Hugo Sconochini
Hugo Sconochini ( born April 10, 1971 in Cañada de Gómez, Argentina ) is a former Argentine professional basketball player. Sconochini was. During the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens with the Argentine national team Olympic champion
Career
Hugo Sconochini began his professional career in 1989 with the Argentine club Cañada de Gómez where he stood for a season under contract. With his move to Europe in 1990 began for the shooting guard a successful career in which he was particularly active in the Italian Lega Basket Serie A.
After six years at Viola Reggio Calabria, Olimpia Milan and Rome Virtus Sconochini moved in 1996 to Panathinaikos, where he could still win the first professional title of his career in the same year with the Intercontinental Cup. After only one year Sconochini moved back into the Italian league Virtus Bologna. In Bologna he played for four seasons and should experience the most successful phase of his career. In addition to two championships and an equal number of successes in the Italian Cup, 1998 Sconochini could win the European Champions Cup in 2001 and the inaugural ULEB Euro League. After spending a year in Spain, where in 2002 he was able to win Copa del Rey with TAU Ceramica, 2002 Sconochini returned again to Italy, where he played for his previous clubs Olimpia Milano and Virtus Roma.
From 2007 Sconochini no longer played professionally in unterklassigen Italian leagues, first with the fifth-tier UC Piacentina with which he ascended into the fourth highest league " Serie B Dilettanti " 2009. During this club in the season 2011/12 rose to the second division, Sconochini played until 2012 for more amateur teams.
National
Achievements
- Italian Champion: 1998, 2001
- Italian Cup: 1999, 2001
- Spanish Cup: 2002
- Intercontinental Cup: 1996
- European Champion Clubs' Cup: 1998
- ULEB Euro League: 2001
- Olympic champion: 2004
- America Champion: 2001
- Vice World Champion: 2002