# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/neemias-queta
# Generated: 2026-08-15T06:56:13.441Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/neemias-queta"
name: "Neemias Queta"
slug: "neemias-queta"
description: "Neemias Esdras Barbosa Queta is a Portuguese professional basketball player for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He started playing basketball in 2009 for Barreirense and later played college basketball for the Utah State Aggies. A 7-foot-tall (2.1 m), 250-pound (110 kg) center, he was selected with the 39th overall pick in the 2021 NBA draft, being the first Portuguese player ever drafted. He became the first ever player from Portugal to play in the NBA on 17 December 2021. Queta won a championship as part of the 2023–24 Boston Celtics, who gave him the nickname \"Neem the Dream\"."
tagline: "Portuguese basketball player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Neemias_Queta_celebrates_successful_basket.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Portugal"
  isoCode: "PT"
category:
  name: "Basketball Players"
  slug: "basketball-players"
profileType:
  name: "Basketball Player"
  slug: "basketball-player"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3665646"
birthDate: "1999-07-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             15.77499619596884
  historical:           13.87873866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  182
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Neemias Queta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Neemias Queta"
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    title: "Neemias Queta"
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    title: "Neemias Queta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "נמיאש קייטה"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Neemias Queta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Neemias Queta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump