Marcelo Nicola

Marcelo Nicola

Position	Small Forward Power Forward
Height	6 ft 9.5 in (2.07 m)
Weight	225 lb (102 kg)
Born	May 12, 1971 (1971-05-12) (age 40) Rafaela, Santa Fe, Argentina
Nationality	Argentine-Italian
Draft	2nd round, 50th overall, 1993 Houston Rockets
Pro career	1991–2006
Career history	Long Island Surf (1991) Baskonia (1991-96) Panathinaikos (1996-97) Barcelona (1997-98) Treviso (1998-04) Kiev (2004-05) Montepaschi Siena (2005-06) Reggiana (2006)
Awards	All-Euroleague Second Team 2002

Marcelo Patricio Nicola Virginio (born May 12, 1971 in Rafaela, Santa Fe) is a retired Argentine-Italian professional basketball player. A very versatile power forward, he was a regular member of the Argentine national basketball team, and competed many years in the Euroleague.

Pro career

Nicola was selected 50th overall in the 1993 NBA Draft, but remained in Europe and won the Saporta Cup in 1996 with TAU Cerámica, the team in which he made his debut in the Spanish ACB League. He played his best basketball for Benetton Treviso, with which he lifted another Saporta Cup trophy in 1999, and he was selected to the All-Euroleague Second Team for the Euroleague 2001-02 season. He also made it to the Euroleague 2002-03 final game.

Argentine national team

Nicola was a member of the Argentine national basketball team. With the junior national team of Argentina, he played at the 1993 FIBA Under-21 World Championship. With Argentina's senior men's national team, he played at the 1994 FIBA World Championship, the 1996 Olympics, and the 1998 FIBA World Championship.

External links

• Euroleague.net Profile
• Sports-reference.com Olympic Athletes
• NBA Draft Profile
• Spanish League Profile (Spanish)
• Italian League Profile (Italian)

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Name	Nicola, Marcelo
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Date of birth	May 12, 1971
Place of birth	Rafaela, Santa Fe, Argentina
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