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Born | Rafaela, Santa Fe, Argentina | May 12, 1971||||||||||||||
Nationality | Argentine / Italian | ||||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) | ||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 225 lb (102 kg) | ||||||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||||||
NBA draft | 1993: 2nd round, 50th overall pick | ||||||||||||||
Selected by the Houston Rockets | |||||||||||||||
Playing career | 1988–2007 | ||||||||||||||
Position | Power forward | ||||||||||||||
Number | 4, 11, 13 | ||||||||||||||
Coaching career | 2014–present | ||||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||||
As player: | |||||||||||||||
1988–1989 | Sport Club Cañadense | ||||||||||||||
1989–1991 | Taugrés | ||||||||||||||
1991 | Long Island Surf | ||||||||||||||
1991–1996 | Taugrés | ||||||||||||||
1996–1997 | Panathinaikos | ||||||||||||||
1997–1998 | FC Barcelona | ||||||||||||||
1998–2004 | Benetton Treviso | ||||||||||||||
2004–2005 | BC Kyiv | ||||||||||||||
2005–2006 | Montepaschi Siena | ||||||||||||||
2006 | Bipop-Carire Reggio Emilia | ||||||||||||||
2006–2007 | Tau Cerámica | ||||||||||||||
As coach: | |||||||||||||||
2012–2014 | UCAM Murcia (assistant) | ||||||||||||||
2014 | UCAM Murcia | ||||||||||||||
2015 | Lietuvos rytas Vilnius | ||||||||||||||
2016–2017 | Hapoel Jerusalem (assistant) | ||||||||||||||
2018–2019 | Brose Bamberg (assistant) | ||||||||||||||
2018–2019 | Forlì | ||||||||||||||
2019–2021 | Gipuzkoa | ||||||||||||||
2022–2023 | Universo Treviso | ||||||||||||||
Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||||
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Marcelo Patricio Nicola Virginio (born May 12, 1971) is an Argentine-Italian [1] [2] former professional basketball player and a current coach. A very versatile power forward, he was a regular member of the Argentine national basketball team, and competed many years in the EuroLeague.
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.
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 Cup. 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.
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]
In the beginning of 2016–17 season he joined his former coach Simone Pianigiani at the Israeli club Hapoel Jerusalem.
On 8 September 2017, Nicola came back to Baskonia, where he played six years, for being the coordinator of the youth teams of the club. [5]
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