Luca Vildoza

Luca Vildoza (born August 11, 1995) is an Argentine professional basketball player for Baskonia in the Liga ACB. At a height of 1.91 m (6'3") tall, he can play at both the point guard and shooting guard positions.

Luca Vildoza
Vildoza with Baskonia in 2018
No. 3 – Baskonia
PositionPoint guard / Shooting guard
LeagueLiga ACB
EuroLeague
Personal information
Born (1995-08-11) August 11, 1995
Quilmes, Buenos Aires, Argentina
NationalityArgentine / Italian
Listed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
NBA draft2017 / Undrafted
Playing career2012–present
Career history
2012–2017Quilmes
2017–presentBaskonia
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Argentina
World Cup
2019 China
FIBA AmeriCup
2017 Argentina
Pan American Games
2019 Lima
South American Games
2014 Chile

Professional career

Early years

Vildoza started his professional career with the Argentine 1st Division (LNB) club Quilmes, in the LNB 2011–12 season. He then played in the Argentine 2nd Division with Quilmes, during the TNA 2012–13 season. He spent the next three seasons playing in the top-tier level Argentine League with Quilmes.

Baskonia (2016–present)

In 2016, he signed a four-year contract with the Spanish League club Baskonia. However, Baskonia loaned him back to Quilmes, for the 2016–17 season.[1] He rejoined Baskonia for the 2017–18 season and made a debut in the EuroLeague. Over 24 EuroLeague games, he averaged 4.5 points, 2 assists and 1.3 rebounds per game. In the Spanish League, he appeared in 25 games and averaged 5.9 points, while shooting 50% from the field goal and 40.4% from the three-point line. Baskonia made the ACB Playoffs Finals that season and was lost the final series with 3–1 to Real Madrid.

In 2018–19 season, Vildoza's role in the team increased and so did his stats as he averaged 9.1 points and 3.8 assists over 34 games of the EuroLeague. In March 2019, Vildoza signed a contract extension with Baskonia to stay until the end of 2023–24 season.[2] In the Spanish League, he appeared in 32 games, averaging 9.3 points per game. In ACB Playoffs Quarterfinals, Baskonia lost with 2–0 to Zaragoza.

National team career

Vildoza was a member of the junior national teams of Argentina. He played with Argentina's junior national team at the 2012 FIBA Under-17 World Cup. He is also a member of the senior men's Argentine national basketball team. With Argentina's senior team, he has played at the 2014 ODESUR Games, the 2015 Pan American Games, the 2016 South American Championship, and the 2017 FIBA AmeriCup.[3]

In 2019, he took part in the team that won the Pan American gold medal in Lima. Vildoza was included in the Argentine squad for the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup and clinched silver medal with Argentina which emerged as runners-up to Spain at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup.[4]

Career statistics
Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  PIR  Performance Index Rating
 Bold  Career high

Note: The EuroLeague is not the only competition in which the player participated for the team during the season. He also played in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable.

EuroLeague
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2017–18 Baskonia 24213.2.422.412.6961.32.0.5.14.53.9
2018–19 341722.5.403.372.8792.33.81.1.19.19.6
Career 581918.7.408.383.8271.83.1.8.17.27.3

References
  1. Luca Vildoza new player for Laboral Kutxa Baskonia.
  2. "Baskonia, Vildoza together til 2024!". euroleague.net. 6 March 2019. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  3. Luca VILDOZA (ARG).
  4. "Spain seal second FIBA World Cup with win over Argentina". MARCA in English. 15 September 2019. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
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