Aíto García Reneses
Alejandro 'Aíto' García Reneses (born 20 December 1946 in Madrid, Spain), usually known as just Aíto, is a Spanish professional basketball coach and former player.
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| Born | 20 December 1946 Madrid, Spain | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Spanish | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 1.25 in (1.86 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 180 lb (82 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Playing career | 1963–1973 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Point guard | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coaching career | 1998–present | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1963–1968 | Estudiantes | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1968–1973 | FC Barcelona | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1973–1983 | Círculo Católico / Cotonificio | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1983–1985 | Joventut Badalona | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1985–1990 | FC Barcelona | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1992–1997 | FC Barcelona | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1998–2001 | FC Barcelona | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2008 | Joventut Badalona | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | Spain | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2011 | Unicaja | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2014 | Sevilla | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2016 | Gran Canaria | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2021 | Alba Berlin | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Bàsquet Girona | ||||||||||||||||||||
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As a head coach, as well as leading Spain's national team to Olympic silver, he has won nine Spanish Liga ACB titles, all of them with FC Barcelona. He has won four European competitions - the FIBA Korać Cup (twice) and FIBA Saporta Cup with FC Barcelona, and the FIBA EuroChallenge and EuroCup with Joventut Badalona. He was also a EuroLeague runner-up on three occasions with FC Barcelona: in 1989–90, 1995–96, and 1996–97. Garcia Reneses is the first person to win the EuroCup Coach of the Year award twice: with Gran Canaria in 2015 and with Alba Berlin in 2019.
He has trained and fostered later NBA players such as Pau Gasol, Rudy Fernandez, Juan Carlos Navarro, Ricky Rubio and Kristaps Porzingis.