Hugo Ariel Sconochini (born 10 April 1971) is an Argentine retired professional basketball player. He played at the shooting guard and small forward positions.[1] During his professional club career, Sconochini won the FIBA Intercontinental Cup championship in 1996, and two EuroLeague championships, in 1998 and 2001.
He was also a member of the senior Argentine national team that won the gold medal at the 2004 Athens Summer Olympic Games.
Professional career edit
In the 1996–97 season, Sconochini played with the Greek Basket League club Panathinaikos Athens. With Panathinaikos, he won the 1996 edition of the FIBA Intercontinental Cup. As a member of Virtus Bologna, Sconochini won the Italian League championship in 1998 and 2001, and the Italian Cup title in 1999 and 2001 with Bologna. With Bologna, Sconochini also won the EuroLeague championship at both the 1998 EuroLeague Final Four and the 2001 EuroLeague Finals. As a member Baskonia, Sconochini won the Spanish League championship and the Spanish Cup title in the year 2002.
National team career edit
Sconochini was a regular member of the senior men's Argentine national team. He was a part of Argentina's "Golden Generation". With Argentina, he played at the 1998 FIBA World Championship. He won a bronze medal with Argentina at the 1999 FIBA Americas Championship.
Sconochini also won gold medals with Argentina at the 2001 FIBA South American Championship and the 2001 FIBA Americas Championship. He also won a silver medal with Argentina at the 2002 FIBA World Championship. In addition to that, Sconochini was a member of Argentina's gold medal winning team at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
References edit
- ^ Players Index: Hugo Sconochini. Archived 2008-03-19 at the Wayback Machine