Quimsa

Quimsa
Leagues	Liga Nacional de Básquet
Founded	13 August 1989 (1989-08-13)
Arena	Ciudad de Santiago del Estero (capacity: 5,200)
Location	Santiago del Estero, Santiago del Estero Province, Argentina
Team colors
President	Gerardo Montenegro
Head coach	Carlos Romano
Championships	1 Liga Sudamericana 1 Copa Argentina
Uniforms
Home Away

Asociación Atlética Quimsa, usually called simply Quimsa, is a professional basketball team in Santiago del Estero, Argentina playing in the Liga Nacional de Básquet (LNB). Their home arena is the Estadio Ciudad de Santiago del Estero.

History

Founded in 1989, its name derives from the Quichua word kimsa, meaning three. The club was established as the merger of Estudiantes Unidos, Santiago Basketball Club and Inti Club, all three historical basketball clubs in Santiago.

Quimsa won the 2009 (II) South American League championship, and the Copa Argentina.

Players

Current roster

Quimsa roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Age 1.0 !PG 5000000000000000000♠0 USA ! Hopson, Phillip 7000190000000000000♠1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 000000001986-10-10-0000 30 – (1986-10-10)10 October 1986 4.0 !PF 7000100000000000000♠1 ARG ! Romano, Nicolas 7000200000000000000♠2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 000000001987-11-01-0000 29 – (1987-11-01)1 November 1987 1.0 !PG 7000400000000000000♠4 ARG ! Pérez Naim, Lucas 7000184000000000000♠1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 000000001987-12-18-0000 29 – (1987-12-18)18 December 1987 3.0 !SF 7000600000000000000♠6 USA ! Harper, Aaron 7000202999999999999♠2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 000000001981-03-12-0000 36 – (1981-03-12)12 March 1981 1.5 !G 7000800000000000000♠8 ARG ! Rodrigo Haag 7000193000000000000♠1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 000000001995-01-23-0000 22 – (1995-01-23)23 January 1995 5.0 !C 7000900000000000000♠9 ARG ! Caffaro, Agustin 7000204999999999999♠2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 000000001995-02-06-0000 22 – (1995-02-06)6 February 1995 2.5 !G/F 7001100000000000000♠10 ARG ! Gonzalo Romero 7000194000000000000♠1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 000000001997-05-03-0000 20 – (1997-05-03)3 May 1997 5.0 !C 7001230000000000000♠23 USA ! Battle, Robert 7000204000000000000♠2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 000000001981-05-06-0000 36 – (1981-05-06)6 May 1981 3.0 !SF 7001250000000000000♠25 USA ! Jackson, David 7000195000000000000♠1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 000000001982-08-12-0000 35 – (1982-08-12)12 August 1982 5.0 !C 7001290000000000000♠29 ARG ! Lautaro Riego 7000196000000000000♠1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 000000001997-03-18-0000 20 – (1997-03-18)18 March 1997 4.0 !PF 7001830000000000000♠83 ARG ! Gallizzi, Tayavek 7000204000000000000♠2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 000000001993-02-08-0000 24 – (1993-02-08)8 February 1993	Head coach Silvio Santander Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 2016-12-10

Retired numbers

• 11 - Miguel Cortijo - Although Cortijo never played for the club, the #11 jersey was retired honoring him as a native of Santiago del Estero, where Quimsa is located in.^[1]

Other notable players

To appear in this section a player must have either:

• Set a club record or won an individual award as a professional player.
• Played at least one official international match for his senior national team or one NBA game at any time.
• Nicolas Aguirre
• Sergio Ale
• Quincy Alexander

Stadium panoramic.

References

External links

• Quimsa on LNB website
• Official website (Archive), 21 May 2013