Antoine Rigaudeau

Antoine Rigaudeau
Player information
Full name	Antoine Roger Rigaudeau
Nickname	Le Roi
birthday	December 17, 1971 (48 years and 258 days)
place of birth	Cholet , France
size	200 cm
position	Point Guard / Shooting Guard
Clubs as active
1987–1995 Cholet Basket 1995–1997 EB Pau-Orthez 1997–2003 Virtus Bologna 2003 Dallas Mavericks 2003 Golden State Warriors * 2003–2005 Valencia BC * remained unused 00000 00000
National team
1990-2005	France	127

Antoine Roger Rigaudeau (born December 17, 1971 in Cholet ) is a former French basketball player who was active from 1987 to 2005.

Career

Until 1995, Rigaudeau played for his hometown club Cholet Basket , then he was under contract with EB Pau-Orthez for two years . He was voted the most valuable player in the French league five times , the first time at the age of 19, and he also won the French championship in 1996. Rigaudeau had his most successful time with Virtus Bologna , where he was twice Italian champion (1998, 2001) and three times cup winners (1999, 2001, 2002) and one victory each in the currently highest European cup (1998 in the national championship cup , 2001 in the Euroleague ) won. 2003 Rigaudeau moved to the NBA to the Dallas Mavericks , where he came only to a few short appearances. After a brief contract with the Golden State Warriors , he last played for Valencia BC for two years .

Rigaudeau was a player in the French national team from 1990 to 2001 and participated with her in four European championships (1991, 1993, 1995, 1999). However, his greatest achievement was winning the silver medal at the 2000 Olympics . At the 1999 European Championships and the 2000 Games, he was the team's best scorer. The following year, Rigaudeau resigned from the national team, but returned to the 2005 European Championships and won the bronze medal there as team captain with France. He then ended his career after 127 games in which he had scored 1506 points, finally.

At the beginning of 2008, Antoine Roger Rigaudeau was one of a group of 105 basketball players who were nominated by the Euroleague basketball and / or basketball fans to determine fifty important figures in the sport of basketball in Europe from 1958 to 2008 and subsequently in Madrid in May 2008 ( Spain ). All the nominated players played an outstanding role in the European Cup competitions of FIBA Europe and the Euroleague and were each among the particularly prominent 'stars' of their national league teams.

Rigaudeau acquired shares in the capital team Paris Basket Racing , from 2006 to 2008 he was vice-president of the successor club Paris-Levallois , at the beginning of June 2015 Rigaudeau became head coach of the first division team, but resigned from the office for personal reasons at the end of December of the same year. He settled in Spain and worked as a businessman in various companies, including real estate and sports.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Profile on the official website of the NBA ( Memento from May 2, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
2. ↑ Rigaudeau determined to play his part Fiba.com (August 11, 2005)
3. ^ NN: Profile on the official website of the French Federation On: Fédération Française de BasketBall website; Paris, undated. Retrieved February 2, 2019 (in French).
4. ^ French Great "Le Roi" retires Fiba.com (September 30, 2005)
5. ^ NN: The All-Time Player Nominees. ( Memento of January 2, 2015 on the Internet Archive ) Archived from EuroLeague website; Barcelona, ​​January 2, 2015. Accessed February 2, 2019.
6. ^ Basket: Antoine Rigaudeau nouvel entraîneur du Paris-Levallois. Retrieved July 13, 2020 (French). 
7. ↑ Antoine Rigaudeau démissionne de son poste d'entraîneur de Paris-Levallois - Basket - Pro A. Accessed on July 13, 2020 (French). 
8. ^ Equipe de France: que sont devenus les héros de Sydney? In: Basket Europe. October 6, 2016, accessed on July 13, 2020 (Fri-FR). 

Web links

• Antoine Rigaudeau in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )