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| Born | March 11, 1962 (age 62) Osvaldo Cruz, São Paulo, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 174 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 60 kg (132 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Maria Paula Gonçalves da Silva (born March 11, 1962, in Osvaldo Cruz, São Paulo), nicknamed "Magic Paula", is a retired Brazilian women's basketball player. She is considered one of the greatest players in her country, along with Hortência Marcari and Janeth Arcain. For Brazil women's national basketball team, Paula is the second biggest scorer, with 723 points (behind Hortência) and holds the record for caps with 45 games, being in two Olympic Games and six World Championships.
Paula became a member of the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006[1] and of the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2013.
- ^ "Paula Goncalves da Silva: Class of 2006". WBHOF. Archived from the original on 2013-07-04. Retrieved 2009-08-01.