Carlos Sevillano
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| Player information | ||
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| Full name | Carlos Sevillano de la Cuerda | |
| birthday | November 5, 1940 | |
| place of birth | Madrid , Spain | |
| size | 183 cm | |
| position | Point guard | |
| Clubs as active | ||
1957–1959 CB Hesperia 1959–1969 Real Madrid
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| 1958-1966 | Spain | 96 |
Carlos Sevillano de la Cuerda (born November 5, 1940 in Madrid ) is a former Spanish basketball player . He spent most of his career at Real Madrid , where he celebrated four European championships , nine Spanish championships and six cup wins in ten seasons with the first team .
career
Carlos Sevillano played for Real Madrid as a junior . In 1957 he rose to the farm team of the "Royal" CB Hesperia, which played in the first division . After two seasons, coach Pedro Ferrándiz brought Sevillano to Real Madrid's first team. Here the point guard, who had played in his youth on the position of the center , rose to the captain of the team that was able to break the dominance of the teams from the Soviet Union in the European Cup in the 1960s . If the Spaniards failed in the final against BK Dinamo Tiflis and PBK CSKA Moscow in 1961/62 and 1962/63 , they achieved their first victory in the highest continental competition against BC Brno in 1963/64 . In the seasons 1964/65 , 1966/67 and 1967/68 , three more victories in the European Cup followed, and Sevillano also won nine Spanish championships and six cup wins at Real Madrid in ten years . In his senior year, he sustained a serious knee injury in a league game against Joventut de Badalona that forced the Real Madrid captain to retire from active sport when he was just 29.
National team
Carlos Sevillano celebrated his first game in the national team in a friendly against Bulgaria on February 16, 1958 . At just 17 years, three months and eleven days, he is still the youngest debutant in Spain's team. His first medal win followed at the 1959 Mediterranean Games in Beirut , where his national selection took second place. The Spaniards also took silver with Sevillano in their ranks four years later in Naples . In addition, he was in the squad of the Iberians at the European Basketball Championships in 1961 , 1963 , where he was the second best thrower of his team with 14.2 points per game, and in 1965 .
successes
real Madrid
- European Champion Clubs' Cup (4): 1963/64 , 1964/65 , 1966/67 , 1967/68
- Spanish champion (9): 1959/60, 1960/61, 1961/62, 1962/63, 1963/64, 1964/65, 1965/66, 1967/68, 1968/69
- Spanish Cup Winner (6): 1959/60, 1960/61, 1961/62, 1964/65, 1965/66, 1966/67
National team
- Mediterranean Games 1963: Silver
- 1959 Mediterranean Games: silver
Individual evidence
- ^ Carlos Sevillano: La sonrisa del éxito. In: Liga ACB . Retrieved December 14, 2013 (Spanish).
- ^ Ricky Rubio se convierte en el medallista de baloncesto más joven de la historia. In: Federación Española de Baloncesto . August 24, 2008, Retrieved December 14, 2013 (Spanish).
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Sevillano, Carlos |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sevillano de la Cuerda, Carlos (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | spanish basketball player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 5, 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Madrid , Spain |