Marcelo Patricio Nicola
Virginio (born May 12, 1971 in Rafaela, Santa Fe)
is a retired Argentine
basketball player.
A very versatile
power
forward, he was a regular member of the
Argentine national basketball
team and competed many years in the
Euroleague.
Pro career
Nicola was selected 50th overall in the
1993 NBA Draft but remained in Europe and won
the
Saporta Cup in 1996 with
Tau Ceramica, the team in which he made his
debut at the highest level. He played his best basketball for
Benetton Treviso, with which
he lifted another
Saporta Cup trophy in
1999, and he was selected to the All-
Euroleague Second Team for the
Euroleague 2001-02 season. He also made
it to the
Euroleague 2002-03
final game.
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