Lucio Angulo Espinoza ( Spanish: Lucio Angulo Espinosa ; born April 9, 1973 , Zaragoza ) - Spanish basketball player , light forward , speaking at a professional level in the period 1992-2011.
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| Position | Easy forward |
| Growth | 198 cm |
| Weight | 93 kg |
| Citizenship |  Spain |
| Date of Birth | April 9, 1973 (46 years) |
| Place of Birth | Zaragoza , Spain |
Represented the Spanish clubs " Zaragoza ", " TAU Ceramics ", " Real Madrid ", " Alicante ", in the "Real" won the championship in Spain , while with the "Ceramics" won the King's Cup.
As a player in the Spanish national team, he won the bronze medal at the 2001 European Championship in Turkey , and participated in the 2002 World Championship in the USA .
Biography
Lucio Angulo was born on April 9, 1973 in Zaragoza . He played basketball with his elder brother Alberto , who later also became quite a famous basketball player.
He began his career in 1991 at the local basketball club " Zaragoza ", but at that time he had the opportunity to play only in the junior team. In 1992, he joined the Conservas Daroca team in the first division of the Spanish championship, and in 1993 he was rented Peñas Huesca and made his debut in the top league of the Spanish Championship . During this period, for the first time, national team coaches paid attention to him, in particular, he visited the European Youth Championship in Ljubljana, from where he brought a bronze medal award.
In 1994, Angulo returned to his original club "Zaragoza" and with him, among other things, reached the King's Cup final.
Since 1996, he represented the Basque team " TAU Ceramics ", with which he won the King's Cup and took second place in the Spanish Championship.
In the period 1999-2003, he played in one of the strongest Spanish basketball clubs Real Madrid , it was with Real that in 2000 he won the Spanish Championship. In addition, once became the second in the standings of the national championship and once reached the final of the King's Cup.
Thanks to a series of successful performances at the club level in 2001, Lucio Angulo entered the main team of the Spanish national team and was awarded the right to defend the country's honor at the European Championships in Turkey - eventually became the bronze medalist here, in the semi-finals with a score of 65:78, the Spaniards lost to Yugoslavia, then as in a consolation meeting for the third place, 99:90 defeated Germany [1] . Angulo also played at the 2002 World Championships in the United States , but he could not be among the prize winners - Spanish basketball players lost to the Germans at the quarter-finals stage, but won the Americans for fifth place in the match. In total, Angulo spent 49 matches for the national team.
Since 2003, he has been with Alicante for five seasons, in 2008 he played for a while in the Italian club Benetton Treviso , but he soon returned to his homeland and until 2011 was in the small Spanish team Caceres Qidad del Balonesto , after which he decided to end the career of a professional athlete [2] [3] [4] .
Notes
- ↑ solobasket.com Especial Europeo de Turquía consultado en septiembre de 2001
- Per elperiodicodearagon.com Lucio Angulo ficha por la Benneton y Oleson aterriza en Fuenlabrada Archived July 4, 2009. consultado en agosto de 2008
- Per elperiodicoextremadura.com El Cáceres 2016 logra el fichaje de Lucio Angulo Archived on September 12, 2008. consultado en septiembre de 2008
- ↑ feb.es Lucio Angulo, la voz de la experiencia en TDP
Links
- Lucio Angulo (sp.) - page on the ACB website