Rubén Pablo Magnano (born 9 October 1954) is an Argentine-Italian professional

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Coaching career

Magnano served as the

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of the senior men's Argentine national team. He led Argentina to the silver medal at the

2002 FIBA World Championship The 2002 FIBA World Championship was the 14th edition of the competition now known as the FIBA Basketball World Cup, the international world championship for men's basketball teams. The tournament held by the International Basketball Federation in ...

. Argentina also beat

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during the tournament. He also led Argentina to a gold medal at the

2004 Summer Olympic Games The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

. In the process, Argentina once again beat Team USA, that time in the tournament's semifinals. In January 2010, he became the head coach of the senior men's Brazilian national team until 2016.Rubén Magnano é o novo técnico da seleção de basquete .
Estado de S.Paulo. 16 January 2010. He was granted the Platinum

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2010 as the best head coach from the last decade in Argentina. In 2018, he became the head coach of the senior men's Uruguay national team.

Awards and accomplishments

Coaching career

Pro clubs

*4× Argentine League Champion: (1992, 1998, 1999, 2009) *2× South American Club Champion: (1993, 1994) * Argentine 2nd Division Champion: (1995) * Pan American Club Championship Champion: (1996) *2× South American League Champion: (1997, 1998) * Argentine League Coach of the Year: (2000)

National teams

2001 FIBA AmeriCup The 2001 COPABA Tournament of the Americas, later known as the FIBA Americas Championship and the FIBA AmeriCup (also as the Championship of the Americas for Men), was hosted by Argentina, from 16 August, to 26 August 2001. The games were played at ...

: * 2002 FIBA World Cup: *

2003 FIBA AmeriCup The 2003 Tournament of the Americas in basketball, later known as the FIBA Americas Championship and the FIBA AmeriCup (also known as Las Americas Tournament for Men, FIBA Americas Olympic Qualifying Tournament, or Panamerican Olympic Qualifying T ...

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2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

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2011 FIBA AmeriCup The 2011 FIBA Americas Championship for Men, later known as the FIBA AmeriCup, was the qualifying tournament for FIBA Americas, at the 2012 Summer Olympics men's basketball tournament, in London. This FIBA AmeriCup tournament was held in Mar del ...

References

External links

Spanish League Coaching Profile

Italian League Coaching Profile
1954 births Living people Argentine basketball coaches Argentine expatriate basketball people in Spain Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Brazil Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Italy Argentine people of Italian descent Italian expatriate basketball people in Spain Italian basketball coaches Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Argentina Pallacanestro Varese coaches People from Villa María FIBA Hall of Fame inductees Sportspeople from Córdoba Province, Argentina {{Argentina-basketball-bio-stub