Diego Marcelo Osella (born September 4, 1969) is a retired[1] Argentine professional basketball player.
![]() Diego Osella, wearing the Atenas de Córdoba jersey | |
Personal information | |
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Born | Oncativo, Córdoba, Argentina | September 4, 1969
Listed height | 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) |
Career information | |
Playing career | 1988–2011 |
Position | Center |
Career history | |
1988–1992 | Atenas de Córdoba |
1992–1993 | Club Banco de Córdoba |
1993–2000 | Atenas de Córdoba |
2000–2001 | Lucentum Alicante |
2001 | Atenas de Córdoba |
2001–2002 | Estudiantes de Olavarría |
2002–2003 | Pallacanestro Varese |
2003–2010 | Atenas de Córdoba |
2010–2011 | Juventud Sionista |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Medals |
Professional career
Osella was the Argentine League Finals MVP in 1999.
National team career
With the senior Argentine national basketball team, Osella competed at the 1996 Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia, where his team finished in ninth place in the overall-rankings. A year earlier, he helped claim Argentina's first ever gold medal in senior men's basketball, at the 1995 Pan American Games, after defeating the United States in the final, in Mar del Plata, Argentina.[2]
Titles
Clubs
- Liga Nacional de Básquet: 1988, 1990, 1991–92, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2008–09
- Campeonato Sudamericano de Clubes: 1993, 1994
- Campeonato Panamericano de Clubes: 1996
- Liga Sudamericana de Clubes: 1997, 1998, 2004
- All club championships were won playing with Atenas.
National team
- Sudamericano Juvenil: 1988
- Pan American Games gold medal: 1995
- Sudamericano Mayores gold medal: 2001 [3]
Personal honours
- Liga Nacional de Básquet Statistical Leaders:
- Most games played in the Liga Nacional at the time he retired (1,096) [4]
- Most rebounds in the Liga Nacional (6,804).
- Most blocks in the Liga Nacional (989).
- 5th all-time top scorer in the Liga Nacional (12,358).
- Number 11 jersey retired by Atenas: (2011)[5][6][7]
References
External links
- Number 11 retirement video at BasketBlog.com (in Spanish)
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