Diego Osella (basketball)
 Diego Osella, wearing the Atenas de Córdoba jersey | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 4, 1969 Oncativo, Córdoba, Argentina |
| Listed height | 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) |
| Career information | |
| Playing career | 1988–2011 |
| Position | Center |
| Career history | |
| 1988–1992 | Atenas de Córdoba |
| 1992–1993 | Club Banco de Córdoba |
| 1993–2000 | Atenas de Córdoba |
| 2000–2001 | Lucentum Alicante |
| 2001 | Atenas de Córdoba |
| 2001–2002 | Estudiantes de Olavarría |
| 2002–2003 | Pallacanestro Varese |
| 2003–2010 | Atenas de Córdoba |
| 2010–2011 | Juventud Sionista |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Medals | |
Diego Marcelo Osella (born September 4, 1969) is a retired[1] Argentine professional basketball player.
Professional career
[edit]Osella was the Argentine League Finals MVP in 1999.
National team career
[edit]With the senior Argentine national basketball team, Osella competed at the 1996 Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia, where his team finished in ninth place in the overall-rankings. A year earlier, he helped claim Argentina's first ever gold medal in senior men's basketball, at the 1995 Pan American Games, after defeating the United States in the final, in Mar del Plata, Argentina.[2]
Titles
[edit]Clubs
[edit]- Liga Nacional de Básquet: 1988, 1990, 1991–92, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2008–09
- Campeonato Sudamericano de Clubes: 1993, 1994
- Campeonato Panamericano de Clubes: 1996
- Liga Sudamericana de Clubes: 1997, 1998, 2004
- All club championships were won playing with Atenas.
National team
[edit]- Sudamericano Juvenil: 1988
- Pan American Games gold medal: 1995
- Sudamericano Mayores gold medal: 2001 [3]
Personal honours
[edit]- Liga Nacional de Básquet Statistical Leaders:
- Most games played in the Liga Nacional at the time he retired (1,096) [4]
- Most rebounds in the Liga Nacional (6,804).
- Most blocks in the Liga Nacional (989).
- 5th all-time top scorer in the Liga Nacional (12,358).
- Number 11 jersey retired by Atenas: (2011)[5][6][7]
References
[edit]- ^ Diego Osella se retira del básquetbol tras 23 temporadas, La Prensa, 2011-04-19
- ^ sports-reference Diego Osella profile at Sports-Reference
- ^ El histórico Diego Osella, La Nación, 2009-05-27
- ^ Diego Osella jugará su partido 1.000, Cancha Llena, 2009-11-06
- ^ Atenas retiró el 11 de Diego Osella Archived 2012-04-25 at the Wayback Machine, Gualeguaychú a Diario webpage
- ^ Atenas retirará la camiseta 11 en homenaje a Diego Osella Archived 2012-04-01 at the Wayback Machine, La Mañana de Cordoba website
- ^ Atenas retira la camiseta 11 de Osella, Día a Día Deportes
External links
[edit]- Number 11 retirement video at BasketBlog.com (in Spanish)
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Categories:
- 1969 births
- Living people
- 1998 FIBA World Championship players
- Argentine expatriate basketball people in Spain
- Argentine men's basketball players
- 1990 FIBA World Championship players
- Atenas basketball players
- Basketball players at the 1995 Pan American Games
- Basketball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Basketball players with retired numbers
- CB Lucentum Alicante players
- Centers (basketball)
- Estudiantes de Olavarría basketball players
- Juventud Sionista basketball players
- Liga ACB players
- Olympic basketball players for Argentina
- Pallacanestro Varese players
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Argentina
- Pan American Games medalists in basketball
- Sportspeople from Córdoba Province, Argentina
- Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games
- 1994 FIBA World Championship players
- 20th-century Argentine sportsmen