Leonardo Gutiérrez
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Position | Power Forward | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
League | Argentine League | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born |
Marcos Juarez, Argentina | May 16, 1978|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Argentine | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 7 in (201 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 252 lb (114 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pro playing career | 1993–present | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career history | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1993–1998 | Olimpia Venado Tuerto | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1998–2002 | Atenas de Córdoba | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2002–2003 | Mallorca | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2003 | Paisas Antioquia de Medellin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2003–2004 | Obras Sanitarias | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2004–2006 | Ben Hur de Rafaela | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2006–2008 | Boca Juniors | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2008–2009 | Atenas de Cordoba | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2009–present | Peñarol | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Leonardo "Leo" Martín Gutiérrez (born May 16, 1978 in Marcos Juarez, Argentina) is an Argentine professional basketball player. He is a power forward.[1]
Professional career
Gutiérrez has career averages of 13 points and 5 rebounds per game in the Argentine League, while playing in 800 games over 17 seasons. He has scored 10,411 points in the top Argentine League. He is in the top 10 all-time in the league in both games played and points scored.
Argentine national basketball team
Gutiérrez has won numerous medals with Argentina's senior national team, including the gold medal at the 2001 FIBA Americas Championship, and silver medals at the 2003 FIBA Americas Championship, the 2005 FIBA Americas Championship, and the 2007 FIBA Americas Championship. He also won a bronze medal at the 2009 FIBA Americas Championship.
He also won a silver medal at the 2002 FIBA World Championship, a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympic Games, and a bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games.
Personal life
Gutiérrez met his wife at Venado Tuerto, while playing for Olimpia. He married his longtime fiancee on June 17, 2006. He and his wife have two children. He welcomed his first child in 1999, and his daughter, Mora, in 2009.
Awards and accomplishments
Pro career
- 2x South American League Champion: (1996, 2006)
- 9x Argentine League Champion: (1996, 1999, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012)
- Argentine League Dunk Tournament Champion: (1998)
- 13x Argentine League All-Star Game: (2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013)
- Pan American League Champion: (2000)
- 5x Argentine League MVP: (2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010)
- 4x Argentine League Finals MVP: (2005, 2007, 2010, 2011)
- 3x Argentine Cup Champion: (2006, 2008, 2010)
- Argentine All-Star Game MVP: (2006)
- South American Club Championship Champion: (2006)
- South American League MVP: (2006)
- Argentine League Top Scorer: (2008)
- 2x Super 8 Tournament Champion: (2009, 2011)
- Super 8 Tournament Top Scorer: (2009)
- Super 8 Tournament MVP: (2009)
- 2x InterLeagues Tournament Champion: (2010, 2012)
- InterLeagues MVP: (2010)
- FIBA Americas League Champion: (2010)
- Argentine League Triples Tournament Champion: (2012)
Argentine national team
- 2001 South American Championship: Gold
- 2001 FIBA Americas Championship: Gold
- 2002 FIBA World Championship: Silver
- 2003 South American Championship: Silver
- 2003 FIBA Americas Championship: Silver
- 2004 South American Championship: Gold
- 2004 Summer Olympic Games: Gold
- 2005 Stanković Continental Champions' Cup: Silver
- 2005 FIBA Americas Championship: Silver
- 2006 South American Championship: Bronze
- 2007 FIBA Americas Championship: Silver
- 2008 FIBA Diamond Ball Tournament: Gold
- 2008 Summer Olympic Games: Bronze
- 2009 FIBA Americas Championship: Bronze
- 2012 South American Championship: Gold
References
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