Nicolás Eduardo "Nico" Carvacho Bibb (born January 24, 1997) is a Chilean-American professional

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player for MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza of the PLK. He played

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for

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Early life

Carvacho was born in

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. He is the son of Nicole and Eddie Carvacho, a professional soccer coach. Growing up, Carvacho preferred playing soccer to basketball, which he began playing at the age of nine. When he was 15, he moved to his father's native country of

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 ...

to join a soccer club. After five months, he returned to

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and decided to focus on basketball. As a junior at

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, Carvacho averaged 10 points and 10 rebounds per game and helped the team to a 19–12 record. He transferred to Sunrise Christian Academy for his senior season. Carvacho committed to

, one of the few schools to offer him a scholarship.

College career

Carvacho redshirted his freshman season. As a redshirt freshman, his game was raw and he picked up quick fouls but showed signs of great rebounding ability. He ended his sophomore season with 16 straight double-doubles. As a sophomore, Carvacho averaged 9.2 points, 10.3 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game for the Rams. After the season, coach

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was fired and Carvacho explored transferring. He received attention from several high-major schools such as

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and

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, but ultimately returned to Colorado State. On December 22, 2018, Carvacho had 23 points and a career-high 22 rebounds in a 64–61 loss to

Long Beach State California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) is a public research university in Long Beach, California. The 322-acre campus is the second largest of the 23-school California State University system (CSU) and one of the largest universities i ...

. After averaging 21.5 points and 8.5 rebounds in wins over

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and

New Mexico ) , population_demonym = New Mexican ( es, Neomexicano, Neomejicano, Nuevo Mexicano) , seat = Santa Fe , LargestCity = Albuquerque , LargestMetro = Tiguex , OfficialLang = None , Languages = English, Spanish ( New Mexican), Navajo, Ker ...

, Carvacho was named

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player of the week on January 14, 2019. On February 12, Carvacho surpassed

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as the all-time leading rebounder at Colorado State. He tied the Mountain West rebounds mark in the season finale. He was named to the First Team All-Mountain West as well as to the league Defensive Team. He averaged 16.1 points and an

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-leading 12.9 rebounds per game, and his 409 rebounds broke the school single-season record. After the season, he declared for the

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but ended up returning to the Rams. Coming into his senior season, Carvacho was named to the preseason First Team All-Mountain West. On November 5, Carvacho became the

all-time leading rebounder, grabbing 11 in a win over

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. He surpassed

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’s 958 career mark. At the conclusion of the regular season, Carvacho was named to the Second Team All-Mountain West. As a senior, Carvacho averaged 12.9 points and 10.8 rebounds per game and had 14 double-doubles.

Professional career

On September 12, 2020, Carvacho signed his first professional contract with

Rilski Sportist FC Rilski Sportist (ФК Рилски спортист Самоков) is a Bulgarian football club from the town of Samokov founded in 1947 and currently playing in the South-West Third League. Their home stadium is Iskar Stadium. Throughou ...

of the Bulgarian National Basketball League. Carvacho had a great season in the Bulgarian

league National Basketball League and was named as best import player and best center of the Bulgarian season 2020–21. He also wheeled Rislki to its third-ever

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title and was given MVP honours. On July 16, 2021, Carvacho signed with

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of the German

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National team career

Carvacho is a current member of the Chilean men's national basketball team. In 2013, Carvacho competed for

at the

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, where his team finished in fifth place. In the following year, he represented

at the

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, an under-18 tournament held in

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, Germany. Carvacho played for the senior team of Chile in 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 ...

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, Venezuela and was named Honorable Mention All-Tournament.

Career statistics

College

, - , style="text-align:left;", 2015–16 , style="text-align:left;",

, style="text-align:center;" colspan="11",

Redshirt , - , style="text-align:left;", 2016–17 , style="text-align:left;",

, 36 , , 33 , , 21.9 , , .537 , , .333 , , .595 , , 5.7 , , 1.2 , , .4 , , .5 , , 5.4 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2017–18 , style="text-align:left;",

, 32 , , 32 , , 28.7 , , .507 , , .375 , , .608 , , 10.3 , , 2.2 , , .7 , , .7 , , 9.2 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2018–19 , style="text-align:left;",

, 32 , , 32 , , 31.9 , , .592 , , .000 , , .491 , , 12.9 , , 2.1 , , .6 , , .7 , , 16.1 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 100 , , 97 , , 27.3 , , .556 , , .333 , , .553 , , 9.5 , , 1.8 , , .6 , , .6 , , 10.0

References

External links

Colorado State Rams bio
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