Ciclista Olímpico

Olímpico
NicknameNegro
LeaguesLiga Nacional de Básquet
Liga Sudamericana
Founded9 December 1921 (1921-12-09)
ArenaVicente Rosales
LocationLa Banda, Santiago del Estero, Argentina
Team colors   
PresidentLuis Moukarsel
Head coachGuillermo Narvarte
Websiteciclistaolimpico.com.ar
Home jersey
Team colours
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Away jersey
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Club Olímpico La Banda, also known as simply Olímpico La Banda, is an Argentine sports club based in La Banda, Santiago del Estero. The club is mostly known for its basketball team, which currently plays in the Liga Nacional de Básquet (LNB), the top division of the Argentine league system.

Other sports practised at the club are field hockey, women's football, rugby union, swimming, tennis and volleyball.

History

The club was founded as "Ciclista Olímpico" ("Olympic Bicycle racer" in English) on December 9, 1921, first with bicycle racing as the main activity such as its name indicated. Soon, the club incorporated basketball as a new activity, being the first club in Santiago del Estero where members could play that sport.

Current roster

Olímpico La Banda roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age
G 2 Venezuela Mijares, Edwin 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 33 – (1992-10-26)26 October 1992
SG 4 Argentina Barco, Jeremias 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 20 – (2005-06-16)16 June 2005
PF 6 Argentina Romegialli, Santino 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 22 – (2003-05-27)27 May 2003
G/F 7 Argentina Forestier, Valentín 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 22 – (2003-07-08)8 July 2003
G 8 Argentina Vieta, Franco 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 33 – (1992-11-03)3 November 1992
PG 9 Argentina Facello, Agustín 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 26 – (1999-08-18)18 August 1999
PG 10 Argentina Aliende, Guillermo 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) 28 – (1997-07-31)31 July 1997
G 11 Argentina Perez, Santiago 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 23 – (2002-08-10)10 August 2002
C 12 Argentina Bressán, Gonzalo 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 24 – (2001-11-16)16 November 2001
PF/C 13 Venezuela Ascanio, José 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 30 – (1996-01-10)10 January 1996
F 14 Argentina Ballarín, Gonzalo 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 18 – (2007-07-16)16 July 2007
PF 32 United States Granberry, Richard 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 32 – (1993-08-22)22 August 1993
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Argentina Julian Pagura

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Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured

Updated: 2020-02-23

Notable players

To appear in this section a player must have either:
- Set a club record or won an individual award as a professional player.
- Played at least one official international match for his senior national team at any time.

Head coaches

  • ArgentinaItaly Fernando Duró
  • Argentina Adrian Capelli

References

  1. ^ Gelvis Solano, el “dueño” de la pelota El Liberal, 6 June 2019. Accessed 21 February 2020. (in Spanish)