Denis Marconato (born
July 29, 1975 in
Treviso
) is an Italian
professional
basketball player. He is
211 cm (6 ft 11 in) tall and he plays at the
center position, in which he's
considered to have been one of the best defensive players of his
era in Europe.
Pro career
Marconato joined Benetton Treviso's youth team in 1990 and with
them he won three juniors titles between 1991 and 1994. He made his
debut in the
Serie A with the
senior team of
Benetton
Treviso in the 1993-94 season, but he didn't have a place in
Treviso's roster, so he was loaned to Padova, where he demonstrated
his talent. In the 1996-97 season, he returned to Treviso and
Benetton coach
Mike D'Antoni gave him
a more important role in the team; and that season Marconato won
his first Italian Championship. After winning the
Italian SuperCup title and
MVP in 1997 and the
Saporta Cup in 1999, he was named the MVP of the
Italian Cup Final Eight in
2000 (won by Benetton).
In the following years, he won two more Italian championships
(2002, 2003), three more Italian Cups (2003, 2004, 2005) and played
at two
Euroleague Final Fours (2002,
2003). During his last season with Treviso, Marconato was also the
captain of the team. In the summer
of 2005, he moved to the
Spanish ACB
League club
FC
Barcelona, together with his Italian national team teammate
Gianluca Basile.
Italian national team
Marconato
played in 1994 with the Under-20 junior Italian national team, and
he also participated at the Under-22 European Championship held in
Istanbul
in
1996. From then onward, he was a stable member of
the senior Italian
national team, which won the European Championship in 1999, a bronze
medal at the European Championship in
2003, and the silver medal at the 2004 Olympic Games in
Athens
. In addition, Marconato was also a member of
the Italian roster at the
World Championship in
2006.
Honors and awards
Pro career
- 3 Italian Junior Championships: (1991, 1992, 1994)
- 4 Italian SuperCup
Championships: (1997, 2001, 2002, 2009)
- Italian SuperCup MVP: (1997)
- 3 Italian Championships:
(1997, 2002, 2003)
- 3 Euroleague Final Fours: (1998,
2002, 2003)
- 1 Saporta Cup Championship:
(1999)
- 4 Italian Cup
Championships: (2000, 2003, 2004, 2005)
- Italian Cup MVP: (2000)
- 1 Spanish Cup
Championship: (2007)
Italian national team
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