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| Born | (1952-09-12)12 September 1952 (age 73) Figino Serenza, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Italian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 1.75 in (1.87 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 200 lb (91 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Playing career | 1969–1991, 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Point guard | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1969–1991, 2006 | Cantù | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pierluigi "Pierlo"Marzorati (born 12 September 1952) is an Italian former professionalbasketball player. During his playing career, he was nicknamed "L'ingegnere volante"[1] (EN: "The Flying Engineer").[2] He is considered to have been one of the bestpoint guards of all time in Europe, and was named theMister Europa, in 1976. He was named one ofFIBA's 50 Greatest Players in 1991. In 2007, he was inducted into theItalian Basketball Hall of Fame and enshrined into theFIBA Hall of Fame.[3] In 2008, he was chosen as one of the50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors. Marzorati was inducted into theWalk of Fame of Italian sport in May of 2015.[4]
Marzorati was one of the key players of theCantù team (in which he played from 1969 to 1991), winning 2Italian League championships (in 1975 and 1981), 2FIBA European Champions' Cup (EuroLeague) titles (1982 and 1983), 4FIBA Cup Winners' Cups (1977, 1978, 1979 and 1981), 4FIBA Korać Cups (1973, 1974, 1975 and 1991) and 2FIBA Intercontinental Cups (1975 and 1982). Marzorati'snumber 14 jersey was retired by Cantù on 12 September 1991.[5]
In July 2006, Marzorati decided to come back at age 54, to top class competitions withCantù, for the 70th anniversary of the team. On 6 October 2006, he finally appeared in an official game for Cantù, playing two minutes in anItalian League game, against the Italian national league championsBenetton Treviso. Cantù won the game by a score of 70–69. This way, he became the first (and only) basketball player in history to have played official games in five different decades, as well as the oldest professional basketball player to have ever taken part in an official game.
In 693 games played in the top-tier level Italian League, Marzorati scored a total of 8,659 points.
Marzorati played in 278 games for the senior men'sItalian national basketball team, in which he scored a total of 2,209 points. While representing Italy, he won the silver medal at the1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, and the gold medal at the1983 FIBA EuroBasket. He also won three bronze medals at the1971,1975, and1985 editions of theFIBA EuroBasket.
Marzorati played his whole career withCantù. After his playing career ended in 1991, he became theVice-President for the club, and he served in that capacity until 1996.
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