Hugo Ariel Sconochini (born 10 April 1971) is an Argentine-Italian former professional
basketball
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player. He played at the
shooting guard and
small forward
The small forward (SF), also known as the three or swingman, is one of the five positions in a regulation basketball game. Small forwards are typically shorter, quicker, and leaner than power forwards and centers but taller, larger, and stronger ...
positions.
Players Index: Hugo Sconochini.
Professional career
He won the EuroLeague championship in 1998 and 2001, with the Italian League club Virtus Bologna
Virtus Pallacanestro Bologna, known for sponsorship reasons as Virtus Segafredo Bologna, is an Italian professional basketball club based in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna.
The club was founded in 1929, which makes it the oldest club in Italy and one ...
. In the 1996–97 season, Sconochini played with the Greek Basket League
The Greek Basket League (GBL), often also referred to as the Greek A1 Basketball League, or Greek Basketball Championship (originally called Panhellenic Basketball Championship), and also known as the Stoiximan Basket League for sponsorship reaso ...
club Panathinaikos, and with them, he won the FIBA Intercontinental Cup
The FIBA Intercontinental Cup, also commonly referred to as the FIBA World Cup for Champion Clubs, or the FIBA Club World Cup, is a professional basketball clubs competition that is endorsed by FIBA and the NBA. Historically, its purpose has b ...
in September 1996.
National team career
Sconochini was a regular on Argentina's senior national team, with which he won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and a silver medal at the 2002 FIBA World Championship
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.
References
External links
Euroleague.net ProfileEurobasket.com ProfileItalian League Profile
Spanish League Profile
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1971 births
Living people
1998 FIBA World Championship players
2002 FIBA World Championship players
Argentine expatriate basketball people in Spain
Argentine men's basketball players
Argentine people of Italian descent
Basketball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Italian expatriate basketball people in Spain
Italian men's basketball players
Liga ACB players
Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Olimpia Milano players
Olympic basketball players of Argentina
Olympic gold medalists for Argentina
Olympic medalists in basketball
Pallacanestro Virtus Roma players
Panathinaikos B.C. players
Saski Baskonia players
Shooting guards
Small forwards
Viola Reggio Calabria players
Virtus Bologna players
Sportspeople from Santa Fe Province
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