Club Atlético Peñarol (Mar del Plata)

Peñarol
Nickname Milrayitas (thousand-strips)
Leagues Liga Nacional de Básquet
Founded 7 November 1922 (1922-11-07)
Arena Polideportivo Islas Malvinas
Location Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Team colors          
President Domingo Robles
Head coach Leonardo Gutiérrez
Championships 5 Argentine championships
2 FIBA Americas League
2 Torneo InterLigas
3 Torneo Super 8
2 Copa Desafío
1 Copa Argentina
Website www.peñarolmardelplata.com
Uniforms

Club Atlético Peñarol (usually called Peñarol de Mar del Plata or simply Peñarol) is an Argentine sports club based in Mar del Plata. The club is mostly known for its basketball team, which is currently playing in the Liga Nacional de Básquet (LNB), the top level of the Argentine league system. Their home arena is the Polideportivo Islas Malvinas.

The team had its most successful campaign during 2010, winning 5 official tournaments (FIBA Americas League, Liga Nacional, InterLigas, and Copa Argentina).[1]

Apart from basketball, other activities held in Peñarol are football and martial arts.

Players

Current roster

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

Peñarol (MdP) roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.Name
SF 4 Argentina Alejandro Diez 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
C United States Glenn, Ricardo 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 28 – (1990-05-01)1 May 1990
PF 12 Argentina Guaita, Diego 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 35 – (1983-01-02)2 January 1983
SG 15 Argentina Slider, Jonatan 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 31 – (1987-07-27)27 July 1987
C 21 Argentina Torres, Juan Manuel 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 34 – (1984-02-24)24 February 1984
F 22 United States Kennedy Winston
PG 30 Argentina Juan Pablo Figueroa
SF 32 United States Pettigrew, Steffphon 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 29 – (1989-03-21)21 March 1989
C 34 United States Chris Moss 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 38 – (1980-02-07)7 February 1980
75 Argentina Tomas Monacchi
77 Argentina Pablo Valentinuzi
G 91 Chile Sebastián Suárez
Head coach
  • Argentina Marcelo Richotti
Assistant coach(es)
  • Argentina Juan Manuel Gatti
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured
Updated: 2017-09-01

Retired numbers

Peñarol retired numbers
N° Player Position Tenure Num. Ret.
8Argentina Tato RodríguezPG1994–1998, 1999–2003, 2004–20112011-11-23 [2][3]

Other notable former players

To appear in this section a player must have either, set a club record or won an individual award as a professional player, or played at least one official international match for his senior national team.

Notable coaches

To appear in this section a player must have either, won an award or title as head coach of a professional team or coached a national team

Titles

National

International

Individual accomplishments

Olympic team selection

References

  1. ↑ Miguel Romano (2010-10-10). "Cartón lleno para el gran campeón". Cancha Llena (in Spanish). Retrieved 2010-10-11.
  2. ↑ "Peñarol retiró la camiseta de 'Tato' Rodríguez", La Voz del Interior, 2011-11-23
  3. ↑ "La camiseta de Tato dijo hasta siempre", Pickandroll.com.ar, 2011-11-24
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