Marcos Mata

Marcos Mata

Position	Forward
Height	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
League	Argentine League
Team	Peñarol Mar del Plata
Born	August 1, 1986 (1986-08-01) (age 25) Mar del Plata, Argentina
Nationality	Argentine
Pro career	2006–present

Marcos Mata (born August 1, 1986 in Mar del Plata, Argentina) is an Argentine professional basketball player. He plays Forward professionally for Argentinian side Peñarol Mar del Plata and is also a member of the Argentine national basketball team.^[1]

Pro career

Mata currently plays with Liga Nacional de Básquetbol team Peñarol Mar del Plata. In his most recent season, 2009–10, he helped the team to its most successful campaign to date, as the squad won its first ever Argentine league title while also winning the 2009–10 Americas League.^[2]

Argentine national team

Medal record
Men's Basketball
Competitor for  Argentina
South American Basketball Championship
Gold	2008 Puerto Montt	National team
Silver	2010 Neiva	National team

Mata is also a member of the senior men's Argentine national basketball team. He made his debut with the senior Argentine national team at the 2008 South American Championship, helping the team to a gold medal. He later won a silver medal with the team at the 2010 South American Championship.^[3]

In 2010, Mata was named to Argentina's 2010 FIBA World Championship squad – his first major international tournament – when long-time Andrés Nocioni withdrew from the squad.^[4]

References

1. ^ Profile at FIBA.com
2. ^ Profile at latinbasket.com
3. ^ Profile at FIBA.com
4. ^ Marcos Mata replaces Nocioni on Argentinian National Team at jet7basket.com

Persondata
Name	Mata, Marcos
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Date of birth	August 1, 1986
Place of birth	Mar del Plata, Argentina
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