Juan Alberto Espil

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Juan Espil
Personal information
Born (1968-01-05) 5 January 1968 (age 57)
Bahía Blanca, Argentina
NationalityArgentine / Italian
Listed height1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Listed weight90 kg (198 lb)
Career information
Playing career1988–2012
Position Shooting guard / small forward
Number10
Career history
1988–1992 Estudiantes (BB)
1992–1994 GEPU San Luis
1994–1996 Atenas
1996–2000 TAU Cerámica
2000–2001 Adr Roma
2001–2003 Joventut Badalona
2003–2005 Ricoh Manresa
2005–2006 Tenerife
2006 Bilbao Berri
2006–2008Ricoh Manresa
2008–2009 Boca Juniors
2009–2010 Obras Sanitarias
2010–2012 Bahía Basket
Career highlights
Medals
Men's Basketball
Representing Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Pan American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1995 Mar del Plata
FIBA AmeriCup
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1995 Neuquén
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1993 San Juan
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1999 San Juan

Juan Alberto Espil Vanotti [1] (born 5 January 1968) is a retired Argentine-Italian [2] [3] professional basketball player, who played as a shooting guard-small forward.

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Professional career

Espil's last pro club was Bahía Basket (successor of Estudiantes in the LNB), where he retired in 2012. [4]

In February 2013, Estudiantes honoured Espil by retiring the #10 jersey that he had worn during his two tenures on the club. [4] [5]

National team career

Espil helped Argentina to claim the country's first ever gold medal in men's basketball at the Pan American Games, as Argentina defeated the Team USA, in the final of the 1995 Pan American Games, in Mar del Plata, Argentina.

Espil also competed with the senior men's Argentine national basketball team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where his team finished in ninth place in the overall standings.

References

  1. ↑ Juan Alberto ESPIL VANOTTI (ARG) participated in 4 FIBA / FIBA Zones events.
  2. ↑ Juan Alberto Espil Naz. di Nascita: ARG Naz. Sportiva: ITA (in Italian).
  3. ↑ "Juan Espil nacionalidad | licencia: ITA" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 7 May 2010. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  4. 1 2 Espil vivió su noche soñada, La Nación, 22 February 2013
  5. ↑ "Espil tuvo su merecido homenaje en Bahía", Clarín , 23 February 2013


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