Julio Mázzaro

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Julio Eduardo Mázzaro (born 30 January 1979 in Villa Regina, Río Negro) is a former Argentine professional basketball player. He also holds an Italian passport. At a height of 1.90 m (6' 2​3⁄4") tall, he played at the shooting guard position.

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Professional career

Mázzaro played with River Plate and Boca Juniors in Argentina, and Edimes Pavia ('03–'04) in the Italian 2nd Division. He also played with Quimsa in Argentina. He was named the MVP of the second FIBA South American League tournament in 2009.

Club Atlético River Plate Argentine association football club

Club Atlético River Plate is an Argentine professional sports club based in the Núñez neighborhood of Buenos Aires, and named after the British English name for the city's estuary, Río de la Plata. Although many sports are practiced at the club, River is best known for its professional football team, which has won Argentina's Primera División championship a record of 36 times, being its latest title the 2014 Final. Domestic achievements also include 11 National cups, with the 2017 Supercopa Argentina as the most recent. Those achievements place River Plate as the most winning team of domestic competitions with 47 titles won in the top division. In Second Division, the club has won two titles, in 1908 and 2011–12.

Quimsa

Asociación Atlética Quimsa, usually called simply Quimsa, is an Argentine sports club located in the city of Santiago del Estero in the homonymous province.

National team career

Mázzaro represented the Argentine national basketball team on a number of occasions, including the FIBA AmeriCup of 2005, the Stanković Cup, and the FIBA South American Championships in 2003 and 2004.

The FIBA AmeriCup is the name commonly used to refer to the American Basketball Championship that takes place every two years between national teams of the Western Hemisphere continents. Through the 2015 edition, the Americas Championship was also a qualifying tournament for the FIBA World Cup and the Summer Olympic Games. Beginning in 2017, the championship, along with all other FIBA continental championships for men, is played once every four years, and the continental championships are no longer a part of the qualifying process for either the World Cup or Olympics.

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