Nicolás Mazzarino

Nicolás Mazzarino

Position	Shooting guard/ Point guard
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
League	Serie A
Team	Pallacanestro Cantù
Born	October 21, 1975 (1975-10-21) (age 36) Salto, Uruguay
Nationality	Uruguayan
Pro career	1993–present
Career history	Hebraica y Macabi (1993-1996) C.A. Welcome (1997-2000) C.A. Boca Juniors (2001) C.A. Welcome (2001) Viola Reggio Calabria (2001-2005)

Medal record
Competitor for  Uruguay
Men's basketball
Pan American Games
Bronze	2007 Rio de Janeiro	National team
South American Basketball Championship
Silver	2008 Puerto Montt	National team

Nicolás Mazzarino (born October 21, 1975, in Salto) is a Uruguayan professional basketball player. He has also Italian passport and currently plays in Pallacanestro Cantù of the Italian Serie A.

Pro career

Mazzarino began his professional career in Uruguayan club Hebraica y Macabi in 1993. In this club Mazzarino won the Uruguayan Championship in 1994. In 1997 he moved to C.A. Welcome, another Uruguayan basketball team, where he won 4 seasons consecutively the Liga Uruguaya de Basketball. In 2001 Mazzarino played a brief time in Argentinan team C.A. Boca Juniors, but then he returned to C.A. Welcome. In 2001 he moved to Italy to play in Viola Reggio Calabria, team where he became the captain and best scorer in the season 2004-2005. After that season he moved to Pallacanestro Cantù. In 2007-2008 he became captain of the team. His best season in this club was 2009-2010, when he helped his team to reach Serie A semifinals, averaging 13.8 points and 2.8 assist per match.

National team

Mazzarino played for Uruguay national team from 1997 to 2008. He played with Uruguay 5 South American Basketball Championships (1997, 1999, 2001, 2004 and 2008), 6 FIBA Americas Championships (1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005 and 2007) and 3 Pan American Games (1999, 2003 and 2007).

External links

• Profile at eurobasket.com

Persondata
Name	Mazzarino, Nicolás
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Date of birth	October 21, 1975
Place of birth	Salto, Uruguay, Uruguay
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