Tayavek Gallizzi
![]() Gallizi with Argentina, in 2015. | |
No. 83 – Club La Unión | |
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Position | Power forward / Center |
League | Argentine League |
Personal information | |
Born | Santa Fe, Argentina | February 8, 1993
Nationality | Argentine |
Listed height | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) |
Listed weight | 225 lb (102 kg) |
Career information | |
Playing career | 2012–present |
Career history | |
2012–2016 | Quilmes |
2016–2017 | Quimsa |
2017–2018 | Club La Unión |
2018–present | Regatas Corrientes |
Medals |
Tayavek Gallizzi (born February 8, 1993) is an Argentine professional basketball player who currently plays for Regatas Corrientes of the Argentine Liga Nacional de Básquet (LNB). He defends Argentina.
Professional career
Gallizzi began his professional club basketball career with Quilmes Mar del Plata. He helped Quilmes earn a league promotion from the Argentine 2nd Division (TNA), to the Argentine 1st Division (LNB), in the 2012–13 season. He joined the Argentine club Quimsa, in 2016, and moved to the Argentine club, Club La Unión, in 2017.
National team career
Gallizzi suited up for Argentina at the 2014 FIBA World Cup.[1] He played for Argentina at the 2015 FIBA Americas Championship bringing home a silver medal, and he also participated in the 2017 FIBA AmeriCup.[2] He played for Argentina at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup and brought home a silver medal after a loss in the tournament final against Spain at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup.[3]
In 2022, Galizzi won the gold medal in the 2022 FIBA AmeriCup held in Recife, Brazil. He was one of the Argentina´s squad centers in the tournament.
References
- ^ "Tayavek Gallizzi Player Profile". RealGM.com. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
- ^ Tayavek GALLIZZI (ARG).
- ^ "Spain seal second FIBA World Cup with win over Argentina". MARCA in English. 15 September 2019. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
External links
- Tayavek Gallizzi at eurobasket.com
- Tayavek Gallizzi at fiba.com
- Articles with short description
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- 1993 births
- Living people
- 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup players
- Argentine men's basketball players
- Basketball players at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Basketball players at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Basketball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Centers (basketball)
- La Unión basketball players
- Olympic basketball players of Argentina
- Pan American Games medalists in basketball
- Power forwards (basketball)
- Regatas Corrientes basketball players
- Quilmes de Mar del Plata basketball players
- Quimsa basketball players
- Sportspeople from Santa Fe, Argentina
- 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup players
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Argentina
- Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games