Juan Fontena (born February 15, 1987), is a

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

an professional

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

player. He currently plays for the

Club Deportivo Valdivia Club Deportivo Valdivia is a Chilean professional basketball team located in Valdivia, Chile. The team currently competes in the Liga Nacional de Básquetbol de Chile, where the team won the 2016 and 2019 Championship.Liga Nacional de Básquetbol de Chile The Liga Nacional de Básquetbol de Chile, also known as the LNB Chile, is the top national basketball leagues in Chile, it is a professional league, organized by the Federación de Básquetbol de Chile. The league was created in 2010 and the old ...

. He represented

Chile's national basketball team The Chile national basketball team is controlled by the Federación de Básquetbol de Chile. It is affiliated to FIBA, under the zone confederation of FIBA Americas. In the 1950s, Chile had one of the finest national basketball teams in the worl ...

at the

2016 South American Basketball Championship The 2016 South American Basketball Championship was the 47th edition of the FIBA South American Basketball Championship. Ten teams were featured in the competition, which were held in Caracas, Venezuela from June 26 – July 2, 2016. The top five ...

, where he recorded most blocks for his team.Chile accumulated statistics , 2016 South American Championship for Men
ARCHIVE.FIBA.com, accessed 31 July 2016.

References

External links

Juan Fontena: “En Chile recibí la oportunidad que no tuve en mi país”
Life story on ''CORREO Del ORINOCO''
Latinbasket.com profile

REAL GM profile
1987 births Living people Chilean men's basketball players Power forwards (basketball) Centers (basketball) People from Carúpano Venezuelan emigrants to Chile Chile men's national basketball team players {{Chile-basketball-bio-stub