Víctor Lapeña

Víctor Lapeña
Çukurova Basketbol
PositionHead coach
LeagueTurkish Super League
Personal information
Born (1975-03-12) 12 March 1975 (age 49)
Zaragoza, Spain
Coaching career2003–present
Career history
As coach:
2003–2004Stadium Casablanca [LF2]
2004–2005Puig d'en Valls [LF2]
2005–2007Extrugasa Cortegada [LF2]
2007–2009Cadí La Seu
2009–2012CDB Zaragoza
2012UNB Obenasa
2013–2014Perfumerías Avenida
2015–2018Stadium Casablanca
2018–2019Nadezhda Orenburg
2019–2022Fenerbahçe
2022–2024Canada women's national team
2024–presentÇukurova Basketbol
Career highlights and awards

Víctor Antonio Lapeña Tortosa (born 12 March 1975, in Zaragoza) is a Spanish basketball coach who is the head coach for Çukurova Basketbol of the Turkish Super League.

Club career

He coached several teams in Spain, both in the second tier league (2003-2008) and the first tier league (2008-2018). He won the Spanish League in the 2012-13 season, and the 2014 Spanish Cup with CB Avenida.[1]

In the 2018-2019 season he coached his first team abroad, Nadezhda Orenburg from the Russian Premier League, winning the second-tier 2018–19 EuroCup Women. On 29 June 2019 he signed for Turkish club Fenerbahçe.[2]

In May 2024, Lapeña signed a three-year contract with Çukurova Basketbol of the Turkish Super League .[3]

National team

Spain

Lapeña has worked with the Spanish Basketball Federation as both assistant and head coach in the youth teams and the senior team, winning a total of 14 medals.[4] In November 2015 he was the head coach of the senior team for two games.[5]

Canada

In January 2022, Lapeña was appointed head coach for the Canada women's national basketball team.[6] He guided the team to a fourth-place finish at the 2022 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup and third place at the 2023 FIBA Women's AmeriCup. Following the 2024 Olympic tournament, where Canada failed to win a game, Canada Basketball and Lapeña mutually agreed to part ways.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Victor Lapena Basketball Coach Profile, Mann Filter Zaragoza, staff, biography, career - eurobasket.com". www.eurobasket.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-19. Retrieved 2016-03-15.
  2. ^ "Víctor Lapeña: "Entrenar al Fenerbahçe es entrar en otra dimensión"". www.gigantes.com.
  3. ^ "Senior Women's National Team Head Coach Víctor Lapeña signs professional contract in Turkey". www.basketball.ca. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
  4. ^ Aragón, Heraldo de. "Víctor Lapeña, el coleccionista de medallas". heraldo.es. Archived from the original on 2018-08-14. Retrieved 2019-07-04.
  5. ^ "Mondelo no dirigirá a la selección femenina en el PreEuropeo". Marca.com. Archived from the original on 13 September 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2019. (in Spanish)
  6. ^ Press, Canadian (2022-01-06). "Victor Lapena hired as Canadian women's basketball head coach". Sportsnet.ca. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
  7. ^ McGoldrick, Hayley (2024-10-07). "Who does Canada look to next after parting ways with Víctor Lapeña?". The Next. Retrieved 2024-12-23.