After a fantastic debut season on the Old Continent, Yago Dos Santos will take on a new challenge after signing a three-year deal with Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade. Dos Santos (1.75 meters, 24 years old) arrives from ratiopharm Ulm, which he led to the EuroCup Quarterfinals and the German championship last season. He was second in the EuroCup in assists with 6.1 per game and eight in average performance index rating with 17.6. Dos Santos also averaged 13.0 points in his 20 EuroCup appearances. In the German League, he was worth 14.4 points and 5.6 assists in the regular season and raised those numbers to 16.9 points and 6.0 assists in the playoffs. Dos Santos was named the MVP of the German League Finals.
Yago Dos Santos makes jump to EuroLeague with Zvezda
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Dos Santos started his career with Palmeiras Meltex of his native Brazil and also played for Paulistano Unimed Sao Paolo before joining Clube de Regatas do Flamengo, which he led to the Intercontinental Cup in 2022. In three seasons with Flamengo, Dos Santos won the Carioca League in 2020 and the Brazilian Super 8, the Brazilian League and the BCL Americas in 2021. Before that he helped Paulistano win the Paulista League in 2017 and the Brazilian League in 2018. Dos Santos, who has also been a member of the Brazilian national team, will now make his EuroLeague debut with Zvezda.