Facundo "Facu" Campazzo Avedano (born 23 March 1991) is an Argentine professional

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player for

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of the

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and the EuroLeague. At a height of tall, he plays at the

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position. He is also a member of the senior

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. As a member of the Spanish club

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, Campazzo won two EuroLeague championships in

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and

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. While representing Argentina, Campazzo won the silver medal at the 2019 FIBA World Cup.

Professional career

Peñarol (2008–2014)

Campazzo began playing for the Argentine League club

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in 2008. With Peñarol, he won the following tournaments: the Argentine League championship four times (2010, 2011, 2012, 2014), the Argentine Cup (2010), the Argentine Challenge Cup (2010), the Argentine Super 8 Tournament three times (2009, 2011, 2013), the InterLeagues Tournament twice (2010, 2012), and the

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championship (

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). He was named the Argentine League Revelation of the Year and the Argentine Cup MVP in 2010. He was named the Argentine Super 8 Tournament MVP in 2011 and 2013 and the Argentine League Most Improved Player in 2012. He was also named the Argentine League Finals MVP in 2012 and 2014.

Real Madrid (2014–2020)

On 30 August 2014, Campazzo signed a three-year deal with the Spanish League club

. In the 2014–15 season, Real Madrid won the EuroLeague championship, after defeating the Greek club

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, by a score of 78–59, in the league's final game. Real Madrid eventually finished the season by winning the

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's 2014–15 season's league playoff finals, after a 3–0 series sweep in the finals series against

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. By winning that title, Real Madrid also won the

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. On 20 August 2015, Campazzo was loaned to Spanish club

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. He spent both the

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, and the 2016–17 ACB season with Murcia. He returned to Real Madrid for the 2017–18 ACB season. In May 2018, Real Madrid won the 2017–18 EuroLeague season's championship after defeating the Turkish club Fenerbahçe Doğuş in the

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, by a score of 85–80. Over 30 EuroLeague games played, Campazzo averaged 7.9 points, 4.5 assists and 2.4 rebounds per game. On 24 May 2018, he finished in fourth place in voting for the Spanish Liga ACB's MVP award of the 2017–18 season. On 26 June 2018, he re-signed to a three-year deal with

. On 3 May 2019, he was named the EuroLeague MVP for the month of April. In the third place game of the 2019 EuroLeague Final Four, Campazzo set an all-time record for assists in a Final Four game, with 15. He surpassed

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's previous record from

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. On 6 February 2020, Campazzo joined Stefan Jović at the top of the EuroLeague's all-time single-game assists chart after he dished out 19 assists in a 103–97 win over the German club

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NBA (2020–2022)

On 30 November 2020, Campazzo was signed by the

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of the

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to a multiyear contract. On 13 April 2022, Campazzo was suspended for Game 1 of the first round of the 2022 NBA playoffs. The suspension stemmed from him shoving Lakers guard

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in a game three days earlier. In October 2022, Campazzo signed a contract with the

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. On 28 November 2022, he was released into free agency when the Mavericks signed guard Kemba Walker.

Crvena zvezda (2022–present)

On 19 December 2022, Campazzo signed a contract with Serbian team

National team career

Junior national team

Campazzo was a member of Argentina's junior national teams. With Argentina's under-16 junior national team, he played at the 2007 FIBA South American Under-16 Championship, where he won a gold medal.

Senior national team

Campazzo competed for the senior

at the 2012 London Summer Olympics. He also played for Argentine teams that won gold medals at the 2012 South American Championship and the 2014 South American Games, silver medals at the 2014 South American Championship, the

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, and the 2017 FIBA AmeriCup, and a bronze medal at the 2013 FIBA Americas Championship. He also played with Argentina at the

2014 FIBA World Cup The 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup was the 17th edition of the FIBA Basketball World Cup, the tournament previously known as the FIBA World Championship. Hosted by Spain, it was the last tournament to be held on the then-current four-year cycle ...

and at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics. He helped Argentina bring home a gold medal from the 2019 Pan American tournament, which was held in

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. He also won the silver medal at the 2019 FIBA World Cup. In 2022, Campazzo won the gold medal in the 2022 FIBA AmeriCup held in

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. He was Argentina´s starting

in the tournament. After the final game against Brazil, he was named in the All-Tournament Team. Campazzo was named to the

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's All-Tournament Team in 2013, 2017 and 2022.

Career statistics

NBA

Regular season

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Playoffs

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EuroLeague

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Awards and accomplishments

Pro career

Champion: 2009–10 *4× Argentine League Champion: (2010, 2011, 2012, 2014) *2× Argentine League Finals MVP: (2012, 2014) *3× Argentine Super 8 Tournament Winner: (2009, 2011, 2013) *2× Argentine Super 8 Tournament MVP: (2011, 2013) *2× InterLeagues Tournament Champion: (2010, 2012) * Argentine Cup Winner: (2010) * Argentine Cup MVP: (2010) *Argentine Challenge Cup Winner: (2010) * Argentine League Revelation of the Year: (2010) *3× Argentine League All-Star: (2011, 2012, 2013) *3×

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's Argentine League All-Domestic Players Team: (2012–2014) *3×

's Argentine League All-Defensive Team: (2012–2014) *3× Argentine League Ideal Quintet Team: (2012, 2013, 2014) * Argentine League Most Improved Player: (2012) *4×

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Winner: (

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, 2018, 2019, 2020) *2× Spanish King's Cup Winner: (

, 2020) *2× EuroLeague Champion: (

) *3× Spanish League Champion: (

, 2019) *

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Winner: (2015) *

's EuroCup Defensive Player of the Year: (

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) *4× All-Spanish League Team: **2× All-Spanish League Second Team: (

, 2018) **2× All-Spanish League First Team: (

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) * Spanish League Most Spectacular Player: (2017) * EuroLeague's MVP of the Month of April: (2019) * Spanish League Finals MVP: (2019) *2×

MVP: (

) *

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