Which elite company has won both the AmeriCup and EuroLeague?
MIAMI (USA) - Argentina's Manu Ginobili, Pepe Sanchez, Andres Nocioni, Brazil's Anderson Varejao and Mexico's Gustavo Ayon are the only players to have won the FIBA AmeriCup and EuroLeague.
MIAMI (USA) - You are in select company if you've won a FIBA AmeriCup and the EuroLeague.
Manu Ginobili (third from the left) and Argentina winning AmeriCup in 2011
Argentina's Manu Ginobili, Pepe Sanchez, Andres Nocioni, Facundo Campazzo, Gabriel Deck, Brazil's Anderson Varejao and Mexico's Gustavo Ayon have achieved this.
Brazil's Anderson Varejao (center) celebrates his 2009 FIBA AmeriCup title in Puerto Rico
The first four reached the top of the FIBA AmeriCup podium twice in their glorious careers but Ayon is the only player to claim two EuroLeague titles (with Real Madrid) while also lifting the FIBA AmeriCup trophy.
Ayon faced the USA at the World Cup in Spain a year after his AmeriCup triumph in 2013
Marcelinho Huertas of Brazil and Lenovo Tenerife is in even more select company.
Brazil's Marcelinho celebrated after winning the AmeriCup for the second time in 2009
Still playing at 40 years of age and as potent a passer and scorer as ever, Marcelinho is the only player to ever win the FIBA AmeriCup, which he did with Brazil in 2005 and 2009, and the Basketball Champions League, which he did two seasons ago with Lenovo Tenerife (2021-22), when he was MVP of the Final Four in Bilbao.
Campazzo with the 2018 EuroLeague trophy (photo courtesy of EuroLeague)
| PLAYER | NATIONALITY | AMERICUP | EUROLEAGUE | BASKETBALL CHAMPIONS LEAGUE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manu Ginobili | ARG | 2001, 2011 | 2001 | |
| Pepe Sanchez | ARG | 2001, 2011 | 2002 | |
| Andres Nocioni | ARG | 2001, 2011 | 2015 | |
| Anderson Varejao | BRA | 2005, 2009 | 2003 | |
| Facundo Campazzo | ARG | 2022 | 2015, 2018 | |
| Gabriel Deck | ARG | 2022 | 2023 | |
| Gustavo Ayon | MEX | 2013 | 2015, 2018 | |
| Marcelinho Huertas | BRA | 2005, 2009 | - | 2022 |
To know which players won both EuroBasket and EuroLeague, please check here.
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