Matías Sandes

Medal record
Men's Basketball
Competitor for  Argentina
FIBA Americas Championship
Silver 2007 Las Vegas National Team
Bronze 2009 San Juan National Team
Marchand Cup
Silver 2007 San Juan National Team
South American Basketball Championship
Bronze 2006 Caracas National team
Silver 2010 Neiva National team

Matías Sandes (born on June 6, 1984 in Mendoza, Argentina) is an Argentine professional basketball player and member of the Argentina national basketball team.

Sandes has played the last two seasons (2007–08 and 2008–09) with Baloncesto Fuenlabrada of the Spanish Liga ACB.[1] Prior to his transfer to Spain, he spent five years with Boca Juniors in Argentina. While Sandes was a member of the team, they won two league titles (2003–04 and 2006–07), four Argentine Cups, and three consecutive Campeonato Sudamericano de Clubes.

Sandes is also a long-time member of the Argentine national basketball team. He participated with the Argentina junior team at the 2003 World Championship for Junior Men and 2005 U-21 World Championship.[2] He made his senior team at the 2007 Marchand Continental Championship Cup.[3] In his most recent appearance with the national team, he averaged 3.6 points and 2.8 rebounds per game in nine games of action at the FIBA Americas Championship 2009 for the bronze-medalists.[4]

References

  1. ^ Matias Sendes at basketpedya.com
  2. ^ Profile at FIBA.com
  3. ^ [1]
  4. ^ FIBA Archive