Jordi Villacampa Amorós (born October 11, 1963) is a Spanish retired

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Joventut Badalona Club Joventut Badalona, S.A.D. () is a Spanish professional basketball club based in Badalona, Catalonia, Spain, playing in the Liga ACB and the EuroCup. Known to their fans as ''La Penya'' (in English, ''The Club''), it is one of only two teams ...

, and former chairman of the club. At 1.96 m (6 ft. 5 in.) tall, he played as a

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. His main skills and attributes as a player were his speed and a good long-distance shot. Villacampa is widely considered one of the best European swingmen of his generation.

Professional club career

For 21 years Villacampa was a high level player, playing always in the same club, Joventut de Badalona. He played for the first time with the senior men's professional team of

at 16 years old, and he spent his entire career there, until he retired in 1997, at age 33, with a great homage being given to him on December 22. During the years he played with

, he won the EuroLeague, two Spanish League championships, as well as some other titles. With Joventut de Badalona, he played in 506 games in the Spanish ACB League, and scored 8,991 points, the second most in Spanish ACB League history. He was named to the

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twice, at the

1992 FIBA European League Final Four The 1992 FIBA European League Final Four, or 1992 FIBA EuroLeague Final Four, was the 1991–92 season's FIBA European League Final Four tournament, organized by FIBA Europe. Partizan won its first title, after defeating Montigalà Joventut in ...

and 1994 FIBA European League Final Fours. Villacampa's number 8

jersey was retired in 1997, during a ceremony at the Pavelló Olímpic de Badalona.

National team career

Villacampa played in 158

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internationally with the senior Spain men's national team (playing for the first time in 1984), playing in nearly all of the great international competitions of his playing era: 2

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(

Seoul 1988 The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

Barcelona 1992 The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

), 3

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s (

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, and

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), and 4

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s (

1985 The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a ...

1987 File:1987 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes after leaving the Port of Zeebrugge in Belgium, killing 193; Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashes after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport, k ...

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, and

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). His single-game scoring record with the Spain national team was 48 points, which he achieved in a game against

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. The best team result that he achieved with Spain's national team was a bronze medal at the

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, which took place in

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Post-playing career

In 2000, Villacampa became the team President of

. As the team's President, he has won 2 Catalan League titles, the

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, a

Spanish Cup The Campeonato de España–Copa de Su Majestad el Rey, commonly known as Copa del Rey or simply La Copa and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–36) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–76), is an annual knockout footb ...

, and the Eurocup. He was able to return Joventut Badalona into being one of the better teams in the

Spanish ACB League The Liga ACB, known as Liga Endesa for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional basketball division of the Spanish basketball league system. Administrated by the Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto (ACB), Liga ACB is contested by 18 teams, wi ...

. On 27 December 2016, Villacampa announced he would leave the office after 17 years at the helm of the club. He finally did it on 26 April 2017, with former player Juan Antonio Morales becoming the new president of Joventut Badalona.

Clubs

* Club Joventut de Badalona: (youth categories) * Club Joventut de Badalona: (senior men's team) 1980–1997

Awards and accomplishments

Joventut Badalona

* 2×

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Champion: (1981, 1990) * 7× Catalan League Champion: (1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994) * 3× Prince of Asturies Cup Champion: (1987, 1989, 1991) * Spanish All-Star Game MVP (1987) *

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runner-up: (1988) * 2×

Champion: (1991, 1992) * EuroLeague

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: (1994) ** EuroLeague runner-up: (1992) * Spanish King's Cup Winner: (1997) * No. 8 retired by Joventut Badalona

Spanish senior national team

* EuroBasket 1991 in Rome:

References

External links

FIBA Archive ProfileSpanish League Profile
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