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Juan Espil
Personal information
Born	5 January 1968 (age 56); Bahía Blanca, Argentina
Nationality	Argentine / Italian
Listed height	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Listed weight	90 kg (198 lb)
Career information
Playing career	1988–2012
Position	Shooting guard / small forward
Number	10
Career history
1988–1992	Estudiantes (BB)
1992–1994	GEPU San Luis
1994–1996	Atenas
1996–2000	TAU Cerámica
2000–2001	Adr Roma
2001–2003	Joventut Badalona
2003–2005	Ricoh Manresa
2005–2006	Tenerife
2006	Bilbao Berri
2006–2008	Ricoh Manresa
2008–2009	Boca Juniors
2009–2010	Obras Sanitarias
2010–2012	Bahía Basket
Career highlights and awards
	Argentine League champion (1993); Argentine League Finals MVP (1993); Argentine League MVP (1993); 3× Argentine League Top Scorer (1993, 1995, 1996); Spanish Cup winner (1999); 3× Liga ACB Free Throw Percentage leader (1998, 2004, 2005); Spanish League 3 Point Shootout Champion (1996–97); Italian Supercup winner (2000); N° 10 jersey retired by Estudiantes (BB) (2013);
Men's Basketball
Representing Argentina
Pan American Games
FIBA AmeriCup

Juan Alberto Espil Vanotti^[1] (born 5 January 1968) is a retired Argentine-Italian^[2]^[3] professional basketball player, who played as a shooting guard-small forward.

Professional career edit

Espil's last pro club was Bahía Basket (successor of Estudiantes in the LNB), where he retired in 2012.^[4]

In February 2013, Estudiantes honoured Espil by retiring the #10 jersey that he had worn during his two tenures on the club.^[4]^[5]

Espil helped Argentina to claim the country's first ever gold medal in men's basketball at the Pan American Games, as Argentina defeated the Team USA, in the final of the 1995 Pan American Games, in Mar del Plata, Argentina.

Espil also competed with the senior men's Argentine national basketball team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where his team finished in ninth place in the overall standings.

^ Juan Alberto ESPIL VANOTTI (ARG) participated in 4 FIBA / FIBA Zones events.
^ Juan Alberto Espil Naz. di Nascita: ARG Naz. Sportiva: ITA (in Italian).
^ "Juan Espil nacionalidad | licencia: ITA" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 7 May 2010. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
^ ^a ^b Espil vivió su noche soñada, La Nación, 22 February 2013
^ "Espil tuvo su merecido homenaje en Bahía", Clarín, 23 February 2013