Fernando Arcega Explained

Fernando Arcega
Position:Forward
Height Ft:6
Height In:8
Weight Lb:211
Birth Date:3 September 1960
Birth Place:Zaragoza, Spain
Nationality:Spanish
Draft Year:1982
Career Start:1979
Career End:1995
Years1:1979–1981
Team1:CN Helios
Years2:1981–1995
Team2:CB Zaragoza

Fernando Arcega Aperte (pronounced as /es/; born 3 September 1960 in Ainzón, Zaragoza, Aragón) is a retired basketball player from Spain. He used to play as forward.

Arcega earned 121 caps for the Spain national basketball team and played at three Olympic Games. He was silver medallist for Spain in 1984 at Olympic Games and in 1983 at Eurobasket, and bronze medalist in 1991 at Eurobasket. Arcega won two Spanish Cups (1984, 1989) playing for CB Zaragoza (as CAI Zaragoza).

Personal life

Two of his brothers, José and Joaquín, also played professional basketball in Spain. Jose did also represent Spain in the Olympics.

Arcega's nephew, J. J. Arcega-Whiteside, played American football for the Philadelphia Eagles.[1]

References

Notes and References

  1. News: JJ Arcega Whiteside, sangre aragonesa que triunfa en la NFL . 17 January 2020 . Sport.