Juan Alberto Espil

Juan Alberto Espil Vanotti (born 5 January 1968) is a retired Argentine-Italian professional basketball player, who played as a shooting guard-small forward.

Professional career

Espil's last pro club was Bahía Basket (successor of Estudiantes in the LNB), where he retired in 2012.

In February 2013, Estudiantes honoured Espil by retiring the #10 jersey that he had worn during his two tenures on the club.

National team career

Espil helped Argentina to claim the country's first ever gold medal in men's basketball at the Pan American Games, as Argentina defeated the Team USA, in the final of the 1995 Pan American Games, in Mar del Plata, Argentina.

Espil also competed with the senior men's Argentine national basketball team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where his team finished in ninth place in the overall standings.

References

External links

FIBA Archive Profile

FIBA Europe Profile

EuroCup Profile

Eurobasket.com Profile

Spanish League Profile

Italian League Profile

1968 births

Living people

Argentine expatriate basketball people in Spain

Argentine men's basketball players

Atenas basketball players

Basketball players at the 1995 Pan American Games

Basketball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Basketball players with retired numbers

Bàsquet Manresa players

Bilbao Basket players

Boca Juniors basketball players

Estudiantes de Bahía Blanca basketball players

G.E.P.U. basketball players

Italian expatriate basketball people in Spain

Italian men's basketball players

Joventut Badalona players

Liga ACB players

Obras Sanitarias basketball players

Olympic basketball players for Argentina

Pallacanestro Virtus Roma players

Pan American Games gold medalists for Argentina

Sportspeople from Buenos Aires Province

Saski Baskonia players

Shooting guards

Small forwards

Pan American Games medalists in basketball

1998 FIBA World Championship players

Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games

1994 FIBA World Championship players