Nicolás Richotti

Nicolás "Nico" Richotti (born 17 October 1986) is an Argentine professional basketball player for Montakit Fuenlabrada of the Liga ACB. At a height of 1.84 m (6'0 ​1⁄4") tall,[3][4] he plays at both the point guard and shooting guard positions, with shooting guard being his main position.

Nicolás Richotti
No. 5 – Montakit Fuenlabrada
PositionPoint guard / Shooting guard
LeagueLiga ACB
Personal information
Born (1986-10-17) October 17, 1986
Bahía Blanca, Argentina
NationalityArgentine / Italian [1][2]
Listed height6 ft 0.25 in (1.84 m)
Listed weight180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
NBA draft2008 / Undrafted
Playing career2004–present
Career history
2004–2005Hindú Resistencia
2005–2006Bari
2006–2007BCC Agropoli
2007–2008Rovigo
2008–2009San Isidro
2009–2010Real Madrid B
2010–2019Canarias
2019–presentFuenlabrada
Career highlights and awards
Medals
basketball
Representing  Argentina
FIBA AmeriCup
2015 Mexico City
FIBA South American Championship
2014 Venezuela

Professional career

Richotti started his career in 2004 at Hindú Resistencia of the Argentine Second League. In 2005, he moved to Italy, on a one-year contract with Bari, in the Italian minor divisions. In 2008, after playing three years in the Italian minors, Richotti signed with the Spanish fourth division team CB San Isidro. One year later, he joined the Real Madrid reserve team, Real Madrid B,[5] before moving to CB Canarias in 2010, where he became the team's captain in 2015.[6]

On September 23, 2019, he has signed with Montakit Fuenlabrada of the Liga Endesa. [7]

National team career

Richotti made his first appearances with the senior men's Argentine national team at the 2013 Stanković Continental Champions' Cup. He won the silver medal at the 2014 South American Championship.

He also joined the Argentina senior national team for the 2015 Pan American Games, the 2015 Tuto Marchand Cup, and the 2015 FIBA Americas Championship, where he won a silver medal.[8][9]

Trophies

With CB Canarias

References
  1. "Nicolás Richotti nacionalidad | licencia: ITA | EUR {{in lang|es}}". Archived from the original on 2016-03-13. Retrieved 2015-09-29.
  2. NICOLAS RICHOTTI basketball profile Nationality: Argentinian-Italian.
  3. Nicolas RICHOTTI (ARG) Height: 184cm/6'0".
  4. Nicolas RICHOTTI Height: 184CM / 6'0".
  5. "El Real Madrid nos desvela su proyecto para la LEB Plata. Alberto Angulo analiza a los jugadores uno a uno" (in Spanish). Solobasket. 31 August 2009.
  6. "Richotti, Blanco y Sekulic serán los capitanes del Iberostar Tenerife 2015/16" (in Spanish). VAVEL. 29 September 2015.
  7. "Fuenlabrada signs Sergi Vidal and Nico Richotti". Sportando. September 23, 2019. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  8. "Hernandez reduces Argentina squad after latest friendly win". FIBA. 20 August 2015.
  9. Nicolas RICHOTTI (ARG).
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