Juan Manuel "Juanma" López Iturriaga (born February 4, 1959) is a Spanish retired professional basketball player. He played

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and small forward and appeared in a total of 90 games with the Spain national basketball team, winning a silver medal at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles.

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Career

In 1975–76, Iturriaga played for Loyola Indautxu in national competition. Then he joined

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, where he would stay until the year 1987–88.

Retirement

Juan Manuel López Iturriaga has become a sports consultant on Spanish TV channels, commenting on the games of the Spanish team, working in newspapers such as

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and Gigantes del Basket. After his playing career, he began a career as a television host on Telemadrid, ETB 2, Telecinco and La Sexta,

References

Fibaeurope.com profile
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Spanish Olympic Committee

External links

ACB profile
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