Víctor Manuel Ávila Haro (23 March 1977) is a Mexican professional
basketball
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player currently with the
CIBACOPA team
Caballeros de Culiacán
Caballeros de Culiacán is a professional basketball club based in Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico. The team currently plays in the Circuito de Baloncesto de la Costa del Pacífico ( CIBACOPA). In the past the team played in the Liga Nacional de Balonc ...
. Since the
CIBACOPA takes place for only a few months a year, Avila also plays for
Halcones UV Xalapa
Halcones de Xalapa is a basketball club based in Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico that plays in the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional (LNBP). Their home games were played at Gimnasio Universitario de la Unidad Deportiva.
Former Michigan star and ...
in the
LNBP. Throughout his career, Avila has played professional basketball in the
United States
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,
Mexico
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,
Czech Republic
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and
Puerto Rico
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. He has represented Mexico’s national basketball team on many occasions.
Achievements
Individual
*1999, 2003–07, 2009:
Mexico national basketball team
*2008:
LNBP MVP
*2006, 2007, 2009:
CIBACOPA All-Star
*2004, 2005, 2009: Mexico LNBP All-Star
*1998: 2nd Team JUCO All-American
*1997: JUCO Conference Freshman of the Year
Team
*2010, 2014: CIBACOPA Champion
*2009: CIBACOPA Southern Division Champion
*2008-2010: LNBP Champion
*2007:
FIBA COCABA Championship
The COCABA (Confederación Centroamericana de Baloncesto) championship is a regional basketball qualifying tournament and the first of four possible steps that Central American national teams have to participate in order to qualify for major in ...
Gold Medal
*2003:
Centrobasket Bronze Medal
References
External links
Oklahoma Sooners bioVíctor Ávilaat Latinbasket.com
Víctor Ávilaat
RealGM
1977 births
Living people
Atléticos de San Germán players
Caballeros de Culiacán players
Centers (basketball)
Charleston Lowgators players
Halcones de Xalapa players
Junior college men's basketball players in the United States
Mexican men's basketball players
Mexican expatriate basketball people in the United States
Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball players
Ostioneros de Guaymas (basketball) players
San Diego Wildfire players
Sportspeople from Culiacán
Tijuana Zonkeys players
Venados de Mazatlán (basketball) players
Basketball players from Sinaloa
Ángeles Guerreros de Acapulco players
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