Ruben_Magnano

Rubén Magnano

Rubén Magnano

Argentine-Italian basketball coach

Rubén Pablo Magnano (born 9 October 1954) is an Argentine-Italian[1] professional basketball coach.[2]

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Coaching career

Magnano served as the head coach of the senior men's Argentine national team. He led Argentina to the silver medal at the 2002 FIBA World Championship.[3] Argentina also beat Team USA during the tournament.[4]

He also led Argentina to a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympic Games.[5] In the process, Argentina once again beat Team USA, that time in the tournament's semifinals.[6]

In January 2010, he became the head coach of the senior men's Brazilian national team until 2016.[7] He was granted the Platinum Konex Award 2010 as the best head coach from the last decade in Argentina. In 2018, he became the head coach of the senior men's Uruguay national team.

Awards and accomplishments

Coaching career

Pro clubs

National teams

References

  1. [1]
    ACB.com R. Magnano nacionalidad: ITA (in Spanish).
  2. [2]
    Ruben Magnano at Eurobasket. Retrieved on 21 July 2008.
  3. [3]
    FIBA.com Final 8 September 2002.
  4. [4]
    FIBA.com Game: ARGENTINA vs USA (Group F) Date: 4 September 2002 Time:19h00.
  5. [5]
    FIBA.com 13 to 29 Aug. 2004 - Athens in Greece. Event Standings.
  6. [6]
    FIBA.com Box Score Game: ARGENTINA vs USA (Group 38) Date: 27 August 2004 Time:22h15 City: Athens.
  7. [7]
    Rubén Magnano é o novo técnico da seleção de basquete (in Portuguese). Estado de S.Paulo. 16 January 2010.
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