Juan Ignacio Sánchez
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 Pepe Sánchez warming up with AXA FC Barcelona.
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| Nickname | Pepe |
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| Position | Point guard |
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
| Weight | 195 lb (88 kg) |
| League | ACB |
| Team | AXA FC Barcelona |
| Born | May 8, 1977 Bahía Blanca, Argentina |
| Nationality | Argentine |
| College | Temple |
| Draft | Not drafted |
| Pro career | 2000–present |
| Former teams | Philadelphia 76ers (2000–2001) Atlanta Hawks (2001) Panathinaikos (2001–2002) Detroit Pistons (2002–2003) Etosa Alicante (2003–2004) Unicaja Málaga (2004–2007) |
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| Gold | 2004 Athens | Team | |
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| Silver | 2002 USA | Argentina | |
Juan Ignacio Sánchez Brown, also known as Pepe Sánchez (born May 8, 1977 in Bahía Blanca) is an Argentine professional basketball player, and point guard for Spanish League club power AXA FC Barcelona and Argentina's 2004 Olympic basketball Tournament champion Argentine basketball team. Pepe Sánchez (1.93 metres, 6 feet 4 inches tall) was the first Argentine to play in the NBA, though he only played three unsuccessful seasons, with the Atlanta Hawks (5 games) Philadelphia 76ers (24 games), Detroit Pistons (9 games) and the Golden State Warriors, averaging only 5 minutes per game.
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[edit] Player Career
[edit] Early Years
At age 12, he began playing for the youth team of Club Bahiense del Norte, together with future NBA star Emanuel Ginóbili. At age 17 he moved to Deportivo Roca for the 1994/95 season of the Argentine League, where he played point guard. The following year, he accepted a scholarship offer from Temple University in Philadelphia, but stayed in Argentina during the 1995/96 season, playing for Estudiantes de Bahía Blanca.
After his participation in the 1996 Youth Panamerican Tournament in Puerto Rico, where he represented Argentina's national basketball team, he moved to Philadelphia where he played for the Temple Owls college team for 4 years under Hall of Fame coach John Chaney, and finished his career as the #2 player in the NCAA in steals. As a junior, the crafty point guard guided the Owls to an appearance in the Elite Eight, where they fell to Duke. Despite averaging only 5.6 points per game as a senior, he was named a Third Team All-American by the Associated Press. He earned a degree in history at Temple in 2000.
[edit] Argentine National Team
Sánchez was first called up to the Argentine senior national team in 1998. With Argentina, Sánchez played at the World Championships at both the 1998 FIBA World Championship and the 2002 FIBA World Championship (where he won the silver medal), the South American Championship 1999 (where he won the silver medal), and at the 2004 Olympic Basketball Tournament (where he won the gold medal).
Sánchez's performance at the 2006 FIBA World Basketball Championship was quite satisfactory, with the Argentine press choosing him as the most outstanding player in the team [1].
[edit] Europe
In Europe, Sánchez won the Euroleague championship in the Euroleague 2001-02 season while playing with the Greek League club Panathinaikos, and he became the second best point guard in the Spanish League with Etosa Alicante[citation needed]. He transferred to Spanish Unicaja Málaga in 2004, with whom he won the 2005/06 ACB League; Unicaja's first Spanish League title. After three years at Unicaja, he left as a free agent when his contract expired at the end of the 2006-07 season.[2] On August 13, 2007, he signed with FC Barcelona.[3]
Since he also possesses Spanish citizenship, his inclusion on the roster of any Spanish team does not count towards the foreign player intake limit allowed to teams in that country, or to teams anywhere in the European Union (see Bosman ruling for the reason).
[edit] Teams
- 1994/1995 Deportivo Roca (Argentina)
- 1995/1996 Estudiantes de Bahía Blanca (Argentina)
- 1996/2000 Temple Owls (United States)
- 2000/2001 Philadelphia 76ers (United States)
- 2001/2001 Atlanta Hawks (United States)
- 2001/2002 Panathinaikos (Greece)
- 2002/2003 Detroit Pistons (United States)
- 2003/2004 Golden State Warriors (United States, pre-season)
- 2003/2004 Etosa Alicante (Spain)
- 2004-2007 Unicaja Málaga (Spain)
- 2007 - AXA FC Barcelona (Spain)
[edit] Notes and References
- ^ Voto de confianza
- ^ Despedida de Pepe Sánchez (Spanish). Baloncesto Málaga (2007-06-22). Retrieved on 2007-06-29.
- ^ AXA F.C. Barcelona lands passing wizard Sanchez. Euroleague.net (2007-08-13). Retrieved on 2007-09-21.
[edit] External Links
- Euroleague.net Profile
- NBA.com player file
- Official site (Spanish)
- Short Biography and Statistics (Spanish)
- File, at the Spanish ACB league (Spanish)
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