Piratas de La Guaira

Piratas de La Guaira
Piratas de La Guaira
Nickname	La Maquinaria Naranja (The Orange Machinery)
Leagues	Venezuelan SuperLiga
Founded	March 6, 2008; 16 years ago
History	La Guaira B.B.C.; 2008–2010; Bucaneros de La Guaira; 2010–2022; Piratas de La Guaira; 2022–present
Arena	Polideportivo José María Vargas
Capacity	4,800
Location	Maiquetía, Venezuela
President	Gregory John
Head coach	Ariel Amarillo
Championships	0
Home	Away

The Piratas de La Guaira are a professional basketball team based in Maiquetía, Vargas, Venezuela. Founded in 2008, from 2010 to 2022, they were known as the Bucaneros de La Guaira. The team was re-founded as the Piratas in 2022.^[1] The team currently plays in the Superliga Profesional de Baloncesto, the top division of the Venezuelan basketball pyramid.^[2] The club also has a women's basketball team, volleyball and futsal teams.

Current roster edit

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Piratas de La Guaira roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Age
F	1	Oleka, Obinna	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	30 – (1993-11-04)4 November 1993
G	3	Dicent, Miguel	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	29 – (1994-05-09)9 May 1994
F/C	5	Diogu, Ike	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	40 – (1983-09-11)11 September 1983
G	7	Suero, Juan Miguel	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	30 – (1993-05-11)11 May 1993
G	10	Berroteran, Gregori	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	20 – (2003-05-07)7 May 2003
PF	12	Vargas, Javinger	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	34 – (1990-03-05)5 March 1990
G	13	Morillo, Alexander	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	32 – (1992-01-07)7 January 1992
G/F	15	Ramos, Jesus	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	26 – (1997-11-09)9 November 1997
F	17	Ramirez, Derwin	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	41 – (1982-11-22)22 November 1982
C	23	Espinoza, Adrian	2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)	27 – (1997-01-03)3 January 1997
G	24	Flores, Michael	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	39 – (1985-02-16)16 February 1985
F/C	32	Varnado, Jarvis	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	36 – (1988-03-01)1 March 1988

Head coach

Melvyn Lopez

Assistant coach(es)

Carlos Morban

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: 2 February 2023

Notable alumni edit

Players edit

To appear in this section a player must have either:

- Set a club record or won an individual award as a professional player.
- Played at least one official international match for his senior national team at any time.

Coaches edit

To appear in this section a player must have either:

- Set a club record or won an individual award as a professional coach.
- Coached at least one official international match for a senior national team at any time.

Iván Déniz

References edit

^ "🇻🇪 PIRATAS DE LA GUAIRA DA SUS PRIMEROS PASOS". CANCHA LATINA (in Spanish). 2022-06-06. Retrieved 2022-06-26.
^ Profile at Latinbasket.com

External links edit

[1] "🇻🇪 PIRATAS DE LA GUAIRA DA SUS PRIMEROS PASOS". CANCHA LATINA (in Spanish). 2022-06-06. Retrieved 2022-06-26.

[2] Profile at Latinbasket.com

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