Bruno Lábaque (born November 11, 1977, in Córdoba) is an

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former professional

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player. His position on the field was

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. Lábaque spent most of his career at

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, where he won 12 titles with the team. Lábaque played more the 900 games for Atenas, with near 9,000 points scored.Se retiró Lábaque con una derrota frente a Instituto
LNB website, 12 May 2017

Career

Club

Lábaque started his career in

, debuting in the

Liga Nacional de Básquet Liga (Spanish and Portuguese: ''League'') or LIGA may refer to: Sports Basketball * Liga ACB, men's professional basketball league in Spain * Liga Femenina de Baloncesto, women's professional basketball league in Spain Football Latin Amer ...

on November 13, 1994, vs. Quilmes (MDP).Lábaque: "Me fastidian un montón de cosas y me cansé; no sigo más"
on Basquet Plus, 10 May 2017 On March 8, 2017, Lábaque played his 900th game in the Liga Nacional de Básquet, when Atenas played Estudiantes (Concordia). Lábaque became the 6th player to attend more than 900 games. His best performance was in May 2017 when he scored 41 points in a game. In May 2017 Lábaque played his last game, when his team, Atenas, lost to Instituto de Córdoba. That night Atenas announced that number "7" would be retired in his honour.

National team

Lábaque's debut in the

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was in the 2003

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held in

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, against

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. Lábaque also played the 1997 U-23 World Championship, 2003 PanAmerican Games and the 2004 South American Championship.

Honours

Club

;

: (5): 1997-98, 1998–99, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2008–09 * Torneo Copa de Campeones(2): 1998, 1999 *

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(1): 2008 * Torneo Super 8 (1): 2010 * Campeonato Panamericano (1): 1996 *

Liga Sudamericana The Liga Sudamericana de Baloncesto (LSB), or FIBA Liga Sudamericana de Baloncesto ( Portuguese: ''Liga Sul-Americana de Basquete'', English: ''South American Basketball League''), also commonly known as FIBA South American League, is the secon ...

(2): 1997, 1998

Individual

* LNB All-Star 2002, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2015 * N° 7 retired by Atenas

References

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