Tayavek Gallizzi | |
Position: | Power forward / center |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 9 |
Weight Lbs: | 225 |
League: | Argentine League |
Team: | Instituto |
Number: | 83 |
Birth Date: | 8 February 1993 |
Birth Place: | Santa Fe, Argentina |
Career Start: | 2012 |
Years1: | 2012–2016 |
Team1: | Quilmes |
Years2: | 2016–2017 |
Team2: | Quimsa |
Years3: | 2017–2018 |
Team3: | Club La Unión |
Years4: | 2018–2021 |
Team4: | Regatas Corrientes |
Years5: | 2021–present |
Team5: | Instituto |
Tayavek Gallizzi (born February 8, 1993) is an Argentine professional basketball player who currently plays for Instituto of the Argentine Liga Nacional de Básquet (LNB). He defends Argentina.
Gallizzi began his professional club basketball career with Quilmes Mar del Plata. He helped Quilmes earn a league promotion from the Argentine 2nd Division (TNA) to the Argentine 1st Division (LNB), in the 2012–13 season. He joined the Argentine club Quimsa in 2016 and moved to the Argentine club, Club La Unión, in 2017.
Gallizzi suited up for Argentina at the 2014 FIBA World Cup.[1] He played for Argentina at the 2015 FIBA Americas Championship bringing home a silver medal, and he also participated in the 2017 FIBA AmeriCup.[2] He played for Argentina at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup and brought home a silver medal after a loss in the tournament final against Spain at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup.[3]
In 2022, Galizzi won the gold medal in the 2022 FIBA AmeriCup held in Recife, Brazil. He was one of Argentina's centers in the tournament.