Gaiteros del Zulia

Basketball team in Maracaibo, Venezuela

Gaiteros del Zulia

Leagues

Superliga Profesional de Baloncesto

Founded

1983; 41 years ago (1983)

Arena

Gimnasio Pedro Elías Belisario Aponte

Capacity

4,500

Location

Maracaibo, Venezuela

Championships

4 Venezuelan Championships (1984, 1985, 1996, 2001)

Home

Away

Gaiteros del Zulia is a professional basketball team based in Maracaibo, Venezuela. The team plays in Venezuela's Superliga Profesional de Baloncesto. They have won the Venezuelan championships four times.^[1]

Trophies

Liga Profesional de Baloncesto
- Champions (4): 1984, 1985, 1996, 2001

Roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Gaiteros del Zulia roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Age
G	3	Luís Madera	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	29 – (1994-05-19)19 May 1994
G	4	Ty Lawson	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	36 – (1987-11-03)3 November 1987
G	5	Rafael Melgarejo	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	32 – (1991-09-13)13 September 1991
F	7	Diego Martínez	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	27 – (1996-06-29)29 June 1996
PG	9	Carlos Gascon	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	33 – (1990-09-06)6 September 1990
PF	11	Yanitson Quintero	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	25 – (1998-12-08)8 December 1998
G/F	12	Hector Ortega	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	23 – (2000-06-16)16 June 2000
SG	14	Maolin Colina	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	33 – (1990-09-14)14 September 1990
PG	16	Malik Maitland	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	27 – (1996-06-16)16 June 1996
F/C	17	Erick Rodríguez	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	25 – (1999-01-19)19 January 1999
G	28	Jamal Pollydore	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	28 – (1995-05-02)2 May 1995
C	32	Daniel Ochefu	2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)	30 – (1993-12-15)15 December 1993
SF	46	Graddy Osorio	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	36 – (1987-05-15)15 May 1987
C	74	Dario Castro	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	32 – (1991-12-15)15 December 1991

Head coach

Gustavo García

Assistant coach(es)

Niremberg Escalona

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: 10 February 2023

Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

Criteria

To appear in this section a player must have either:

Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club
Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time
Played at least one official NBA match at any time.