Marcelo Nicola
Marcelo Nicola with Lietuvos rytas Vilnius
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| Born | May 12, 1971 Rafaela, Santa Fe, Argentina |
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| Nationality | Argentine / Italian | ||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 9.5 in (2.07 m) | ||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 225 lb (102 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| NBA draft | 1993 / Round: 2 / Pick: 50th overall | ||||||||||||
| Selected by the Houston Rockets | |||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1988–2007 | ||||||||||||
| Position | Power forward | ||||||||||||
| Number | 4, 11, 13 | ||||||||||||
| Coaching career | 2014–present | ||||||||||||
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| 1988–1989 | Sport Club Cañadense (Argentina) | ||||||||||||
| 1989–1991 | Taugrés (Spain) | ||||||||||||
| 1991 | Long Island Surf (USBL) | ||||||||||||
| 1991–1996 | Taugrés (Spain) | ||||||||||||
| 1996–1997 | Panathinaikos (Greece) | ||||||||||||
| 1997–1998 | FC Barcelona (Spain) | ||||||||||||
| 1998–2004 | Benetton Treviso (Italy) | ||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | BC Kyiv (Ukraine) | ||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Montepaschi Siena (Italy) | ||||||||||||
| 2006 | Bipop-Carire Reggio Emilia (Italy) | ||||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | Tau Cerámica (Spain) | ||||||||||||
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| 2012–2014 | UCAM Murcia (assistant) | ||||||||||||
| 2014 | UCAM Murcia | ||||||||||||
| 2015 | Lietuvos rytas Vilnius | ||||||||||||
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Marcelo Patricio Nicola Virginio (born May 12, 1971) is a retired Argentine-Italian[1][2] professional basketball player and coach who most recently coached Lietuvos rytas Vilnius of LKL. A very versatile power forward, he was a regular member of the Argentine national basketball team, and competed many years in the Euroleague.
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Professional career
Nicola was selected 50th overall in the 1993 NBA Draft, but remained in Europe and won the Saporta Cup in 1996 with Taugrés, the team in which he made his debut in the Spanish ACB League. He played his best basketball for Benetton Treviso, with which he lifted another Saporta Cup trophy in 1999, and he was selected to the All-Euroleague Second Team for the Euroleague 2001-02 season. He also made it to the Euroleague 2002-03 final game.
Argentine national team
Nicola was a member of the Argentine national basketball team. With the junior national team of Argentina, he played at the 1993 FIBA Under-21 World Championship. With Argentina's senior men's national team, he played at the 1994 FIBA World Championship, the 1996 Olympics, and the 1998 FIBA World Championship.
Coaching career
In 2012, Nicola started his coach career as assistant coach in Liga ACB team UCAM Murcia.[3] In 2014, after the sacking of Óscar Quintana, he was named the head coach of the team.
In February 2015, he became the head coach of Lietuvos rytas Vilnius team (Lithuania) after Virginijus Šeškus release. On November 16, 2015, it was announced that Nicola was fired from Lietuvos rytas Vilnius due to poor results.[4]
References
- ↑ Euroleague.net NICOLA, MARCELO Nationality: Italy
- ↑ Marcelo Nicola Naz. Sportiva: ITA
- ↑ ACB.com – Marcelo Nicola
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
External links
- Articles with Spanish-language external links
- Articles with Italian-language external links
- 1971 births
- Living people
- Argentine basketball coaches
- Argentine basketball players
- Argentine expatriates in Greece
- Argentine emigrants to Italy
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Argentine people of Italian descent
- Basketball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- BC Kyiv players
- Expatriate basketball people in Italy
- FC Barcelona Bàsquet players
- Greek Basket League players
- Houston Rockets draft picks
- Italian basketball coaches
- Italian basketball players
- Liga ACB players
- Mens Sana Basket players
- Olympic basketball players of Argentina
- Pallacanestro Reggiana players
- Pallacanestro Treviso players
- Panathinaikos B.C. players
- People from Castellanos Department
- Power forwards (basketball)
- Saski Baskonia players
- Small forwards
