Pablo Laso

Pablo Laso
Player information
Full name	Pablo Laso Biurrun
birthday	October 13, 1967
place of birth	Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
size	178 cm
position	Point guard
Clubs as active
1984–1995 Saski Baskonia 1995–1997 Real Madrid 1998 Cáceres CB 1998–1999 Lineltex Trieste 1999 Unicaja Málaga 1999–2002 Casademont Girona 2002 Caprabo Lleida 2003 Forum Valladolid 00000 00000 00000 00000
National team
1987-1995	Spain	61
Clubs as coaches
2003–2004 Cerámicas Leoni Castellón 2004–2005 Pamesa Valencia 2005–2007 Alerta Cantabria 2007–2011 Lagun Aro GBC Since 2011 Real Madrid 0

Pablo Laso Biurrún (born October 13, 1967 in Vitoria-Gasteiz ) is a Spanish basketball coach and former player.

career

player

Pablo Laso, son of the former Spanish national player and basketball coach José Laso , began his career at the club in his hometown of Saski Baskonia . Here he spent most of his career, playing in the first team for eleven years and celebrating his greatest success at the Spanish Cup in 1994/95, where he won the title with his club with an 88:80 in the final against Amway Zaragoza and became MVP of the tournament was appointed. He then moved to the Spanish top club Real Madrid , where he and his team won the European Cup Winners' Cup in the 1996/97 season . He started the 1998/99 season in the Italian Lega Basket Serie A for Lineltex Trieste , but moved back to Spain, to Unicaja Málaga , before the end of the season . After three more seasons at Casademont Girona, he let his career end in the 2002/03 season at Caprabo Lleida and Forum Valladolid.

During his 19-year career, he set all-time records for assists (2896 total; 4.64 per game) and steals (1219 total; 1.95 per game) in 624 games in the Spanish league .

National team

Pablo Laso took part as a junior with Spain at the U-18 European Championship 1986 in Gmunden , where his team finished fifth. He celebrated his first game for the senior national team on September 13, 1987 in the course of the Mediterranean Games . He was part of the final squad for the 1989 European Championships , the 1994 World Cup and the 1995 European Championship .

Trainer

Pablo Laso began his career in the 2003/04 season as a coach with Cerámicas Leoni Castellón in the LEB2, the third division in Spain. After a year in the ACB League at Pamesa Valencia , he took over the second division Alerta Cantabria . In the summer of 2007 he signed Lagun Aro GBC and immediately made it to the ACB league. After three seasons with the club from Donostia-San Sebastián in the Spanish first division, Real Madrid announced the signing of Pablo Laso as head coach. With the capital city, where he was active as a player from 1995 to 1997, he signed a contract that ran until 2013. Already in his first season Laso was able to conquer the cup with his team . At the beginning of the 2012/13 season he won the Spanish Supercup , he also reached the final of the Euroleague with Real Madrid and ended the year with a victory in the championship .

Achievements and honors

player

• European Cup Winners' Cup : 1996/97
• Spanish Cup : 1994/95
• MVP of the Spanish Cup 1994/95
• Most assists in the history of the ACB League : 2,896 (4.64 per game)
• Most steals in the history of the ACB League : 1,219 (1.95 per game)

Trainer

• EuroLeague (2): 2014/15 , 2017/18
• EuroLeague Coach of the Year (2): 2014/15, 2017/18
• FIBA Intercontinental Cup : 2015
• Spanish Championship (4): 2012/13, 2014/15, 2015/16, 2017/18
• Spanish Cup (5): 2011/12, 2013/14, 2014/15, 2015/16, 2016/17
• Spanish Supercup (3): 2012, 2013, 2014
• Best coach in the ACB league (4): 2012/13, 2013/14, 2014/15, 2017/18

Web links

• Profile on acb.com (Spanish)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Official Announcement: Pablo Laso to coach Real Madrid's basketball team. (No longer available online.) In: realmadrid.com. June 21, 2011, archived from the original on June 25, 2011 ; accessed on June 21, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.