This article displays the rosters for the participating teams at the
1989 Tournament of the Americas
The 1989 Tournament of the Americas, later known as the FIBA Americas Championship and the FIBA AmeriCup, was a basketball championship hosted by Mexico from June 8 to June 18, 1989. The games were played in Mexico City. This FIBA AmeriCup was t ...
played in
Mexico City
Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North America. One of the world's alpha cities, it is located in the Valley o ...
,
Mexico
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from June 8 to June 18, 1989.
Group A
Cuba
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Ángel Caballero
Angel is a given name meaning "angel", "messenger". In the English-speaking world Angel is used for both boys and girls.
From the medieval Latin masculine name ''Angelus'', which was derived from the name of the heavenly creature (itself derived ...
Lazaro Borrell
Lazaro Manuel Borrell Hernández (born September 20, 1972 in Santa Clara, Cuba) is a Cuban former professional basketball player. He is a 6'8", 220 lb forward.
During the debut of Cuba's Liga Superior de Baloncesto, Borrell played for t ...
Adalberto Rodríguez
Adalberto Rodríguez (January 22, 1934 – April 16, 1995), better known as Machuchal, was a Puerto Rican actor and comedian.
Rodríguez was born in the town of Sabana Grande, in southwest Puerto Rico. In his boyhood years he imitated animal so ...
Andrés Guibert
Andrés Guibert (born October 28, 1968) is a Cuban former professional basketball player. In 1993, he defected from the Cuban delegation at the 1993 Centrobasket tournament held in Ponce, Puerto Rico.
Professional career
Guibert played in the Na ...
José Mercedes
José Miguel Mercedes Santana (born March 5, 1971) is a former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball from to for the Milwaukee Brewers, Baltimore Orioles, and Montreal Expos. Mercedes played for the Saraperos de Salt ...
Enrique Ortega
Enrique () is the Spanish variant of the given name Heinrich of Germanic origin.
Equivalents in other languages are Henry (English), Enric (Catalan), Enrico (Italian), Henrik (Swedish, Danish, and Norwegian), Heinrich (German), Hendrik, Henk (Dut ...
Enrique Grenald
Enrique () is the Spanish variant of the given name Heinrich of Germanic origin.
Equivalents in other languages are Henry (English), Enric (Catalan), Enrico (Italian), Henrik (Swedish, Danish, and Norwegian), Heinrich (German), Hendrik, Henk (Dut ...
Leroy Jackson
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Federico López
Federico López Camacho (March 26, 1962 – November 6, 2006), better known as Fico López, was a Puerto Rican professional basketball player.Raymond Gause
*7 Félix Rivera
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Jerome Mincy
Jerome Alfred Mincy Clark (born November 10, 1964) is a Puerto Rican former professional basketball player who was born to Shelly and Willie Mincy at Ramey Air Force Base in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico on November 10, 1964. He played in the NCAA with ...
Edwin Pellot
Edwin Pellot (born 13 June 1963) is a Puerto Rican basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), ...
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Mario Morales
Mario Morales Micheo (born November 13, 1957) is a former Puerto Rican basketball player. He is known as a.k.a. "Quijote" Morales for his ability to conquer both scoring and team championships in Puerto Rico's BSN league. He is the father of Ev ...
Ramón Ramos
Ramón Luis Ramos Manso (born November 20, 1967) is a Puerto Rican former basketball player. He began his career in the early 1980s with Indios de Canóvanas, then played college basketball at Seton Hall University. Ramos was signed as an undraft ...
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Raymond Dalmau
Raymond Dalmau Pérez (born October 27, 1948) is a retired Puerto Rican professional basketball player and coach. Dalmau played in the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN), the top tier basketball league in the country, for 20 seasons with the Pir ...
United States
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Elliot Perry
Elliot Lamonte Perry (born March 28, 1969) is an American former professional basketball player.
The 6'0" (1.83 m) point guard from Memphis State University (now the University of Memphis), was selected with the tenth pick of the second round (3 ...
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Rodney Monroe
Rodney Eugene Monroe (born April 16, 1968) is a retired American professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and other leagues. He was selected by the Atlanta Hawks in the second round (30th pick overall) ...
Gary Payton
Gary Dwayne Payton Sr. (born July 23, 1968) is an American former professional basketball player who played the point guard position. Widely considered one of the greatest point guards of all time, he is best known for his 13-year tenure with t ...
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Chris Corchiani
Christopher Corchiani Sr. (born March 28, 1968) is an American-Italian former professional basketball player. At a height of 1.85 m (6'1") tall, and a weight of 88 kg (195 lbs.), he played at the point guard position.
High school
Born ...
Lionel Simmons
Lionel James "L-Train" Simmons (born November 14, 1968) is an American former professional basketball player.
High school career
Simmons led South Philadelphia High School to a Philadelphia Public League boys' championship in 1986, getting an MVP ...
