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Manuel ("Manolo") Raga Navarro (born March 14, 1944 in Aldama, Tamaulipas) is a retired Mexican basketball player.
Career
Nicknamed the "Flying Mexican", Raga played professionally for Pallacanestro Varese in Italy from 1968 to 1973 and won 3 Euroleague championships.
In 1970, he became the first player from an international league to be selected in the 1970 NBA Draft when Atlanta Hawks general manager Marty Blake took him with the 167th overall pick. However, Raga never played in the NBA.
External links
- Euroleague.net 50 greatest contributors
- Career basketpedya.com
- Out of the South. NBA.com. Retrieved 20 August 2007.
- Manuel Raga, Mexico, InterBasket. Retrieved 20 August 2007.
Euroleague's 50 Greatest Contributors List Players
Fragiskos Alvertis • Sergei Belov • Miki Berkovich • Dejan Bodiroga • Wayne Brabender • Juan Antonio Corbalan • Krešimir Ćosić • Mike D'Antoni • Dražen Dalipagić • Predrag Danilović • Mirza Delibašić • Vlade Divac • Aleksandar Đorđević • Nikos Galis • Manu Ginóbili • Saras Jasikevičius • Radivoj Korać • Toni Kukoč • Clifford Luyk • Pierluigi Marzorati • Bob McAdoo • Dino Meneghin • Bob Morse • Aldo Ossola • Theo Papaloukas • Anthony Parker • Dražen Petrović • Dino Rađa • Manolo Raga • Antonello Riva • Emiliano Rodríguez • Arvydas Sabonis • J.A. San Epifanio • Walter Szczerbiak • Panagiotis Yannakis
Coaches
Pedro Ferrándiz • Pini Gershon • Alexandar Gomelskiy • Dušan Ivković • Božidar Maljković • Ettore Messina • Aca Nikolić • Željko Obradović • Dan Peterson • Lolo Sainz
Referees
Artenik Aradabjian • Mikhail Davidov • Lubomir Kotleba • Yvan Mainini • Costas RigasIgnis Varese 1969-70 Euroleague Champions Categories:- 1944 births
- Mexican basketball players
- Basketball players at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Basketball players at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Basketball players at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Olympic basketball players of Mexico
- Pallacanestro Varese players
- People from Tamaulipas
- Atlanta Hawks draft picks
- Living people
- North American basketball biography stubs
- Mexican sportspeople stubs
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