Denis Marconato

Denis Marconato (born 29 July 1975) is an Italian former professional basketball player. At a height of 2.11 m (6'11") tall, he played at the center position.

Denis Marconato

Denis Marconato warming up for the second game of the 2008 Spanish ACB League Finals.
Personal information
Born	(1975-07-29) 29 July 1975 Treviso, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Listed height	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
Listed weight	260 lb (118 kg)
Career information
Playing career	1993–2016
Position	Center
Career history
1993–1995	Benetton Treviso
1995–1996	Floor Padova
1996–2005	Benetton Treviso
2005–2008	Barcelona
2008–2009	San Sebastián Gipuzkoa
2009	Olimpia Milano
2009–2010	Montepaschi Siena
2010–2012	Pallacanestro Cantù
2012–2013	Reyer Venezia Mestre
2014	Pallacanestro Cantù
2015–2016	Montichiari
2016	Dinamo Sassari
Career highlights and awards
2× FIBA Saporta Cup champion (1995, 1999) Spanish Cup winner (2007) 4× Italian League champion (1997, 2002, 2003, 2010) 8× Italian Cup winner (1993–1995, 2000, 2003–2005, 2010) 4× Italian SuperCup winner (1997, 2001, 2002, 2009) Italian Cup MVP (2000) Italian SuperCup MVP (1997) Italian 3rd Division Cup winner (2015) Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (2004)
Medals Representing Italy Men's Basketball Summer Olympic Games Athens 2004 FIBA EuroBasket 1997 Spain 1999 France 2003 Sweden

Professional career

Marconato joined Benetton Treviso's youth team in 1990, and with them he won three Italian juniors club titles between 1991 and 1994. In 1993, he made his debut in Italy's top-tier level men's professional LBA, with the senior team of Benetton Treviso, in the 1992–93 season. However, he did not have a regular place on Treviso's roster, so he was loaned to Padova, where he demonstrated his talent. In the 1996–97 season, he returned to Benetton Treviso, where the team's head coach Mike D'Antoni, gave him a more important role in the team; and in that season, Marconato won his first Italian League championship. After winning the Italian SuperCup title and MVP in 1997, and the FIBA Saporta Cup title in 1999, he was named the MVP of the Italian Cup Final Eight in 2000 (which was won by Treviso).

In the following years, he won two more Italian championships (2002, 2003), three more Italian Cups (2003, 2004, 2005) and played at two EuroLeague Final Fours (2002, 2003). During his last season with Treviso, Marconato was also the captain of the team. In the summer of 2005, he moved to the Spanish ACB League club FC Barcelona, together with his senior Italian national team teammate Gianluca Basile. On 14 January 2015 he signed with Montichiari of the Italian 3rd Division.

National team career

Marconato played at the 1994 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship with the Italian under-20 junior national team, and he also played at the 1996 FIBA Europe Under-22 Championship, which was held in Istanbul. After that, he was a regular member of the senior Italian national team, with which he won a gold medal at the 1999 EuroBasket, a bronze medal at the 2003 EuroBasket, and a silver medal at the 2004 Athens Summer Olympic Games. In addition, Marconato was also a member of the Italian roster at the 2006 FIBA World Championship.

Honors and awards

Junior club career

• 3× Italian Junior Club Champion: (1991, 1992, 1994)

Pro career

• 2× FIBA Saporta Cup Champion: (1995, 1999)
• 4× Italian League Champion: (1997, 2002, 2003, 2010)
• 4× Italian SuperCup Winner: (1997, 2001, 2002, 2009)
• 4× EuroLeague Final Four Participant: (1998, 2002, 2003, 2006)
• 8× Italian Cup Winner: (1993, 1994, 1995, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2010)
• Spanish Cup Winner: (2007)
• Italian 3rd Division Cup Winner: (2015)

Italian senior national team

• FIBA EuroBasket 1997:  Silver
• FIBA EuroBasket 1999:  Gold
• FIBA EuroBasket 2003:  Bronze
• 2004 Summer Olympic Games:  Silver

Individual awards

• Italian Super Cup MVP: (1997)
• Italian Cup MVP: (2000)
• Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic - Rome, 27 September 2004. The initiative of the President of the Republic.

External links

• Euroleague.net Profile
• FIBA.com Profile
• Eurobasket.com Profile
• Italian League Profile Archived 2018-06-12 at the Wayback Machine (in Italian)
• Spanish League Profile (in Spanish)