Antonio Alejandro Porta Pernigotti (born 28 October 1983) is a former Argentine-ItalianAntonio Porta Naz. Sportiva: ITA .
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player, who lasted played with the Svendborg Rabbits in the

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. He played at both the point guard and shooting guard positions. Porta is now a basketball coach on the “Svendborg Efterskole” in Svendborg, Denmark. He is the coach of a group of young teenagers.

Professional career

Porta played with several clubs in the

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, and also in the Spanish League and the

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National team career

Porta was a member of the senior

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. He made his debut with the national team at the

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. He also played with Argentina at the

2005 FIBA Americas Championship The 2005 FIBA Americas Championship, later known as the FIBA AmeriCup (also known as The Tournament of the Americas), was hosted by the Dominican Republic, from August 24, to September 4, 2005. The games were played in Santo Domingo. This FIBA Amer ...

, the 2006

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, and the

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. He was also a part of the Argentina squad that won a bronze medal at the

2008 Summer Olympic Games The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Nati ...

References

External links

Eurobasket.com ProfileItalian League Profile

Spanish League Profile

(archive) 1983 births Living people Argentine expatriate basketball people in Spain Argentine men's basketball players Argentine people of Italian descent Andrea Costa Imola players Basket Livorno players Basketball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics BC Spartak Saint Petersburg players CB Valladolid players Italian expatriate basketball people in Spain Italian men's basketball players Lega Basket Serie A players Liga ACB players Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic basketball players of Argentina Olympic bronze medalists for Argentina Olympic medalists in basketball Pallacanestro Biella players People from General López Department Point guards S.S. Felice Scandone players Scafati Basket players Scaligera Basket Verona players Shooting guards Sportspeople from Santa Fe Province Svendborg Rabbits players {{Argentina-basketball-bio-stub