join Atlanta,^[5] and despite having limited minutes due to the Dream's abundance of centers, took part in 16 games of the regular season.^[6] Colhado played 6 more games in the 2015 WNBA season before being waived by the Dream.^[7] During the 2016–17 season, she played in Spain, in IDK Gipuzkoa from San Sebastian and she became the MVP of the competition. In 2017, Colhado signed with the Fever.^[8] In the offseason, she played for another Spanish team, Uni Girona.^[9]

Non-WNBA club history

• Divino/COC/Jundiaí (Brazil)
• Universidad Leon (Spain)
• São Caetano (Brazil)
• Santo André (Brazil)
• São José (Brazil)
• Sport Recife (Brazil)
• Sampaio Basquete (Brazil)
• IDK Gipuzkoa (Spain)
• Uni Girona (Spain)
• Flammes Carolo Basket (France)
• Gernika KESB (Spain)

References

1. EuroCup Women: Nádia Colhado
2. . 2012 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original on 1 August 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
3. . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2017-12-10.
4. . Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2014-09-30.
5. "Page not found – Atlanta Dream". Atlanta Dream. Retrieved 2017-09-05. {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)
6. "Player Review: Nadia Colhado". NBA.com. Retrieved 2017-09-05.
7. . Archived from the original on 2015-07-11. Retrieved 2015-07-09.
8. Indiana Fever Sign Brazilian Center Nadia Colhado
9. Nadia Colhado: La força interior de l’Spar Citylift