Diego Ciorciari
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Diego Andrés Ciorciari is an Argentine
professional basketball player who plays point guard with Menorca Basquet of Spanish ACB League.
with Luis Scola
and Federico Kammerichs among others. Because he was the youngest player of the team, the speaker nicknamed him El 'pichón' Ciorciari, being pichón a baby bird. Despite his height, in 2001 he won the LNB Slam Dunk Contest against Walter Herrmann
, after having lost the final the year before.
Afterwards he moved to Austria, where he played only for two months before he moved to Italy, where he played in Lega and Lega-2. In 2003 he signed for CAI Zaragoza, of Spanish second division LEB
, and on the 4 November 2004 he made his debut in ACB
with Lagun Aro Bilbao Basket. From 2005 to 2010 he played in the LEB league in different teams, and on May 2010 he won the LEB Play-off with Menorca basket and promoted to ACB.
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
professional basketball player who plays point guard with Menorca Basquet of Spanish ACB League.
Early years
He began to play basketball in an amateur club called Rivadavia Juniors, in his home city, Santa Fe.Pro career
Ciorciari first started to play as a professional in Argentina in 1997, when he was only 17, playing for Ferro Carril OesteFerro Carril Oeste
Club Ferro Carril Oeste, known simply as Ferro Carril Oeste or Ferro, is a sports club from the neighbourhood of Caballito, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The club was founded on July 28, 1904 by 95 railway workers from the Buenos Aires Western Railway...
with Luis Scola
Luis Scola
Luis Alberto Scola Balvoa is an Argentine professional basketball player. The power forward-center for the Argentine national team is currently signed with the NBA's Houston Rockets. He formerly was a Euroleague star with the ACB's Saski Baskonia...
and Federico Kammerichs among others. Because he was the youngest player of the team, the speaker nicknamed him El 'pichón' Ciorciari, being pichón a baby bird. Despite his height, in 2001 he won the LNB Slam Dunk Contest against Walter Herrmann
Wálter Herrmann
Walter Herrmann Heinrich is an Argentine professional basketball player. He is listed at 6'9" and 225 lbs. He was a key member of the Argentinian national basketball team that won the gold medal during the 2004 Olympic Basketball Tournament...
, after having lost the final the year before.
Afterwards he moved to Austria, where he played only for two months before he moved to Italy, where he played in Lega and Lega-2. In 2003 he signed for CAI Zaragoza, of Spanish second division LEB
LEB
LEB may refer to:* Liga Española de Baloncesto, Spanish basketball league* The FAA identifier for Lebanon Municipal Airport * London Electricity Board, the public utility company responsible for electricity in the London area prior to privatisation in 1990* Life expectancy at birth* The Lexham...
, and on the 4 November 2004 he made his debut in ACB
ACB
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with Lagun Aro Bilbao Basket. From 2005 to 2010 he played in the LEB league in different teams, and on May 2010 he won the LEB Play-off with Menorca basket and promoted to ACB.
Clubs
- Ferro Carril OesteFerro Carril OesteClub Ferro Carril Oeste, known simply as Ferro Carril Oeste or Ferro, is a sports club from the neighbourhood of Caballito, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The club was founded on July 28, 1904 by 95 railway workers from the Buenos Aires Western Railway...
- LNB (Argentina) - 1997/2002 - Arkadia Traiskirchen - OBL (Austria) - 2002
- De Vizia Avellino - Lega (Italy) - 2002
- Vip Rimini - Legadue (Italy) - 2002/2003
- CAI Zaragoza - LEBLEBLEB may refer to:* Liga Española de Baloncesto, Spanish basketball league* The FAA identifier for Lebanon Municipal Airport * London Electricity Board, the public utility company responsible for electricity in the London area prior to privatisation in 1990* Life expectancy at birth* The Lexham...
(Spain) - 2003/2004 - Lagun Aro Bilbao Basket - ACBAsociación de Clubs de BaloncestoThe Liga ACB, known as the Liga Endesa for sponsorship reasons, is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in Spain. It was founded in 1956 with the name of Liga Nacional. The league changed its name to the current one in 1983. The league is rated as one of the three "A" level European...
(Spain) - 2004/2005 - Calpe Aguas - LEB (Spain) - 2005/2006
- Leche Río Breogán - LEB (Spain) - 2006/2007
- Melilla BaloncestoMelilla BaloncestoClub Melilla Baloncesto are a professional basketball team based in Melilla that plays in the LEB league. This is the only team in Spain that played all LEB seasons....
- LEB (Spain) - 2007/2009 - ViveMenorca - LEB & ACB (Spain) - 2009/present