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Antonio Davis
Antonio Lee Davis (born October 31, 1968) is an American former professional basketball player who played for the Indiana Pacers, Toronto Raptors, Chicago Bulls, and New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He also played ...
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Matt Bullard
Matthew Gordon Bullard (born June 5, 1967) is an American former professional basketball player in the NBA and former color analyst for the Houston Rockets on AT&T SportsNet Southwest. Bullard played 12 years professionally and 11 years in the NBA ...
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Billy Owens
Billy Eugene Owens (born May 1, 1969) is an American former professional basketball player who played for several teams in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for Syracuse, where he was an All-American and th ...
Marcelo Richotti
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Marcelo Milanesio
Marcelo Gustavo Milanesio (born February 11, 1965 in Hernando, Córdoba) is an Argentine former professional basketball player. A significant figure in Argentine basketball, he defended Argentina for 2 titles, and Atenas for 14 club titles. He ...
Sebastián Uranga
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Carlos Romano
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* Carlos, Indiana, an unincorporated community
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Cadum
Ricardo Cardoso Guimarães (born 4 October 1959), commonly known as Cadum , is a Brazilian former professional basketball player and coach.
Professional playing career
During his pro club career, Cadum won 5 Brazilian Championships, in the ...
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Guerrinha
Jorge Guerra (born 21 June 1959), also commonly known in Brazil as Jorge Guerrinha, is a Brazilian former professional basketball player and coach.
Professional playing career
Born in Franca, in the state of São Paulo, Guerra debuted in basketb ...
Israel
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Hélio Rubens Garcia
Hélio Rubens Garcia (born Franca, Brazil, September 2, 1940), also commonly known as Hélio Rubens, is a former Brazilian professional basketball player and coach.
Professional playing career
During his pro club career, Rubens Garcia won 4 Br ...
David Turcotte
David Turcotte (born July 10, 1965 in Ottawa, Ontario) is a former star Canadian basketball player and former Olympic athlete.
Biography
Turcotte attended Lockerby Composite High School in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, where he played hockey and ba ...
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Eli Pasquale
Ilario Enrico "Eli" Pasquale (August 24, 1960 – November 4, 2019) was a Canadian basketball player. A 6-foot, 1-inch point guard, he led the Canadian national men's basketball team during two Olympic Games, three FIBA World Championships ...
Alan Kristmanson
Alan Kristmanson (born 5 November 1961) is a Canadian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1988 Summer Olympics
The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known ...
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Tony Simms
Tony Simms (born 16 February 1959) is a Canadian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1984 Summer Olympics
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Stewart Granger
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Leo Rautins
Leo Rytis Rautins (born March 20, 1960) is a Canadian broadcaster, former professional basketball player and the former head coach of the Canada men's national basketball team, Canadian men's national basketball team. Rautins played in the Nationa ...
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Phil Ohl
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Gerald Kazanowski
Gerald Francis Kazanowski (born October 12, 1960) is a former professional and Canadian Olympic basketball
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Carlos Carrera
Carlos Carrera (born 18 August 1962) is a Mexican film director and screenwriter. He directed ''El crimen del Padre Amaro'' (2002), which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. In 2009, he directed '' Backyard'' abo ...
César Portillo
César Eduardo Portillo Brown (born September 26, 1968 in Barcelona, Anzoátegui) is a retired male basketball player (2.06 metres) from Venezuela, who played as a center during his career.
High school and college
Portillo attended high school i ...
Armando Becker
Armando Becker (born June 9, 1966 in Caracas) is a retired male basketball player from Venezuela, who played as a forward during his career. He competed for the Venezuela national basketball team at the 1990 FIBA World Championship and at the ...
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Rostyn González
Rostin González (born 14 February 1964) is a Venezuelan former basketball player who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially kn ...
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José Echenique
José Echenique (born November 28, 1965 in Caracas) is a retired male basketball player from Venezuela, who played as a power forward during his career. He competed for the Venezuela national basketball team
The Venezuela national basketball t ...
Carl Herrera
Carl Víctor Herrera Allen (born December 14, 1966) is a retired Trinidadian-born Venezuelan basketball player. A power forward, he was part of the Houston Rockets National Basketball Association championship teams of the mid-1990s. He was the fi ...
Gabriel Estaba
Gabriel Ramon Estaba García (born 24 March 1965 in Carúpano, Sucre) is a Venezuelan basketball player. Estaba played Venezuela's Liga Profesional de Baloncesto with Panteras de Lara, Panteras de Miranda and Marinos de Oriente. He played with ...
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Iván Olivares
Iván José Olivares Alvárez (born 10 December 1961 in Caracas) is a Venezuelan former basketball player who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics. He is considered one of the greatest Venezuelan basketball players of all time.
In addition to the ...