Francesc Buscató

Personal information
Born	(1940-04-21)21 April 1940 (age 85) Pineda de Mar, Spain
Listed height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Listed weight	146 lb (66 kg)
Career information
Playing career	1955–1974
Position	Point guard
Coaching career	1974–1992
Career history
Playing
1955–1957	Pineda de Mar
1957–1960	FC Barcelona
1960–1964	Aismalíbar Montcada
1964–1974	Joventut Badalona
Coaching
1974–1975	Joventut Badalona
1975–1980	FC Barcelona (Juniors)
1980–1981	L'Hospitalet
1992	Catalonia
Career highlights
As player: 5×FIBA European Selection (1968–1971, 1973) 2×Spanish League champion (1959, 1968) 2×Spanish Cup winner (1959, 1969) 50 Greatest FIBA Players (1991)
Medals Men'sBasketball Representing Spain FIBA EuroBasket 1973 Spain

Francesc "Nino" Buscató Durlán (born 21 April 1940), commonly known as eitherNino Buscató orFrancisco Buscató, is a Spanish former professionalbasketball player andbasketball coach. At 5 feet 10 inches (1.78 m) tall, he played at thepoint guard position. He was named to theFIBA European Selection five times (1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973), and he was also named one ofFIBA's 50 Greatest Players in 1991. In 1970 he sharedUNESCO International Fair Play Award with another Spaniard, soccer playerPedro Zaballa.^[1]

Buscató spent the major part of his club career playing withFC Barcelona andJoventut Badalona. He won twoSpanish League championship titles (1959, 1968) and twoSpanish Cups (1959, 1969).

Buscató represented at international competition the seniorSpain national team (1959–1973). He won aEuroBasket silver medal at theEuroBasket 1973, and was named to the All-Tournament Team, averaging 11 points per game in the tournament. He also competed at threeOlympic Games.^[2]

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• 1940 births
• Living people
• Basketball players at the 1960 Summer Olympics
• Basketball players at the 1968 Summer Olympics
• Basketball players at the 1972 Summer Olympics
• FC Barcelona Bàsquet players
• Joventut Badalona players
• Olympic basketball players for Spain
• Point guards
• Spanish basketball coaches
• Spanish men's basketball players
• 20th-century Spanish sportsmen

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