Leonardo "Leo" Martín Gutiérrez (born May 16, 1978) is an Argentine former professional

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coach and former player. He played as a

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.Players Index: Leonardo Gutierrez.

Professional career

Gutiérrez had a career average of 13.1 points per game in the top-tier level

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, while playing in 1,106 games over 23 seasons. He scored a total of 14,531 points in the Argentina top League. He is also first all-time in games played in the Argentine League, and third all-time in total points scored. He holds the record for

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as defending the most Argentine League championships won, at 10.

National team career

Gutiérrez defended

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, bringing home from FIBA Americas Championships: a gold medal in

2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

and

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

, silver medals at the

2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...

2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

and

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

, and a bronze medal in

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

. He defended Argentina in

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bringing home medals in

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

, and a bronze medal at the

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

Personal life

Gutiérrez met his wife at Venado Tuerto, while playing for Olimpia. He married his longtime fiancée on June 17, 2006. They have two children. The first child in 1999, and his daughter, Mora, in 2009.

Awards and accomplishments

Pro career

*2× FIBA South American League Champion: (1996, 2006) *10× Argentine League Champion: (1996, 1999, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014) * Argentine League Dunk Tournament Champion: (1998) *13× Argentine League All-Star Game: (2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013) *4× Argentine League MVP: (2005, 2006, 2008, 2010) *6× Argentine League Ideal Quintet Team: (2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014) *4× Argentine League Finals MVP: (2005, 2007, 2010, 2011) *3× Argentine Cup Winner: (2006, 2008, 2010) *Argentine All-Star Game MVP: (2006) * South American Club Championship Champion: (2006) * FIBA South American League MVP: (2006) * Argentine League Top Scorer: (2008) *3× Super 8 Tournament Winner: (2009, 2011, 2013) * Super 8 Tournament Top Scorer: (2009) * Super 8 Tournament MVP: (2009) * Konex Award Merit Diploma - One of five best basketball player from last decade in Argentina: (2010) *2× InterLeagues Tournament Champion: (2010, 2012) *InterLeagues MVP: (2010) * FIBA Americas League Champion: (2010) * Argentine League Triples Tournament Champion: (2012)

Argentina national team

*2001 FIBA South American Championship: * 2001 FIBA Americas Championship: *

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: *2003 FIBA South American Championship: * 2003 FIBA Americas Championship: *2004 FIBA South American Championship: * 2004 Summer Olympic Games: * 2005 Stanković Continental Champions' Cup: *

2005 FIBA Americas Championship The 2005 FIBA Americas Championship, later known as the FIBA AmeriCup (also known as The Tournament of the Americas), was hosted by the Dominican Republic, from August 24, to September 4, 2005. The games were played in Santo Domingo. This FIBA Amer ...

: *2006 FIBA South American Championship: *

2007 FIBA Americas Championship The 2007 FIBA Americas Championships later known as the FIBA AmeriCup (or The Tournament of the Americas), was a basketball tournament held at Thomas & Mack Center, in Las Vegas, from August 22, to September 2. It was the thirteenth staging of the ...

: *2008 FIBA Diamond Ball Tournament: * 2008 Summer Olympic Games: *

2009 FIBA Americas Championship The 2009 FIBA Americas Championship, later known as the FIBA AmeriCup, was the continental championship held by FIBA Americas, for North, Central and South America and the Caribbean. This FIBA AmeriCup championship served as a qualifying tourname ...

: * 2011 FIBA Americas Championship: * 2012 FIBA South American Championship:

References

External links

FIBA ProfileLatinbasket.com Profile
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