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Tayavek Gallizzi
Argentine basketball player
Tayavek Gallizzi (born February 8, 1993) is an Argentine professional basketball player who currently plays for Instituto of the Argentine Liga Nacional de Básquet (LNB). He defends Argentina.
No. 83 – Instituto | |
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Position | Power forward / center |
League | Argentine League |
Personal information | |
Born | (1993-02-08) February 8, 1993 (age 31) Santa Fe, Argentina |
Nationality | Argentine |
Listed height | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) |
Listed weight | 225 lb (102 kg) |
Career information | |
Playing career | 2012–present |
Career history | |
2012–2016 | Quilmes |
2016–2017 | Quimsa |
2017–2018 | Club La Unión |
2018–2021 | Regatas Corrientes |
2021–present | Instituto |
Medals |
Gallizzi began his professional club basketball career with Quilmes Mar del Plata. He helped Quilmes earn a league promotion from the Argentine 2nd Division (TNA) to the Argentine 1st Division (LNB), in the 2012–13 season. He joined the Argentine club Quimsa in 2016 and moved to the Argentine club, Club La Unión, in 2017.
Gallizzi suited up for Argentina at the 2014 FIBA World Cup.[1] He played for Argentina at the 2015 FIBA Americas Championship bringing home a silver medal, and he also participated in the 2017 FIBA AmeriCup.[2] He played for Argentina at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup and brought home a silver medal after a loss in the tournament final against Spain at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup.[3]
In 2022, Galizzi won the gold medal in the 2022 FIBA AmeriCup held in Recife, Brazil. He was one of Argentina's centers in the tournament.
- "Tayavek Gallizzi Player Profile". RealGM.com. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
- "Spain seal second FIBA World Cup with win over Argentina". MARCA in English. 15 September 2019. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
- Tayavek Gallizzi at eurobasket.com
- Tayavek Gallizzi at fiba.com