Manny Quezada

Manny Quezada
Interclube
Position	Point guard
League	Angolan Basketball League
Personal information
Born	April 13, 1991 (age 33); New York City, New York
Nationality	American / Dominican
Listed height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Career information
High school	St. Albans School
College	Rutgers (2004–2005); San Francisco (2005–2009)
Playing career	2010–present
Career history
2010	Tiburones de Puerto Plata
2010–2012	Baloncesto León
2012–2013	Joventut Badalona
2013–2014	São José Basketball
2015–2016	Petro de Luanda
2016–2020	Primeiro de Agosto
2020	US Monastir
2023–present	Interclube
Career highlights and awards
	ACC champion (2015); ACC Most Valuable Player (2015); 2× ACC / ABL All-Star Team (2015, 2019); Angolan League Finals MVP (2015);

Emmanuel "Manny" Quezada is a Dominican-American basketball player who plays for Interclube in the Angolan Basketball League. Standing at 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m), he plays as point guard.

Career

After playing at NCAA with San Francisco University, Quezada started his career in 2010 in the Dominican Republic, where he played for Tiburones de Puerto Plata in the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto.

In summer 2010, Quezada leaves his country and signs for Spanish second division squad Baloncesto León,^[1] where he spends two seasons being one of the top scorers of the league.

In August 2012, he joins the Liga ACB, Spanish top league, with one of the most classic teams in Spain: FIATC Joventut.^[2]

In his first game at Liga ACB, he becomes the MVP of the week after scoring 27 points in Joventut's win against Lagun Aro GBC by 89–73.^[3]

After the injury of the Brazilian player Fúlvio in November 2013, playing for São José Basketball, at NBB, Manny was hired to replace him in this team.

In March 2023, Quezada returned to Angola to play for Interclube.^[4]

The Basketball Tournament (TBT)

In the summer of 2017, Quezada competed in The Basketball Tournament on ESPN for the Talladega Knights. Competing for the $2 million grand prize, Quezada scored 16 points, grabbed five rebounds and dished out three assists in the Knights' 78-74 first round loss to Paul's Champion's; a team led by former NBA point guard Earl Boykins. Quezada also played for Talladega during the summer of 2016. In two games, he averaged a team-high 29.5 points, 4.5 assists and 3.5 rebounds as the Knights fell to the City of Gods in the second round.^[5]