Héctor Campana
Campana with Atenas in 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Born | (1964-11-10) November 10, 1964 (age 59) Córdoba, Argentina | |||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Argentine | |||||||||||||||||
Listed height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 82 kg (181 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
Career information | ||||||||||||||||||
Playing career | 1976–2004 | |||||||||||||||||
Position | Shooting guard | |||||||||||||||||
Number | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
Career history | ||||||||||||||||||
1976–1982 | Redes Cordobesas | |||||||||||||||||
1982–1985 | Obras Sanitarias | |||||||||||||||||
1985–1986 | Sport Club Cañadense | |||||||||||||||||
1987–1988 | Atenas | |||||||||||||||||
1989–1990 | River Plate | |||||||||||||||||
1990–1991 | GEPU | |||||||||||||||||
1991–1992 | Atenas | |||||||||||||||||
1992–1993 | Banco de Córdoba | |||||||||||||||||
1993–1995 | Olimpia de Venado Tuerto | |||||||||||||||||
1995–1996 | Peñarol | |||||||||||||||||
1996–2000 | Atenas | |||||||||||||||||
2000–2002 | Boca Juniors | |||||||||||||||||
2002–2004 | Atenas | |||||||||||||||||
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Héctor Oscar "Pichi" Campana Marcomini (born November 10, 1964) is an Argentine former basketball player and former vice-governor of his native Córdoba Province, for the Justicialist Party from 2007 to 2011. At club level, Campana won 7 times the Liga Nacional de Básquet (Argentine first division) and 3 times the Liga Sudamericana. He also played with the Argentine national basketball team, winning the gold medal at the 1995 Pan American Games held in Mar del Plata, and participating in the FIBA World Championships of 1986, 1990 and 1994.
Campana is also the all-time top scorer in the Liga Nacional de Básquet, with 17,359 points.[1]
Professsional career
Campana started his career with Redes Cordobesas at the Córdoba Province local league in 1976.[2] He subsequently joined Buenos Aires side Obras Sanitarias in 1982, and debuted with the club in the Liga Nacional de Básquet (Argentine first division) in 1984, the year of the league's inception. During his 28-year-long career, he played exclusively in Argentina. The shooting guard had 4 spells at Córdoba's biggest team, Atenas, club where he retired in 2004 with 39 years of age.[3]
Campana was 3 times the Argentine League Final's MVP,[3] twice with Atenas (1987 and 1991–92), and one with Gimnasia y Esgrima y Pedernera Unidos (GEPU) (1990–91). He was also selected as the league's overall MVP 4 times,[4] 2 with River Plate (1989 and 1990), one with GEPU (1990–91), and one with Atenas (1998–99). The four league MVP selections is an Argentine league record he shares with Leonardo Gutiérrez. He was also the league's lead scorer for four consecutive seasons (from 1989 to 1991–92).[5] Moreover, his 7 Argentine league championships are tied with Marcelo Milanesio for 2nd most ever, behind only Leonardo Gutiérrez's 10.[4]
National team career
Campana was a member of the senior men's Argentine national team. He played with Argentina at the following tournaments: the 1985 FIBA South American Championship, the 1986 FIBA World Cup, the 1989 FIBA South American Championship, the 1990 FIBA World Cup, the 1992 FIBA AmeriCup, the 1994 Goodwill Games, the 1994 FIBA World Cup, and the 1997 FIBA AmeriCup.
Personal life
Campana's daughter was diagnosed with a heart condition while she was still in utero.[3] She therefore had to go through 11 cardiac procedures since she was born. As a consequence, Campana founded the Fundación Corazoncito (in English: Little Heart Foundation) that helps building hospital infrastructures and training Cordobese medics abroad.[3]
Honours
- Club
- Liga Nacional (6): 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991–92, 1997–98, 1998–99
- Liga Sudamericana (3): 1997, 1998, 2004
GEPU:
- Liga Nacional (1): 1990–91
- Individual
- Argentine League Finals MVP (3): (1987, 1991, 1992)
- Argentine League MVP (4): (1989, 1990, 1991, 1999)
- Argentine League Top Scorer (4): (1989, 1990, 1991, 1992)
- FIBA South American League MVP (1): 2004
- Argentine League All-Time Top Scorer
- N° 5 jersey retired by Atenas: (2005)[6][7]
References
- ^ ""Jugadores de la Historia" on LNB website". Archived from the original on 2011-12-02. Retrieved 2011-12-02.
- ^ Gustavo Farías (2010-03-10). "¿Te acordás Pichi?" (in Spanish). Mundo D – La Voz. Retrieved 2010-09-04.
- ^ a b c d Romina Fernández di Santi (2010-04-14). "Héctor Campana: el ídolo del que ya no se habla" (in Spanish). InDeportes. Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2010-09-04.
- ^ a b "Leo Gutiérrez ganó su cuarto MVP y es el mejor jugador de la década" (in Spanish). Básquet Plus. 2010-04-13. Archived from the original on 2010-04-18. Retrieved 2010-09-04.
- ^ "Líderes de Torneos" (in Spanish). LNB official website. Archived from the original on 2010-08-07. Retrieved 2010-09-04.
- ^ Milanesio y Campana homenajeados con el retiro de las míticas "9" y "5" Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine Pick and Roll website, 2005-11-05
- ^ Atenas retira la camiseta de Héctor "Pichi" Campana Archived 2012-09-04 at archive.today, Infobae, 2005-07-12
External links
- FIBA Archive Profile
- REALGM.com Profile
- LatinBasket.com Profile
- Vice-governor Héctor Campana profile at the Córdoba Province Government's website
- v
- t
- e
- 1987: Filloy
- 1988: not selected
- 1989: Campana
- 1990: Campana
- 1991: Campana
- 1992: Milanesio
- 1993: Espil
- 1994: Milanesio
- 1995: Montenegro
- 1996: Racca
- 1997: Racca
- 1998: Oberto
- 1999: Campana
- 2000: Wolkowyski
- 2001: Herrmann
- 2002: Farabello
- 2003: Lábaque
- 2004: López
- 2005: L. Gutiérrez
- 2006: L. Gutiérrez
- 2007: Mikulas
- 2008: L. Gutiérrez
- 2009: Jackson
- 2010: L. Gutiérrez
- 2011: J. P. Gutiérrez
- 2012: J. P. Gutiérrez
- 2013: Quinteros
- 2014: Herrmann
- 2015: Aguirre
- 2016: Williams
- 2017: Tucker
- 2018: Deck
- 2019: Mata