Francisco Cáffaro | |
Position: | Center |
Height Ft: | 7 |
Height In: | 1 |
Weight Lb: | 242 |
Number: | 10 |
League: | West Coast Conference |
Team: | Santa Clara Broncos |
Birth Date: | 19 May 2000 |
Birth Place: | San Jorge, Santa Fe, Argentina |
High School: | NBA Global Academy |
College: | Virginia (2019–2023) Santa Clara (2023–present) |
Francisco Cáffaro (born 19 May 2000) is an Argentine college basketball player for the Santa Clara Broncos of the West Coast Conference (WCC). He previously played for the Virginia Cavaliers.
Cáffaro represented the senior Argentina men's national basketball team at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[1]
Cáffaro was born in San Jorge, Argentina, and grew up in Santa Fe, Argentina. From 2016–18, he attended the NBA Global Academy in Canberra, Australia and was one of the first graduates of the school to sign with an NCAA university.[2]
As a redshirt freshman, Cáffaro saw action in 20 games, averaging 1.4 points and 1.2 rebounds.[3] He posted a career-high, 10 points and seven rebounds against UNC.[4] As a redshirt sophomore, Cáffaro saw limited action in only 17 games, and posted collegiate career lows in games, minutes, and points due to the deep depth of the team.[5]
Cáffaro won the bronze medal at the 2018 FIBA Under-18 Americas Championship when he was named to the all-tournament team.[6] He represented the senior Argentina national basketball team at the 2020 Summer Olympics men's tournament.[7]
|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2018–19| style="text-align:left;"| Virginia| style="text-align:center;" colspan="11"| Redshirt|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2019–20| style="text-align:left;"| Virginia| 20 || 2 || 7.5 || .529 || – || .667 || 1.2 || .0 || .1 || .3 || 1.4|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2020–21| style="text-align:left;"| Virginia| 17 || 0 || 6.9 || .500 || – || .800 || 1.2 || .1 || .0 || .1 || 1.2|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career| 37 || 2 || 7.2 || .517 || – || .720 || 1.2 || .1 || .1 || .2 || 1.3