Jean-Claude Bonato

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Basketball player
Jean-Claude Bonato
Player information
birthday March 23, 1946
place of birth Hayange , France
size 200 cm
position center
Clubs as active
1962–1964 Olympique d'Antibes 1964–1965 Hermine de Nantes Atlantique 1965–1979 Olympique d'Antibes 1980–1981 Nice UCFranceFrance
FranceFrance
FranceFrance
FranceFrance
National team 1
1963-1976 France 172
Clubs as coaches
1986–1988 Olympique d'Antibes FranceFrance
1 As of August 4, 2009

Jean-Claude Bonato (born March 23, 1946 in Hayange ) is a retired French basketball player .

career

Bonato, a two-meter indoor player, spent almost his entire basketball career at Olympique d'Antibes , playing for the club from 1963 to 1979. 1980/81 he was in the service of Nice UC. In 1970 he became French champion with Antibes. He scored a total of 15,248 points in the French league, which was the best at the time of his retirement. His season high was an average of 27.7 points per encounter (1966/67). Bonato came in seven seasons in the French league on averages of more than 25 points per game, in four others of more than 20 per game. In 1969 he was voted French basketball player of the year.

Between 1963 and 1976 he played 172 international matches for France, in which he posted an average of 12.3 points. In 1963, 1965, 1967, 1971 and 1973 he took part in the European Championship finals. At the European Championship in 1973, Bonato was the fifth-best scorer of the tournament with 17.4 points per encounter.

His son Yann Bonato is also a former national basketball player.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ L'Equipe Périodique (2007): La grande histoire du basket français, p.18
  2. ↑ Profile on the official website of the French Basketball Federation (French)
  3. ↑ Classement des plus grands joueurs du championnat de France. In: basketarchives.fr. Retrieved July 25, 2020 .
  4. ^ Jean-Claude Bonato. In: Le site des archives du basket per francais. Retrieved July 25, 2020 .
  5. ^ Les grands Bleus (2): la longue attente - Basket. Retrieved July 25, 2020 (French).
  6. ^ Jean-Claude Bonato profile, European Championship for Men 1973. Retrieved July 25, 2020 .
  7. ↑ archive.fiba.com: 1973 European Championship for Men: France. Retrieved July 25, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Bonato, Jean-Claude
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French basketball player
DATE OF BIRTH March 23, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Hayange