Club Atlético Peñarol (Mar del Plata)

Peñarol (MDP)
Nickname	Milrayitas (thousand-strips)
Leagues	LNB
Founded	7 November 1922; 101 years ago (1922-11-07)
Arena	Polideportivo Islas Malvinas
Location	Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Team colors
President	Domingo Robles
Head coach	Leonardo Gutiérrez
Championships	5 Argentine championships 2 FIBA Americas League 2 Torneo InterLigas 3 Torneo Super 8 2 Copa Desafío 1 Copa Argentina
Website	https://penarolmdp.com.ar/
Home Away

Club Atlético Peñarol (usually called Peñarol de Mar del Plata or simply Peñarol) is an Argentine sports club based in Mar del Plata. The club is mostly known for its basketball team, which is currently playing in the Liga Nacional de Básquet (LNB), the top level of the Argentine league system. Their home arena is the Polideportivo Islas Malvinas.

The team had its most successful campaign during 2010, winning 5 official tournaments (FIBA Americas League, Liga Nacional, InterLigas, and Copa Argentina).^[1]

Apart from basketball, other activities held in Peñarol are football and martial arts.

Players

Current roster

Peñarol Mar del Plata roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age F/C -- Ariel, Nicolas 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 24 – (1999-12-27)27 December 1999 SF 3 Barlow, Kelsey 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 33 – (1991-02-14)14 February 1991 F/C 12 Bednarek, Ignácio 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 22 – (2001-05-06)6 May 2001 PG 59 Cabrera, Joaquín 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 22 – (2002-03-29)29 March 2002 PF -- Chapero, Martin 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 16 – (2007-11-24)24 November 2007 F -- Chiaraviglio, Nicolas 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 20 – (2004-04-01)1 April 2004 PF 5 Everett, Justin 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 27 – (1996-06-04)4 June 1996 PG -- Fernandez, Victor 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 24 – (1999-09-16)16 September 1999 C 15 Filippa, Francisco 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 28 – (1995-09-30)30 September 1995 PF -- Gist, James 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 37 – (1986-10-26)26 October 1986 SF 7 Gorosterrazu, Lucas 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 25 – (1998-11-25)25 November 1998 PG 22 Johnson, Shaquille 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 33 – (1990-04-11)11 April 1990 PF -- Lado, Mogga 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 28 – (1995-11-23)23 November 1995 SG -- Morales, Julian 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 28 – (1995-06-01)1 June 1995 G/F 13 Monacchi, Tomás 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 26 – (1997-11-10)10 November 1997 PG -- Rossi, Gian 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 19 – (2005-01-07)7 January 2005 G/F 55 Ruiz, Julian 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 25 – (1998-04-29)29 April 1998 SF -- Sarmiento Battistoni, Octavio 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 22 – (2001-09-20)20 September 2001 PF -- Simpson, Diamon 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 36 – (1987-09-08)8 September 1987 PF 1 Thornton, Al 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 40 – (1983-12-07)7 December 1983 G 2 Tolosa, Facundo 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 21 – (2002-04-12)12 April 2002 PG 4 Valinotti, Joaquín 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 25 – (1998-12-01)1 December 1998 PG 5 Whitfield, Rob 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 27 – (1997-03-30)30 March 1997	Head coach Adrian Capelli Assistant coach(es) Mariano Rodriguez Hernan Ferrero Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 2024-03-09

Retired numbers

Peñarol's retired numbers
N°	Nat.	Player	Pos.	Tenure	Num. Retirement
8		Tato Rodríguez	PG	1994–1998, 1999–2003, 2004–2011	23 Nov 2011 [2][3]

Notable players

• Sergio Aispurúa (1989–91, 2002–03)
• Ariel Bernardini (1993–99)
• Billy Thompson (1997–98)
• Rodney Blake (2000–01)
• Facundo Campazzo (2008–14)
• Andrés Nocioni (2011)
• Nicolás Brussino (2015–16)
• Al Thornton (2021–present)

Head coaches

• Sergio Hernández

Titles

National

• Liga Nacional (5): 1993–94, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2013–14
• Copa Argentina (1): 2010
• Torneo Súper 8 (4): 2006, 2009, 2011, 2013
• Copa Desafío (2): 2007, 2010

International

• FIBA Americas League (2): 2007–08, 2009–10
• Torneo InterLigas (2): 2010, 2012
• Campeonato Panamericano Runner-up (1): 1995

Individual accomplishments

Olympic team selection

• Leonardo Gutiérrez – 2004
  , 2008
  
• Sergio Hernández (coach) – 2008
  

References

External links

• Official website
• Peñarol on LNB

This page was last edited on 7 April 2024, at 22:04