Tayavek Gallizzi (born February 8, 1993) is an Argentine professional

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player who currently plays for

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of the Argentine

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(LNB). He defends

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Professional career

Gallizzi began his professional club basketball career with Quilmes Mar del Plata. He helped Quilmes earn a league

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from the Argentine 2nd Division (TNA), to the Argentine 1st Division (LNB), in the 2012–13 season. He joined the Argentine club

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, in 2016, and moved to the Argentine club,

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, in 2017.

National team career

Gallizzi suited up for

at the

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. He played for

at the

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bringing home a silver medal, and he also participated in the

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. He played for

at the

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and brought home a silver medal after a loss in the tournament final against Spain at the

. In 2022, Galizzi won the gold medal in the

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held in

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. He was one of the Argentina´s squad

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s in the tournament.

References

External links

Tayavek Gallizzi
at eurobasket.com

at fiba.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Gallizi, Tayavek 1993 births Living people 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup players Argentine men's basketball players Basketball players at the 2015 Pan American Games Basketball players at the 2019 Pan American Games Basketball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Centers (basketball) La Unión basketball players Olympic basketball players of Argentina Pan American Games medalists in basketball Power forwards (basketball) Regatas Corrientes basketball players Quilmes de Mar del Plata basketball players Quimsa basketball players Sportspeople from Santa Fe, Argentina 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup players Pan American Games gold medalists for Argentina Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games