Antonio Alejandro Porta Pernigotti (born 28 October 1983) is a former Argentine-Italian
professional
basketball
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player, who lasted played with the
Svendborg Rabbits in the
Danish Basketball League. He played at both the
point guard
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and
shooting guard
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positions. Porta is now a basketball coach on the "Svendborg Efterskole" in Svendborg, Denmark. He is the coach of a group of young teenagers.
Professional career
Porta played with several clubs in the
Italian League, and also in the
Spanish League and the
Russian Super League
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.
National team career
Porta was a member of the senior
Argentine national basketball team. He made his debut with the national team at the
2005 Stanković Continental Champions' Cup. He also played with Argentina at the
2005 FIBA Americas Championship
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, the 2006
South American Championship, and the
2007 FIBA Americas Championship
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. He was also a part of the Argentina squad that won a bronze medal at the
2008 Summer Olympic Games.
References
External links
Eurobasket.com ProfileItalian League Profile Spanish League Profile(archive)
1983 births
Living people
Argentine expatriate basketball people in Spain
Argentine men's basketball players
Argentine sportspeople of Italian descent
Andrea Costa Imola players
Basket Livorno players
Basketball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
BC Spartak Saint Petersburg players
CB Valladolid players
Italian expatriate basketball people in Spain
Italian men's basketball players
Lega Basket Serie A players
Liga ACB players
Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Olympic basketball players for Argentina
Olympic bronze medalists for Argentina
Olympic medalists in basketball
Pallacanestro Biella players
People from General López Department
Point guards
S.S. Felice Scandone players
Scafati Basket players
Scaligera Basket Verona players
Shooting guards
Basketball players from Santa Fe Province
Svendborg Rabbits players
21st-century Italian sportsmen
21st-century Argentine sportsmen
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