Club Atlético Peñarol (Mar del Plata)

This article is about the Argentine basketball team. For the Uruguayan football team, see Peñarol.
Peñarol
Nickname Milrayitas (thousand-strips)
Leagues Liga Nacional de Básquet
Founded 7 November 1922 (1922-11-07)
Arena Polideportivo Islas Malvinas
Location Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Team colors          
President Domingo Robles
Head coach Sergio Hernández
Championships 5 Argentine championships
2 FIBA Americas League
2 Torneo InterLigas
3 Torneo Super 8
2 Copa Desafío
1 Copa Argentina
Website www.peñarolmardelplata.com
Uniforms
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Club Atlético Peñarol (usually called Peñarol de Mar del Plata or simply Peñarol) is a professional basketball team based in Mar del Plata, Argentina. Peñarol currently play in the Liga Nacional de Básquet (LNB), the top level of the Argentine league system. Their home arena is the Polideportivo Islas Malvinas.

The team had its most successful campaign during 2010, winning 4 official tournaments (FIBA Americas League, Liga Nacional, InterLigas, and Copa Argentina).[1]

Players

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Peñarol (MdP) roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Age
C 1 Nigeria Okosa, Reggie 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 35 – (1980-12-29)29 December 1980
SF 4 Argentina Diez, Alejandro 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 28 – (1987-02-21)21 February 1987
PG 5 Argentina Sahdi, Fabian 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 26 – (1989-07-24)24 July 1989
SF 9 Argentina Massarelli, Luciano 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 22 – (1993-07-23)23 July 1993
PF 10 Argentina Gutiérrez, Leonardo 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 37 – (1978-05-16)16 May 1978
SF 13 Argentina Lauría, Nicolás 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 27 – (1988-02-09)9 February 1988
SF 24 Argentina Giorgetti, Franco 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 23 – (1992-12-02)2 December 1992
PF 25 Argentina Giletto, Salvador 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 22 – (1993-02-08)8 February 1993
SF 27 Argentina Brussino, Nicolas 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 22 – (1993-03-02)2 March 1993
PG 30 Argentina Figueroa, Juan Pablo 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 29 – (1986-03-13)13 March 1986
PG 39 Argentina Ibarra, Matías 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 34 – (1981-02-17)17 February 1981
F Argentina Morales, Julian 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 21 – (1995-01-01)1 January 1995
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Argentina Fernando Rivero
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured

Roster
Updated: 2015-02-03

Retired numbers

Peñarol retired numbers
N° Player Position Tenure Num. Retirement
8 Argentina Sebastián "Tato" Rodríguez PG 1994-98, 1999-2003, 2004-11 23 November 2011 [2][3]

Other notable former players

Titles

National

International

Individual accomplishments

Olympic team selection

References

  1. ↑ Miguel Romano (2010-10-10). "Cartón lleno para el gran campeón". Cancha Llena (in Spanish). Retrieved 2010-10-11.
  2. ↑ "Peñarol retiró la camiseta de 'Tato' Rodríguez", La Voz del Interior, 2011-11-23
  3. ↑ "La camiseta de Tato dijo hasta siempre", Pickandroll.com.ar, 2011-11-24

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