Hugo Sconochini

Hugo Sconochini
Personal information
Born	10 April 1971 (age 53); Cañada de Gómez, Santa Fe, Argentina
Nationality	Argentine / Italian
Listed height	6 ft 4.5 in (1.94 m)
Listed weight	223 lb (101 kg)
Career information
Playing career	1989–2012
Position	Shooting guard / Small forward
Number	10
Career history
1989–1990	Sport Club Cañadense
1990–1993	Panasonic Reggio Calabria
1993–1995	Olimpia Milano
1995–1996	Nuova Tirrena Roma
1996–1997	Panathinaikos
1997–2001	Kinder Bologna
2001–2002	Tau Cerámica
2002–2004	Olimpia Milano
2004–2006	Lottomatica Roma
2007–2009	UC Piacentina
2009–2010	Gamma Marconi Segrate
2010–2012	Bettinzoli Monticelli
Career highlights and awards
	FIBA Intercontinental Cup champion (1996); 2× EuroLeague champion (1998, 2001); Spanish League champion (2002); Spanish Cup winner (2002); 2× Italian League champion (1998, 2001); 2× Italian Cup winner (1999, 2001);
Men's basketball
Representing Argentina
Olympic Games
FIBA World Cup
FIBA Diamond Ball
Goodwill Games
FIBA AmeriCup
FIBA South American Championship
FIBA Americas Under-20 Championship
FIBA South American Under-17 Championship

Hugo Ariel Sconochini (born 10 April 1971) is an Argentine retired professional basketball player. He played at the shooting guard and small forward positions.^[1] During his professional club career, Sconochini won the FIBA Intercontinental Cup championship in 1996, and two EuroLeague championships, in 1998 and 2001.

He was also a member of the senior Argentine national team that won the gold medal at the 2004 Athens Summer Olympic Games.

Professional career

In the 1996–97 season, Sconochini played with the Greek Basket League club Panathinaikos Athens. With Panathinaikos, he won the 1996 edition of the FIBA Intercontinental Cup. As a member of Virtus Bologna, Sconochini won the Italian League championship in 1998 and 2001, and the Italian Cup title in 1999 and 2001 with Bologna. With Bologna, Sconochini also won the EuroLeague championship at both the 1998 EuroLeague Final Four and the 2001 EuroLeague Finals. As a member Baskonia, Sconochini won the Spanish League championship and the Spanish Cup title in the year 2002.

Sconochini was a regular member of the senior men's Argentine national team. He was a part of Argentina's "Golden Generation". With Argentina, he played at the 1998 FIBA World Championship. He won a bronze medal with Argentina at the 1999 FIBA Americas Championship.

Sconochini also won gold medals with Argentina at the 2001 FIBA South American Championship and the 2001 FIBA Americas Championship. He also won a silver medal with Argentina at the 2002 FIBA World Championship. In addition to that, Sconochini was a member of Argentina's gold medal winning team at the 2004 Summer Olympics.