Andrés Nocioni

Andrés Marcelo Nocioni (born November 30, 1979) is an Argentine former professional basketball player. He was a two-time All-EuroLeague selection before spending eight seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), from 2004 to 2012. Nocioni won a EuroLeague title in 2015, earning the EuroLeague Final Four MVP Award in the process.

Andrés Nocioni
Nocioni with Baskonia in 2013
Personal information
Born (1979-11-30) November 30, 1979
Santa Fe, Argentina
NationalityArgentine / Italian
Listed height6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight225 lb (102 kg)
Career information
NBA draft2001: undrafted
Playing career1996–2017
PositionSmall forward / power forward
Number5, 6, 13
Career history
1996–1997Olimpia Venado Tuerto
1997–1999Independiente de General Pico
1999–2000Tau Cerámica
2000–2001Minorisa Manresa
2001–2004Tau Cerámica
20042009Chicago Bulls
20092010Sacramento Kings
20102012Philadelphia 76ers
2011Peñarol de Mar del Plata
2012–2014Laboral Kutxa Baskonia
2014–2017Real Madrid
Career highlights and awards
Stats  at NBA.com
Stats  at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Argentina
Olympic Games
2004 Athens
2008 Beijing
FIBA World Cup
2002 Indianapolis
FIBA Diamond Ball
2004 Belgrade
2008 Nanjing
FIBA AmeriCup
1999 San Juan
2001 Neuquén
2003 San Juan
2011 Mar del Plata
2015 Mexico City
FIBA South American Championship
1999 Bahía Blanca
2001 Valdivia

Nocioni was a member of Argentina's gold medal-winning team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, as well as the Argentina squads that won the bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the silver medal at the 2002 FIBA World Championship in Indianapolis. In 2010 he won the Konex Award as one of the five best Basketball Players from the last decade in Argentina. His jersey number 13 was retired by the Argentinian Basketball Confederation.

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