Marcelinho Huertas

Marcelinho Huertas

Position	Point Guard Shooting Guard
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight	185 lb (84 kg)
League	Spanish League Euroleague
Team	Regal FC Barcelona
Born	May 25, 1983 (1983-05-25) (age 28) São Paulo, Brazil
Nationality	Brazilian / Italian
Draft	Undrafted, 2005
Pro career	2002–present
Career history	Paulistano (2002-03) FMU Sao Paulo (2003-04) DKV Joventut (2004-07) Bilbao Basket (2007-08) Fortitudo Bologna (2008-09) Saski Baskonia (2009-2011)
Awards	2× All-ACB Team (2007-08, 2010-11)
Medal record Men’s Basketball Competitor for  Brazil FIBA Americas Championship Gold 2005 Dominican Republic Team Gold 2009 Puerto Rico Team Silver 2011 Mar del Plata Team Pan American Games Gold 2007 Rio de Janeiro Team South American Basketball Championship Gold 2006 Caracas Team

Marcelo ("Marcelinho") Tieppo Huertas (born May 25, 1983 in São Paulo, Brazil) is a Brazilian professional basketball player. He also has Italian citizenship. He is a point guard, but he can also play as a shooting guard if needed. He is 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) tall. He currently plays with the pro club Regal FC Barcelona.

Huertas is also currently number 9 for the Brazilian national basketball team.

Pro career

Huertas began his career playing with the youth teams of Pinheiros in Brazil. He made his professional debut in 2002 with the senior team of Paulistano in the Brazilian League. He then moved to FMU São Paulo for the 2003-04 season. He later joined the Spanish League club DKV Joventut and stayed there from 2004-07. It was around this time Huertas converted to Judaism.

Next, he moved to Bilbao Basket for the 2007-08 season. He played with Fortitudo Bologna in the Italian League during the 2008-09 season. In August 2009, he signed a 3 year contract with the Spanish League club Caja Laboral.^[1] On August 9th, 2011 he signed a 4-year contract with Regal FC Barcelona ^[2]

Honors

FC Barcelona Bàsquet

• Spanish SuperCup (1): 2011

Individual awards

• All-ACB Team: 2007-08^[3], 2010-11^[4]

References

1. ^ MARCELINHO HUERTAS profile Eurobasket.com
2. ^ "FC Barcelona Official Site". 9 August 2011. http://www.fcbarcelona.com/web/catala/noticies/basquet/temporada11-12/08/09/n110809118710.html. Retrieved 9 August 2011. 
3. ^ (Spanish) ACB.com: Official Voting Results.
4. ^ ACB.com (Spanish)

External links

• Euroleague.net Profile
• NBA.com Draft Profile
• Draftexpress.com Profile

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Name	Huertas, Marcelinho
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Date of birth	May 25, 1983
Place of birth	São Paulo, Brazil
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