Richard Lugo (born May 7, 1973 in

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) is a Venezuelan professional

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player currently signed with Venezuelan team

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. Lugo played one season of

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Division I college basketball at

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in New York. He averaged 9.5 points, 8.1 rebounds, and 4.5 blocks per game as a freshman starting center for the Terriers. Following this season, he signed as a professional with

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in Venezuela. In 20 years as a professional, Lugo has played for several teams in Latin America and had brief stints in Europe and China. He was the Venezuelan Player of the Year in 1998 and is a four-time member of the Venezuelan All-Defensive Team (2000, 2005–07) and two-time Puerto Rican League Defensive Player of the Year (2003–04). Champion with Capitanes of Arecibo Puerto Rican League in 2005. Participates with Atleticos San German team Puerto Rican League in 2008. He was a player of Team Brujos de Guayama in 2007. Richard Lugo is a member of the Honorary Council of the Federation of Basketball of Venezuela. Lugo has been a member of the

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since 1998. He competed with the team at the

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and

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and was the team's leading rebounder at both tournaments.Profile
at FIBA.com 2016 Became for life in the Professional Basketball League of Venezuela (LPB) in the player with the most rebounds overcoming itself with more than 6,000 rebounds being the leader until today in the Venezuelan basketball.

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* 1973 births Living people Cangrejeros de Santurce basketball players Centers (basketball) Guaiqueríes de Margarita players Halcones UV Córdoba players Panteras de Miranda players People from Calabozo Sportspeople from Guárico Śląsk Wrocław basketball players St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers men's basketball players Trotamundos B.B.C. players Venezuelan expatriate basketball people in China Venezuelan expatriate basketball people in Colombia Venezuelan expatriate basketball people in Mexico Venezuelan expatriate basketball people in Poland Venezuelan expatriate basketball people in Puerto Rico Venezuelan expatriate basketball people in Spain Venezuelan men's basketball players 2006 FIBA World Championship players 2002 FIBA World Championship players Vaqueros de Bayamón basketball players {{Venezuela-basketball-bio-stub