FC Bayern Basketball has presented a new forward after several departures. On Thursday (July 4, 2024), the Munich team announced the signing of Oscar da Silva. The 25-year-old comes from FC Barcelona and signs for three years in Munich.
This also has to do with the fact that he is allowed to return to his hometown. “I am very happy to be able to return home after seven years spent mostly abroad and to be closer to my social circle again,” says da Silva, who is currently training with the German national basketball team in preparation for the Olympics in the Munich basketball hall. “I think it is a privilege to play in my hometown, and FC Bayern has also built up a very exciting project in sporting terms over the last few years.”
Da Silva once had an FCBB season ticket
In 2022, after starting out as a professional in Ludwigsburg and Berlin, Oscar da Silva was signed by Spanish EuroLeague heavyweight Barça until 2025. The agreement was recently terminated early after a troubled season for the Catalans, making the 2.06 meter tall power forward available. Da Silva can already look back on 97 appearances in the EuroLeague.
He comes from a basketball-mad family. He started playing basketball at DJK SB Munich and in Schwabing. Together with his brother Tristan, with whom he also watched the FCBB stars: “When I was twelve or thirteen, I had a season ticket for what was then the Audi Dome and often went to the games with my mother and brother.”
Brother Tristan was recently drafted into the NBA
Tristan was recently drafted into the NBA, the strongest basketball league in the world, by Orlando Magic, the club that also has the Wagner brothers Moritz and Franz under contract. “A dream of all of ours has come true. I probably need a few days to realize this. I am proud of my two boys,” said Tristan da Silva a week ago. Now his brother has also fulfilled a dream, the dream of playing professional basketball in his hometown.
2024-07-04 12:38:03
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