Luis Bethelmy

Luis Miguel Bethelmy Villarroel (born 14 October 1986) is a Venezuelan professional basketball player who plays in the power forward position for the Venezuela national basketball team and currently plays for Piratas de Los Lagos in the Liga BásquetPro league.[1][2][3] He is nicknamed as "the Tsunami".[4] Luis was part of the Venezuelan squad during the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup, where the team ended up at 14th position.[5]

Luis Bethelmy
No. 11 – Piratas de Los Lagos
PositionPower forward
Personal information
Born (1986-10-14) 14 October 1986
NationalityVenezuelan
Listed height6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Career information
NBA draft2008: undrafted
Playing career2007–present
Career history
2007-2009Cocodrilos de Caracas
2009-2010Ángeles de Puebla
2010-2014Cocodrilos de Caracas
2011-2013Halcones Rojos Veracruz
2014Guerreros de Bogotá
2015-2019Guaros de Lara
2018-2019 Indios San Francisco Macoris
2019-2020Gimnasia y Esgrima (CR)
2019-2020Defensor Sporting
2020-2021Centauros de Portuguesa
2021-2023Cocodrilos de Caracas
2023-presentPiratas de Los Lagos
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Venezuela
South American Basketball Championship
Gold medal – first place2014 Venezuela
Gold medal – first place2016 Venezuela
Bronze medal – third place2008 Chile

National team career

Luis Bethelmy made his senior international debut for Venezuela during the 2007 FIBA Americas Championship. He has represented Venezuela at the Pan American Games twice in 2015, 2019 and also took part at the 2009 FIBA Americas Championship and 2013 FIBA Americas Championship. He made his FIBA Basketball World Cup debut for Venezuela at the 2019 edition, which also saw Venezuela's return to the tournament for the first time since 2006 FIBA Basketball World Cup.[5]

Club career

He made his club debut for Cocodrilos de Caracas in 2007 before being drafted into NBA in 2008.[6] He was part of the Guaros de Lara club which was crowned world basketball club champions at the 2016 FIBA Intercontinental Cup, after beating the German club Skyliners Frankfurt in the final.[7] He was also member of the Guaros de Lara club which emerged as runners-up to Spanish club Iberostar Tenerife at the 2017 FIBA Intercontinental Cup.[8]

References
  1. Proballers. "Luis Bethelmy, Basketball Player". Proballers. Retrieved 2019-09-15.
  2. "Luis BETHELMY at the Liga de las Americas 2019". FIBA.basketball (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2019-09-15.
  3. "Luis Bethelmy Basketball Player Profile, Guaros de Lara, News, LPB stats, Career, Games Logs, Best, Awards - eurobasket". Eurobasket LLC. Retrieved 2019-09-15.
  4. "Cocodrilos de Caracas - Sitio Oficial". 2008-05-31. Archived from the original on 2008-05-31. Retrieved 2019-09-15.
  5. "Venezuela name final World Cup roster". FIBA. 27 August 2019. Retrieved 2019-09-15.
  6. "Luis Bethelmy Player Profile, Guaros, International Stats, Events Stats, Game Logs, Awards - RealGM". basketball.realgm.com. Retrieved 2019-09-15.
  7. "Guaros de Lara win Intercontinental Cup, 74-69 vs Skyliners Frankfurt". Sportando.com. 18 September 2016. Retrieved 2019-09-15.
  8. "Iberostar Tenerife crowned 2017 Intercontinental Cup champions". Championsleague.basketball. 2019-09-15.


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