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Izi Castro Marques was born on 13 March, 1982 in São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil, is a Brazilian basketball player. Discover Izi Castro Marques's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 42 years old?
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42 years old |
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13 March 1982 |
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13 March |
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São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil |
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Brazil
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Izi Castro Marques Height, Weight & Measurements
At 42 years old, Izi Castro Marques height is 183 cm and Weight 64 kg.
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183 cm |
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64 kg |
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Dating & Relationship status
She is currently single. She is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about She's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, She has no children.
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Izi Castro Marques Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Izi Castro Marques worth at the age of 42 years old? Izi Castro Marques’s income source is mostly from being a successful Player. She is from Brazil. We have estimated Izi Castro Marques's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Pending |
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Under Review |
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Izi Castro Marques Social Network
Timeline
Iziane "Izi" Castro Marques (born March 13, 1982) is a retired Brazilian professional basketball player.
Castro Marques played for the Brazil women's national basketball team and played for the Miami Sol, Phoenix Mercury, Seattle Storm, Atlanta Dream, Washington Mystics and the Connecticut Sun of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).
Castro Marques also played overseas in France, Brazil, Spain, Latvia, Turkey, Poland and Russia.
Following her retirement, Castro Marques became the technical director of Sampaio Basquete of the Brazilian Women's Basketball League.
After playing in the Paulista League in Brazil for BCN Osasco in 2001 and leading the league in scoring, Castro Marques was invited to the Miami Sol's training camp.
After training camp, she would make the final cut for team and signed with the Sol.
In her rookie season, Castro Marques was the second-youngest player in the WNBA at the time (20 years, 1 month, 12 days).
At the end of 2002 season, the Miami Sol folded and Castro Marques would sign with the Phoenix Mercury in 2003.
The Mercury would waive Castro Marques at the end of the season.
In the 2002-03 off-season, Castro Marques played in France for Aix Basket.
In the 2003-04 off-season, Castro Marques played in Spain for Perfumerias Avenidas.
Castro Marques chose not to play in the WNBA in 2004 to focus on the Brazilian national team for the Summer Olympics that year.
In the 2004-05 off-season, Castro Marques played in Russia for B.C. Euras Ekaterinburg.
Her national team has finished fourth in two consecutive international competitions, the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2006 FIBA World Championship for Women, which Brazil hosted.
In 2005, Castro Marques returned to the WNBA and signed with the Seattle Storm, becoming a starter for the first time in her career.
In the 2005-06 off-season Castro Marques played in Czech Republic for USK Praha.
In the early part of the 2006 season, her erratic play got her benched in favor of rookie Barbara Turner, but Castro Marques came back strong after eight games in reserve, and never relinquished the starting job during that season.
In the 2006-07 off-season, Castro Marques played for TTT Riga of the Euroleague.
In the 2007 season, Castro Marques started in all 34 games while averaging 12.3 ppg, making it the first time she averaged double-digits in scoring.
Castro Marques had also gained some playoff experience for the first time in her career in her three-year stint with the Storm.
In the 2007-08 off-season, Castro Marques played for Hondarribia-Irun in Spain and for Ourinhos in Brazil.
On February 6, 2008, Castro Marques was traded by Seattle to the Atlanta Dream along with the Storm's first round pick in exchange for Roneeka Hodges and the fourth overall pick in the 2008 draft.
In her four-year stint with the Atlanta Dream from 2008 to 2011, she played with fellow Brazilian Érika de Souza, whom she played with in high school back in Brazil.
During the 2008-09 WNBA off-season, Castro Marques played for Villeneuve d'Ascq in France, Extragusa Vilagarcia in the Spanish League and Spartak Moscow in Russia.
Star of the squad, she was not included in the roster for the 2008 Summer Olympics due to her refusal to enter a quarterfinal game in overtime after a verbal altercation with her coach during the FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women 2008 in Spain.
In the 2009-10 off-season, Castro Marques signed a contract with Wisła Can Pack Kraków in Poland.
Castro Marques had the best years of her career in Atlanta, especially in the 2010 season where she averaged a career-high 16.9 ppg and had also helped Atlanta reach the WNBA Finals twice in 2010 and 2011.
In the 2010-11 off-season, Castro Marques played for Beşiktaş JK in Turkey.
From 2011 to 2013, Castro Marques played a couple off-seasons in Brazil for her hometown team Maranhao Basquete.
She was a member of the team which competed for Brazil at the 2011 Pan American Games, winning a bronze medal.
In 2012, Castro Marques sat out the first half of the season to focus on the Brazilian National Team for the Summer Olympics.
Castro Marques signed with the Washington Mystics halfway through the season and played 11 games.
During preparation for the 2012 Summer Olympics, Castro Marques was again cut from the Olympic team due to "an act of indiscipline", namely bringing her boyfriend to concentration.
In 2013, Castro Marques signed with the Connecticut Sun, it would be her final year playing in the WNBA.
During her basketball career, Castro Marques has played overseas on many occasions.
In 2015–16, Castro Marques played for Sampaio Basquete in Brazil Castro Marques continued to play for Sampaio Basquete in 2016-17 before retiring from professional basketball.
Castro Marques also played for Brazil in the 2016 Summer Olympics as the team captain.
It would be her last olympics before retiring from the team.
