Bruno Lábaque

Bruno Lábaque
Personal information
Born (1977-11-11) November 11, 1977
Córdoba
Nationality Argentina
Career information
Playing career 1994–2017 [1]
Position Point guard
Career history
1994–2003 Atenas
2003–04 Rimini Crabs
2004–05 Tenerife
2005–06 River Plate
2006 Sebastiani Rieti
2006–09 Atenas
2009–10 Obras Sanitarias
2010–17 Atenas

Bruno Lábaque (born November 11, 1977 in Córdoba) is an Argentine former professional basketball player. His position on the field was point guard. Lábaque spent most of his career at Atenas, where he won 12 titles with the team. Lábaque played more the 900 games for Atenas, with near 9,000 points scored.[2]

Career

Club

Lábaque started his career in Atenas, debuting in the Liga Nacional de Básquet on November 13, 1994 vs. Quilmes (MDP).[3]

On March 8, 2017, Lábaque played his 900th game in the Liga Nacional de Básquet, when Atenas played Estudiantes (Concordia). Lábaque became the 6th player to attend more than 900 games.[4] His best performance was in May 2017 when he scored 41 points in a game.[5]

In May 2017 Lábaque played his last game, when his team, Atenas, lost to Instituto de Córdoba. That night Atenas announced that number "7" would be retired in his honour.[6]

National team

Lábaque's debut in the Argentina national basketball team was in the 2003 South American Basketball Championship held in Montevideo, against Chile. Lábaque also played the 1997 U-23 World Championship, 2003 PanAmerican Games and the 2004 South American Championship.[7]

Honours

Club

Atenas

Individual

  • LNB All-Star 2002, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2015
  • N° 7 retired by Atenas [2]

References

  1. ↑ Lábaque profile on ACB.com
  2. 1 2 Se retiró Lábaque con una derrota frente a Instituto, LNB website, 12 May 2017
  3. ↑ Lábaque: "Me fastidian un montón de cosas y me cansé; no sigo más" on Basquet Plus, 10 May 2017
  4. ↑ Bruno Lábaque, el sexto miembro del exclusivo club de los 900 on Basquetplus.com, 10 May 2017
  5. ↑ Bruno Lábaque y una noche gloriosa para su historia en Atenas on Básquetplus
  6. ↑ Se retiró Lábaque con una derrota frente a Instituto, LNB website, 12 May 2017
  7. ↑ Jugadores Históricos de Atenas de Córdoba
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