Manu Ginobili is a professional Argentinian basketball player. He announced his retirement on Monday, 27 August after 16 years in the NBA. Ginobili won four championships throughout his career. He spent all 16 of those years with the San Antonio Spurs. In this time he helped to establish and continue one of the most consistently great teams in modern NBA history. He became one of only two players to have won a EuroLeague title, an NBA championship, and an Olympic gold medal.
Ginóbili comes from a family of professional basketball players. He spent the early part of his career in Argentina and Italy. Here is where he holds dual citizenship, and won several individual and team honours.
Ginobili will go down as one of the most innovative and creative players in recent memory, with a knack for finding the basket anyway he could.
With his departure, the Spurs will enter the 2018-19 season without a member of their “Big Three” Duncan, Parker, or Ginobili for the first time in 20 years.
Manu Facts
Manu Ginobili was born on 28th July 1977 in Bahia Blanca, Argentina. Ginobili has a height of 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) and a weight of 205 lb (93 kg).
Manu’s Career Info
1999 / Round: 2 / Pick: 57th overall.
Selected by the San Antonio Spurs in 1995–2018 his position was shooting guard number 10, 6 and 20.
Career History
| 1995–1996 | Andino Sport Club |
| 1996–1998 | Estudiantes de Bahia Blanca |
| 1998–2000 | Viola Reggio Calabria |
| 2000–2002 | Virtus Bologna |
| 2002–2018 | San Antonio Spurs |
| Representing Argentina | 2004 Athens | Team |
| 2008 Beijing | Team | |
| FIBA World Cup | 2002 Indianapolis | National Team |
| FIBA Diamond Ball | 2004 Belgrade | National Team |
| 2008 Nanjing | ||
| FIBA AmeriCup | 1999 San Jaun | |
| 2001 Neuquen | ||
| 2003 San Juan | ||
| 2011 mar del plata | ||
| FIBA South America Championships | 1999 Bahia Blanca |
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