Pierluigi Marzorati

Pierluigi Marzorati
	Marzorati in 2010
Personal information
Born	September 12, 1952 (age 72); Figino Serenza, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Listed height	6 ft 1.75 in (1.87 m)
Listed weight	200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
Playing career	1969–1991, 2006
Position	Point guard
Career history
1969–1991, 2006	Cantù
Career highlights and awards
	2× FIBA Intercontinental Cup champion (1975, 1982); 2× EuroLeague champion (1982, 1983); 5× FIBA European Selection (1975, 1976, 1977, 1981, 1982); 4× FIBA Saporta Cup champion (1977, 1978, 1979, 1981); 4× FIBA Korać Cup champion (1973, 1974 , 1975, 1991); 2× Italian League champion (1975, 1981); Mr. Europa (1976); FIBA's 50 Greatest Players (1991); Italian Basketball Hall of Fame (2007); EuroLeague 50 Greatest Contributors (2008);
	FIBA Hall of Fame as player
Men's Basketball
Representing Italy (partial support)
Summer Olympic Games
Representing Italy
FIBA EuroBasket
European U-18 Championship

Pierluigi "Pierlo" Marzorati (born September 12, 1952) is an Italian former professional basketball player.Marzorati is considered one of the best point guards of all time in Europe, and was named the Mister Europa, in 1976. He was named one of FIBA's 50 Greatest Players in 1991. In 2007, he was inducted into the Italian Basketball Hall of Fame, and he was also enshrined into the FIBA Hall of Fame.^[1] In 2008, he was chosen as one of the 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors.

Club playing career

Marzorati was one of the key players of the Cantù team (in which he played from 1969 to 1991), winning 2 Italian League championships (in 1975 and 1981), 2 FIBA European Champions' Cup (EuroLeague) titles (1982 and 1983), 4 FIBA Cup Winners' Cups (1977, 1978, 1979 and 1981), 4 FIBA Korać Cups (1973, 1974, 1975 and 1991) and 2 FIBA Intercontinental Cups (1975 and 1982).

In July 2006, Marzorati decided to come back at age 54, to top class competitions with Cantù, for the 70th anniversary of the team. On October 6, 2006, he finally appeared in an official game for Cantù, playing two minutes in an Italian League game, against the Italian national league champions Benetton Treviso. Cantù won 70-69. This way, he became the first (and only) basketball player in history to have played official games in five different decades, as well as the oldest professional basketball player to have ever taken part in an official game.

National team career

Marzorati played in 278 games for the Italian national basketball team, scoring 2,209 points. He won the silver medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, the gold medal at the EuroBasket 1983, plus three bronze medals at the 1971, 1975, and 1985 EuroBaskets.

Post-playing career

Marzorati played his whole career with Cantù. He also became a vice-president for the club, and served in that capacity until 1996.

References

^ HALL OF FAMERS Pierluigi Marzorati (Italy).

External links

FIBA Hall of Fame page on Marzorati
FIBA Europe Profile
Euroleague.net 50 greatest contributors
Italian League Profile (in Italian)
Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Pierluigi Marzorati". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.

[1] HALL OF FAMERS Pierluigi Marzorati (Italy).

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