Rolando Ferreira
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Rolando Ferreira Júnior (born May 24, 1964 in Curitiba, Paraná) is a retired Brazilian professional basketball player.
A 7'1" center, Ferreira played college basketball at the University of Houston for two seasons. As a senior co-captain of the 1987–88 Cougar squad, he averaged 15.8 points and led the team with 6.8 rebounds and 1.6 blocked shots. For his efforts he was named to the 1988 All-Southwest Conference defensive team. He was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers in the 2nd round (26th overall) of the 1988 NBA Draft. Ferreira played in only one NBA season as a member of the 1988–89 Blazers. In his NBA career, he played in 12 games and scored a total of 9 points. He owns the distinction of being the first Brazilian to play in the NBA.
He was a member of the Brazil national basketball team for 12 years, taking part in three FIBA World Championships and two Olympic Games. He was also part of the team which won the 1987 Pan American Games in Indianapolis over the US team. After his playing career, Ferreira went on to coach at the Universidade Federal do Paraná. Today he is a basketball coach in the International School Of Curitiba (ISC) in Curitiba-Paraná, Brazil.