Juan Alberto Espil VanottiJuan Alberto ESPIL VANOTTI (ARG) participated in 4 FIBA / FIBA Zones events. (born 5 January 1968) is a retired Argentine-ItalianJuan Alberto Espil Naz. di Nascita: ARG Naz. Sportiva: ITA . professional basketball player, who played as a shooting guard-small forward.
Professional career Espil's last pro club was Bahía Basket (successor of Estudiantes in the LNB), where he retired in 2012.Espil vivió su noche soñada, La Nación, 22 February 2013
In February 2013, Estudiantes honoured Espil by retiring the #10 jersey that he had worn during his two tenures on the club."Espil tuvo su merecido homenaje en Bahía", Clarín, 23 February 2013
National team career Espil helped Argentina to claim the country's first ever gold medal in men's basketball at the Pan American Games, as Argentina defeated the Team USA, in the final of the 1995 Pan American Games, in Mar del Plata, Argentina.
Espil also competed with the senior men's Argentine national basketball team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where his team finished in ninth place in the overall standings.
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External links FIBA Archive profile FIBA Europe profile EuroCup profile Eurobasket.com profile Spanish League profile Italian League profile