Nicolás "Nico" Richotti (born 17 October 1986) is an Argentine professional

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player. At a height of 1.84 m (6'0 ") tall, he plays at both the

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and

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positions, with shooting guard being his main position.

Professional career

Richotti started his career in 2004 at Hindú Resistencia of the Argentine Second League. In 2005, he moved to Italy, on a one-year contract with Bari, in the Italian minor divisions. In 2008, after playing three years in the Italian minors, Richotti signed with the Spanish

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team CB San Isidro. One year later, he joined the Real Madrid

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, Real Madrid B, before moving to

CB Canarias Club Cantera Base 1939 Canarias S.A.D., commonly known as CB Canarias and known as Lenovo Tenerife for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball team that is based in San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain. Domestically, the team pl ...

in 2010, where he became the team's

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in 2015. On September 23, 2019, he has signed with

Montakit Fuenlabrada Baloncesto Fuenlabrada, S.A.D., known as just Fuenlabrada and also Carplus Fuenlabrada because of sponsorship reasons,, is a professional basketball team based in Fuenlabrada, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB and plays their home games at Fe ...

of the

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. In August 2021, Richotti signed with Úrvalsdeild karla club

Njarðvík Njarðvík () is a town in southwestern Iceland, on the peninsula of Reykjanes. As of 2009, its population was 4,400. History In 1995 it merged with the town of Keflavík and the village of Hafnir to form the new municipality of Reykjanesbær. T ...

. On 18 September he scored 14 points in Njarðvík's 97-93 win against

Stjarnan Ungmennafélagið Stjarnan, commonly known as Stjarnan, is an Icelandic multi-sports club specialising in handball, football, basketball, volleyball and gymnastics located in Garðabær.and in the top 10 in the World and they have won the League ...

in the Icelandic Cup final, ending the clubs 16 year major title draught. On 2 October 2021, he scored 18 points in Njarðvík's 100–113 loss against

Þór Þorlákshöfn Ungmennafélagið Þór, commonly known as Þór Þorlákshöfn, is a multi-sport club in Þorlákshöfn, Iceland. It has active departments in athletics, badminton, basketball, motorcycle sports and track & field but has also featured various othe ...

in the

Icelandic Super Cup The Icelandic Men's Super Cup (Icelandic: ''Meistarakeppni karla'') is an annual football game between the reigning champions of the Úrvalsdeild karla and the Icelandic Cup holders (or, if the same team holds both titles, between the title-holde ...

. On 7 January 2022, he scored a season high 29 points in a win against Þór Þorlákshöfn. For the season, he averaged 14.4 points, 4.4 rebounds and 5.2 assists. In October 2022, Richotti resigned with Njarðvík for the 2022–2023 season. On 15 December 2022, he scored 27 points in a victory against KR.

National team career

Richotti made his first appearances with the senior men's Argentine national team at the 2013 Stanković Continental Champions' Cup. He won the silver medal at the 2014 South American Championship. He also joined the Argentina senior national team for the

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, the 2015 Tuto Marchand Cup, and the

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, where he won a silver medal.Nicolas RICHOTTI (ARG).
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Trophies

With CB Canarias

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(Spanish 2nd Division): (1) **

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Copa Príncipe de Asturias The Copa Princesa de Asturias de Baloncesto (English: ''Princess of Asturias' Cup of Basketball'') is an annual 2nd-tier level national cup competition for Spanish professional basketball teams, that is organized by Spain's 2nd-tier level professi ...

(Spanish Prince's Cup) (Spanish 2nd Cup): (1) **

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: (1) ** 2016–17

References

External links

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Liga Endesa Profile

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Icelandic Basketball Association The Icelandic Basketball Association (''Icelandic:Körfuknattleikssamband Íslands - KKÍ'') is the national governing body of basketball in Iceland and is a member of the continental association FIBA Europe and the global International Basketbal ...

{{DEFAULTSORT:Richotti, Nicolas 1986 births Living people Argentine expatriate basketball people in Iceland Argentine expatriate basketball people in Spain Argentine men's basketball players Argentine people of Italian descent Basketball players at the 2015 Pan American Games CB Canarias players Italian expatriate basketball people in Iceland Italian expatriate basketball people in Spain Italian men's basketball players Liga ACB players Pan American Games competitors for Argentina Point guards Njarðvík men's basketball players Shooting guards Sportspeople from Bahía Blanca Úrvalsdeild karla (basketball) players