Arturo Guerrero
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| Born | August 30, 1948 León, Guanajuato, Mexico | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Mexican | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Playing career | 1966–1982 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Small forward | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1990–1992, 2009–2013 | Mexico | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Arturo Guerrero Moreno (born 30 August 1948) is a Mexican former basketball player and coach. With Mexico's senior national team, he played at two Summer Olympic Games (1968 Mexico City and 1976 Montreal).[1] Due to his shooting ability, he was nicknamed "Mano Santa" ("Holy Hand").[2] Along with Manolo Raga, he is generally considered to be one of the two best Mexican basketball players of all time.[3]
Club playing career
Guerrero played club basketball in Mexico, Italy, the Brazilian Championship, where he played with E.C. Sírio, and Puerto Rico. During his club career, the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers, Cleveland Cavaliers, and San Antonio Spurs, offered him contracts. However, he turned the offers down, because since NBA players were not allowed to play in FIBA competitions at that time, he would not have been able to continue to represent Mexico's national team, if he signed with an NBA team.
National team playing career
Guerrero was a member of the senior men's Mexican national basketball teams that competed at the following major FIBA tournaments: the 1967 FIBA World Championship, the 1968 Summer Olympics, the 1972 Pre-Olympic Basketball Tournament, the 1974 FIBA World Championship, the 1976 Pre-Olympic Basketball Tournament, and the 1976 Summer Olympics.[4]
With Mexico, he also played at the 1980 FIBA AmeriCup and the 1981 FIBA CentroBasket, and won the silver medal at the 1967 Pan American Games.
Coaching career
After he ended his basketball playing career, Guerrero became a basketball coach. He was the head coach of the senior men's Mexican national basketball team at the 1991 Pan American Games, the 1992 FIBA AmeriCup, and the 2009 FIBA AmeriCup.
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Arturo Guerrero". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
- ^ Arturo Guerrero inconforme con el basquetbol en México Template:Es icon.
- ^ Manuel Raga y Arturo Guerrero, estrellas del baloncesto mexicano Template:Es icon.
- ^ Arturo GUERRERO (MEX).
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