In 1990, Schmidt joined the Italian 2nd Division club Pavia. JuveCaserta eventually retired Schmidt's #18 jersey. However, Real Madrid's star player Dražen Petrović, scored 62 points in the same game, and JuveCaserta lost the game, by a score of 117–113. In the European-wide secondary level 1988–89 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup's Final, Schmidt scored 44 points against the Spanish club Real Madrid. With JuveCaserta, he won the Italian Cup title in 1988. Schmidt played in Europe's 2nd-tier level competition, the FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup (later renamed to FIBA Saporta Cup), for the first time, in the 1984–85 season. That same season, Schmidt played in a Pan-European club competition for the first time, as he also played in Europe's third-tier level FIBA Korać Cup's 1983–84 season. With JuveCaserta, he played in the first division level Italian League, for the first time in the 1983–84 season. JuveCaserta įor the 1982–83 season, Schmidt joined the Italian 2nd Division club JuveCaserta. However, he only stayed with the club for a brief amount of time.
In 1982, Schmidt joined the Brazilian club América do Rio.
Schmidt was the top scorer of the Brazilian Championship in both 19. He scored 42 points in the 1979 FIBA Intercontinental Cup's Final against the Yugoslav First Federal League club Bosna Sarajevo. With Sírio, he also won the South American Club Championship, and the FIBA Intercontinental Cup title in 1979. As a member of Sírio, Schmidt won the São Paulo State Championship in both 19, and the Brazilian Championship in 1979. In 1978, he moved to the Brazilian club E.C. As a member of Palmeiras, he won the São Paulo State Championship in 1974, and the Brazilian Championship in 1977.
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Schmidt began his professional club career in 1974, at the age of 16, with the Brazilian Championship club S.E. With Mackenzie's youth teams, he scored 1,332 points in 36 games, for a scoring average of 37.0 points per game. With Palmeiras' youth teams, he scored 2,114 points in 85 games, for a scoring average of 24.9 points per game. Schmidt played youth club basketball in the youth systems of S.E. He was inducted into the Italian Basketball Hall of Fame in 2017. On September 8, 2013, Schmidt was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. On August 20, 2010, Schmidt became a FIBA Hall of Fame player, in recognition of his play in international competitions. He was named one of FIBA's 50 Greatest Players in 1991.
He is also the top scorer in the history of the Summer Olympic Games, and the top scorer in the history of the FIBA World Cup. He is the record holder for the longest career span of a professional basketball player at 29 years.
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He is considered to be the all-time leading scorer in the history of basketball, with 49,737 career points scored (pro club league play, plus senior Brazilian national team play combined). He was born in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. Schmidt primarily played the shooting guard and small forward position, was 2.05 m (6 ft 8 3⁄ 4 in) tall and weighed 110 kg (243 lbs). He is also commonly known as Oscar Schmidt in Spain, where he played for Fórum Valladolid for the 1993––95 seasons, and simply Oscar, or Mão Santa (Holy Hand), in his homeland. Oscar Daniel Bezerra Schmidt (born February 16, 1958) is a retired Brazilian professional basketball player. South American Club Championship champion (1979).2× Italian 2nd Division Top Scorer (1991, 1993).3× Italian League All-Star Game 3 Point Contest Champion (1987–1989).Italian League All-Star Game MVP (1987).Spanish League All-Star Game 3 Point Contest Champion (1993).FIBA Intercontinental Cup Finals Top Scorer ( 1979).FIBA Intercontinental Cup champion ( 1979).