Luis Cequeira Explained

Luis Cequeira
Position:Point guard
Height Ft:5
Height In:11
League:Liga Nacional de Básquet
Team:Quilmes de Mar del Plata
Birth Date:4 February 1985
Birth Place:Resistencia, Chaco, Argentina
Career Start:2001
Years1:2001–2005
Team1:Quilmes de Mar del Plata
Years2:2005–2008
Years3:2008–2009
Years4:2009–2010
Team4:Juventud Sionista
Years5:2010–2011
Team5:Obras Sanitarias
Years6:2011–2013
Team6:Juventud Sionista
Years7:2013–2014
Team7:Boca Juniors
Years8:2014–2016
Team8:Quilmes de Mar del Plata
Years9:2017–2018
Team9:Argentino de Junín
Years10:2018–2021
Team10:Club Comunicaciones
Years11:2022–present
Team11:Quilmes de Mar del Plata
Highlights:

Luis Eduardo Cequeira[1] (born February 4, 1985) is an Argentine professional basketball player. He plays at the point guard position. He has been a member of the Argentine national basketball team.[2]

Professional career

Cequeira began his professional career in the Argentine League with Quilmes Mar del Plata during the 2001-02 season. He has since competed on four other teams while spending his career in the Argentine league. In the 2006–07 season, he helped Boca Juniors win the league title while being named League Sixth Man of the Year.[3] Cequeira has competed in the Liga Sudamericana, the top international competition for South American basketball clubs, on three occasions – 2006, 2008, and 2009.

After spending the 2009–10 season with Juventud Sionista, Cequeira signed a one-year deal with fellow Argentine side Obras Sanitarias on May 19, 2010.[4]

National team career

Cequeira is also a member of the senior men's Argentine national basketball team. He made his debut with the senior Argentine national team in 2007 at the 2007 Pan American Games. He later participated at the 2008 and 2010 South American Championship, helping the team to a gold medal in 2008 and a silver medal in 2010.[5]

In 2010, Cequeira was named to Argentina's 2010 FIBA World Championship squad – his first major international tournament – when long-time point guard Juan Pablo Cantero withdrew with a torn hamstring.[6]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: CEQUEIRA, Luis Eduardo . info.guadalajara2011.org.mx . https://web.archive.org/web/20120101032237/http://info.guadalajara2011.org.mx/ENG/ZB/ZBB101A_BK%40%40%40%40%40%40%40%40%40%40%40%40%40%40%40ENG_number%3D9694.htm . 2012-01-01 . dead .
  2. http://www.latinbasket.com/player.asp?Cntry=ARG&PlayerID=56851 Profile
  3. http://www.basquetplus.com/jugador.php?id=324&idl=6&t=2 Profile
  4. http://www.clubosn.com.ar/Club/DEPORTES/Basquet/inf-2411.htm Cequeira a Junior Works
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20100823184820/http://turkey2010.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/10/fwcm/player/p/eid/4728/pid/53653/rid/sid/4728/tid/237/profile.html Profile
  6. http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2010-08/25/content_11198689.htm Aging Argentina still favorite