Bruno Lábaque

Bruno Lábaque
Personal information
Born (1977-11-11) November 11, 1977 (age 47)
Córdoba
Career information
Playing career1994–2017 [1]
PositionPoint guard
Career history
1994–2003Atenas
2003–04Rimini Crabs
2004–05Tenerife
2005–06River Plate
2006Sebastiani Rieti
2006–09Atenas
2009–10Obras Sanitarias
2010–17Atenas

Bruno Lábaque (born November 11, 1977, in Córdoba) is an Argentine former professional basketball player. His position on the field was point guard. Lábaque spent most of his career at Atenas, where he won 12 titles with the team. Lábaque played more the 900 games for Atenas, with near 9,000 points scored.[2]

Career

Club

Lábaque started his career in Atenas, debuting in the Liga Nacional de Básquet on November 13, 1994, vs. Quilmes (MDP).[3]

On March 8, 2017, Lábaque played his 900th game in the Liga Nacional de Básquet, when Atenas played Estudiantes (Concordia). Lábaque became the 6th player to attend more than 900 games.[4] His best performance was in May 2017 when he scored 41 points in a game.[5]

In May 2017 Lábaque played his last game, when his team, Atenas, lost to Instituto de Córdoba. That night Atenas announced that number "7" would be retired in his honour.[6]

National team

Lábaque's debut in the Argentina national basketball team was in the 2003 South American Basketball Championship held in Montevideo, against Chile. Lábaque also played the 1997 U-23 World Championship, 2003 PanAmerican Games and the 2004 South American Championship.[7]

Honours

Club

Atenas

Individual

  • LNB All-Star 2002, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2015
  • 7 retired by Atenas [2]

References

  1. ^ Lábaque profile Archived 2015-05-28 at the Wayback Machine on ACB.com
  2. ^ a b Se retiró Lábaque con una derrota frente a Instituto, LNB website, 12 May 2017
  3. ^ Lábaque: "Me fastidian un montón de cosas y me cansé; no sigo más" on Basquet Plus, 10 May 2017
  4. ^ Bruno Lábaque, el sexto miembro del exclusivo club de los 900 on Basquetplus.com, 10 May 2017
  5. ^ Bruno Lábaque y una noche gloriosa para su historia en Atenas on Básquetplus
  6. ^ Se retiró Lábaque con una derrota frente a Instituto, LNB website, 12 May 2017
  7. ^ "Jugadores Históricos de Atenas de Córdoba". Archived from the original on 2010-07-03. Retrieved 2017-06-28.