Marcos Delía

Marcos Nicolás Delía[1] (born April 8, 1992) is an Argentine-Italian[2][3] professional basketball player for Virtus Bologna of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A. He also represents the senior Argentina national basketball team internationally. He is a 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)[4] tall center, that can also play as a power forward, if needed.

Marcos Delía
Delía with Argentina, in 2015.
No. 16 – Virtus Bologna
PositionPower forward / Center
LeagueLBA
Personal information
Born (1992-04-08) April 8, 1992
Saladillo, Argentina
NationalityArgentine / Italian
Listed height2.09 m (6 ft 10 in)
Listed weight111 kg (245 lb)
Career information
NBA draft2014 / Undrafted
Playing career2010–present
Career history
2010–2014Boca Juniors
2014–2016Obras Sanitarias
2016–2019Murcia
2019Joventut
2019Fuerza Regia de Monterrey
2019–presentVirtus Bologna
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Argentina
World Cup
2019 China
FIBA AmeriCup
2015 Mexico
2017 Argentina
2013 Venezuela
Pan American Games
2019 Lima
FIBA South American Championship
2012 Argentina
2014 Venezuela

Professional career

Delía played with Lanus Buenos Aires in Argentina during the 2008–09 season. He spent the 2009–10 season with Ciudad de Saladillo. He then moved to the Argentine club Boca Juniors, in 2010, and he stayed there until 2014, when he moved to the Argentine club Obras Sanitarias.

In 2016, he moved to the Spanish League club UCAM Murcia. In 2016–17 season, he made a debut in EuroCup and averaged 3.6 points and 2.6 rebounds in 14 appearances. In the Spanish League, he made 32 appearances and averaged 5.7 points and 3.3 rebounds per game. In 2017–18 season, he averaged 6.2 points and 3.9 rebounds over 34 Spanish League games. He started the 2018–19 season playing for UCAM Murcia, and in the mid-season moved to Joventut. In 32 games of the Spanish League, he averaged 5.8 points and 3.1 rebounds per game for both clubs.

In the summer of 2019, he signed a contract with the Mexican reigning champions Fuerza Regia de Monterrey;[5] however, after only few months, in October he joined Virtus Bologna in the Lega Basket Serie A.[6]

National team career

Delía was a member of the junior national teams of Argentina. With Argentina's junior national teams, he played at the won the gold medal at the 2009 FIBA South America Under-17 Championship, where he won a gold medal, at the 2010 FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship, and at the 2011 FIBA Under-19 World Championship.

He has also been a member of the senior men's Argentine national basketball team. With the senior Argentine national team, he has won medals at the following tournaments: the 2012 South American Championship, where he won a gold medal, the 2014 South American Championship, where he won a silver medal, the 2013 FIBA Americas Championship, where he won a bronze medal, and the 2015 FIBA Americas Championship, where he won a silver medal.

He has also played with Argentina's senior national team at the following tournaments: the 2011 Pan American Games and the 2015 Pan American Games, the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup, 2016 South American Championship, and the 2016 Summer Olympics.[7]

In 2019, he took part in the team that won the Pan American gold medal in Lima. He was included in the Argentine squad for the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup and clinched silver medal with Argentina which emerged as runners-up to Spain at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup.[8]

References
  1. "DELIA, Marcos Nicolas". info.guadalajara2011.org.mx. Archived from the original on 2012-01-01.
  2. DELIA, MARCOS NATIONALITY: ITALY.
  3. "Marcos Delía nacionalidad | licencia: ITA | EUR {{in lang|es}}". Archived from the original on 2016-08-27. Retrieved 2017-01-25.
  4. "Marcos Delía altura 2.11 m {{in lang|es}}". Archived from the original on 2016-08-27. Retrieved 2017-01-25.
  5. "Marcos Delía: "tengo una gran expectativa con lo que me voy a encontrar en la liga de México"". abcsaladillo.com (in Spanish). 30 August 2019. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  6. Eurocup, colpo in trasferta della Virtus. E arriva il centro argentino Delia
  7. Marcos DELIA (ARG).
  8. "Spain seal second FIBA World Cup with win over Argentina". MARCA in English. 15 September 2019. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
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