Jilson Bango

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Jilson Bango
File:Jilson Bango 44 Fenerbahçe Basketbol Euroleague 20250206 (2).jpg
Bango with Fenerbahçe in 2025
No. 44 – Fenerbahçe
PositionCenter
LeagueBSL
EuroLeague
Personal information
Born (1999-01-06) 6 January 1999 (age 27)
Sumbe, Angola
Listed height2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)
Listed weight94 kg (207 lb)
Career information
NBA draft2021: undrafted
Playing career2018–present
Career history
2018–2019Marinha de Guerra
2019–2022Primeiro de Agosto
2022–2024Braunschweig
2024–2025Basket Zaragoza
2025–presentFenerbahçe
Career highlights
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Women's Basketball Hall of Fame
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola
AfroBasket
Gold medal – first place 2025 Angola
FIBA AfroCan
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Mali

Jilson Luis Antonio Bango (born 6 January 1999) is an Angolan professional basketball player for Fenerbahçe of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL) and the EuroLeague. He also represents the Angolan national team in international competition. Standing at 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in), he plays at the center position.[1]

Professional career

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Early career

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He started his career with Marinha de Guerra, which club is attached to the Angolan Navy and an affiliate of Primeiro de Agosto. In 2019, Bango started playing for Primeiro de Agosto. He was named the Angolan Basketball League's Regular Season MVP for two consecutive seasons (2021 and 2022).[2] Bango also led the league in rebounding in 2021.[3]

Braunschweig

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On 9 September 2022, Bango signed a three-year contract with the Basketball Löwen Braunschweig of the German Basketball Bundesliga.[4]

On 3 October, he recorded 16 points and 9 rebounds in his league debut against Würzburg.[5] In 2022–23 Basketball Bundesliga, he averaged 9.4 pts and 6.5 rbs in 24 games and in 2023–24 Basketball Bundesliga, he averaged 13.5 pts and 7.1 rbs in 34 games.

Zaragoza

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On 25 May 2024, Bango signed with Basket Zaragoza of the Spanish Liga ACB.[6]

On 4 November 2024, Bango received a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for Round 6, he had 21 points and 10 rebounds.[7] In 2024–25 Liga ACB, Bango averaged 13.9 pts and 5.6 rbs with 16.1 pir in 19 games played.[8] He also averaged 14.3 pts and 5.8 rbs in 9 games played in 2024–25 FIBA Europe Cup.[9]

Fenerbahçe

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On 3 February 2025, Fenerbahçe announced that he had joined the club until the end of the 2026–27 season.[10]

On 6 February 2025, he made his EuroLeague debut against Real Madrid in a 78-67 victory.[11] On 6 March 2025, he recorded 8 points and 5 rebounds with 11 pir in his third EuroLeague match against Olimpia Milano.[12]

On 29 April 2024, he helped Fenerbahçe to sweep Paris Basketball as 3-0 in playoffs with 6 points and 3 rebounds successful first quarter performance in 88-98 away wictory.[13]

On May 25, 2025, he was member of Fenerbahçe squad which won their second EuroLeague championship in Abu Dhabi.[14]

National team career

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Internationally, Bango respresents the Angola national basketball team. He played with Angola at FIBA AfroCan 2019 and FIBA AfroBasket 2021, where he averaged 9.6 pts and 9.6 rbs as the team's starting center.[15]

In FIBA World Cup 2023, he averaged 9.4 pts 7.4 rbs.[16]

On 21 August 2025, he ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in his left knee in the 2025 AfroBasket quarterfinal match against Cape Verde and will expected to be out for about seven months.[17] He recorded 6.3 pts, 5.3 rbs and 0.5 assist performance at the tournament.[18][16]

Career statistics

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Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  PIR  Performance index rating
 Bold  Career high  †  Won a EuroLeague championship

EuroLeague

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2024–25† Fenerbahçe Beko 10 0 7.0 .588 .000 .875 1.8 .1 .2 .0 2.7 3.0

EuroCup

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2024–25 Basket Zaragoza 10 10 20.2 .784 .000 .622 5.7 .5 .5 .8 13.9 16.2

Domestic leagues

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Year Team League GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2022–23 Germany Braunschweig BBL 24 22.5 .674 .000 .691 6.5 .5 .5 .8 9.4
2023–24 Germany Braunschweig BBL 34 23.7 .679 .000 .686 7.1 1.0 .5 1.6 13.5
2024–25 Spain Basket Zaragoza ACB 19 20.8 .660 .000 .634 5.6 .8 .3 .5 13.9

Honours

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Club

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Angola Primeiro de Agosto
Turkey Fenerbahçe

International

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Individual

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References

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