Philippe Szanyiel

Philip Szanyiel

Philip Szaniel in 2012
Personal information
Born	(1960-12-23) December 23, 1960 (age 63) Manosque, France
Nationality	French
Listed height	6 ft 7.5 in (2.02 m)
Career information
Playing career	1976–1994
Position	Power forward
Number	14
Career history
As player:
1976–1978	ES Avignon
1978–1985	ASVEL
1985–1988	AS Monaco
1988–1994	Mulhouse
As coach:
1997–2000	Limoges (assistant)
2000–2001	Mulhouse (assistant)
2002	Mulhouse
2003–2004	Ajaccio
2004–2005	Stade Clermontois BA (assistant)
2010–2011	CSP Pont de dore
Career highlights and awards
As player: FIBA European Selection (1991) French League champion (1981) French Federation Cup winner (1984) French League Cup winner (1988) French League French Player's MVP (1983) French Basketball Hall of Fame (2011)

Philippe "Philip" Szanyiel (born 23 December 1960) is a French former professional basketball player and coach. He was inducted into the French Basketball Hall of Fame, as a player, in 2011.

Professional career

Szanyiel was named to the FIBA European Selection team in 1991. With ASVEL, Szanyiel made it to the 1982–83 season's finals of the secondary level European-wide club competition, the FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup (FIBA Saporta Cup). Szanyiel was the French League's French Player's MVP in 1983.

National team career

With the senior French national team, Szanyiel competed at the following tournaments: the 1980 FIBA European Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the 1981 EuroBasket, the 1983 EuroBasket, the 1984 Summer Olympics,^[1] the 1985 EuroBasket, the 1988 FIBA European Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the 1991 EuroBasket, and the 1992 FIBA European Olympic Qualifying Tournament.

With France's senior national team, he scored a total of 2,363 points, in 192 games played.

References

External links

Player of the YearFrench Domestic MVPForeign MVPUnified MVP