Nicolás Mazzarino Explained

Nicolás Mazzarino
Position:Assistant coach
Height Ft:6
Height In:0
Weight Lbs:195
League:Uruguayan Basketball League
Team:Biguá
Nationality:Uruguayan / Italian
Birth Date:21 October 1975
Birth Place:Salto, Uruguay
Career Start:1991
Career End:2020
Years1:1991–1996
Team1:Hebraica y Macabi
Years2:1997–2001
Team2:Welcome
Years3:2001
Team3:Boca Juniors
Years4:2001–2002
Team4:Welcome
Years5:2002–2005
Team5:Viola Reggio Calabria
Years6:2005–2013
Team6:Mapooro Cantù
Years7:2013–2020
Team7:Malvín
Highlights:

Nicolás Mazzarino (born October 21, 1975) is a former Uruguayan professional basketball player, and current assistant coach for Club Biguá de Villa Biarritz of the Liga Uruguaya de Básquetbol. He also holds an Italian passport.[1] At a height of 1.83 m (6'0") tall,[2] he played the point guard and shooting guard positions.

Professional career

Mazzarino began his professional career in the Uruguayan club Hebraica y Macabi in 1991. In this club, Mazzarino won the Uruguayan Federal Championship title in 1994. In 1997, he moved to C.A. Welcome, another Uruguayan basketball team, where he won 4 consecutive Uruguayan Federal Championships. In 2001, Mazzarino played a brief time in the Argentinian League team C.A. Boca Juniors, but then he returned to C.A. Welcome.

In 2001, he moved to the Italian League, to play in Viola Reggio Calabria, where he became the team's captain and best scorer in the 2004–05 season.

After that season, he moved to Pallacanestro Cantù. In the 2007–08 season, he became the captain of Cantù. His best season with Cantù was the 2009–10 season, when he helped Cantù make it to the Italian League semifinals, after averaging 13.8 points and 2.8 assists per game.

In 2013, he returned to Uruguay, and began playing at Club Malvín. With the team, he won the Uruguayan Basketball League championship in 2014, 2015, and 2018.

National team career

Mazzarino played with the senior Uruguayan national team from 1997 to 2014. He played with Uruguay at 6 FIBA South American Championships (1997, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2008, 2014), 6 FIBA AmeriCups (1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2013), and 3 Pan American Games (1999, 2003, and 2007).

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Notes and References

  1. https://basketball.latinbasket.com/player/Puerto_Rico/Capitanes_de_Arecibo/Leandro_Garcia_Morales/39048 NICOLAS MAZZARINO basketball profile Nationality: Italian-Uruguayan.
  2. https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/40981/sid/13274/tid//_/2017_Liga_Sudamericana_de_Clubes_FIBA/index.html Nicolas MAZZARINO (ITA) Height: 183cm/6'0".