Club Atlético Peñarol (Mar del Plata)

Club Atlético Peñarol (usually called Peñarol de Mar del Plata or simply Peñarol) is an Argentine sports club based in Mar del Plata. The club is mostly known for its basketball team, which is currently playing in the Liga Nacional de Básquet (LNB), the top level of the Argentine league system. Their home arena is the Polideportivo Islas Malvinas.

This article is about the Argentine basketball team. For the Uruguayan football team, see Peñarol.
Peñarol (MDP)
Peñarol (MDP) logo
NicknameMilrayitas (thousand-strips)
LeaguesLNB
Founded7 November 1922 (1922-11-07)
ArenaPolideportivo Islas Malvinas
LocationMar del Plata, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Team colors   
PresidentDomingo Robles
Head coachLeonardo Gutiérrez
Championships5 Argentine championships
2 FIBA Americas League
2 Torneo InterLigas
3 Torneo Super 8
2 Copa Desafío
1 Copa Argentina
Home jersey
Team colours
Home
Away jersey
Team colours
Away
Logo for the basketball section

The team had its most successful campaign during 2010, winning 5 official tournaments (FIBA Americas League, Liga Nacional, InterLigas, and Copa Argentina).[1]

Apart from basketball, other activities held in Peñarol are football and martial arts.

Players

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Peñarol Mar del Plata roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Age
PF 1 United States Thornton, Al 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 39 – (1983-12-07)7 December 1983
G 2 Argentina Tolosa, Facundo 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 21 – (2002-04-12)12 April 2002
PG 4 Argentina Valinotti, Joaquín 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 24 – (1998-12-01)1 December 1998
SG 5 Argentina Defelippo, José 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 26 – (1997-07-26)26 July 1997
F/C 6 United States Jefferson, Johndre 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 34 – (1988-11-30)30 November 1988
PG 7 Argentina Framinan, Tomás 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) 20 – (2003-01-04)4 January 2003
F/C 9 Argentina Alderete, Pablo 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 30 – (1993-03-02)2 March 1993
C 11 Argentina Caffaro, Agustín 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 28 – (1995-02-06)6 February 1995
F/C 12 Argentina Bednarek, Ignácio 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 22 – (2001-05-06)6 May 2001
G/F 13 Argentina Monacchi, Tomás 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 25 – (1997-11-10)10 November 1997
F 15 Argentina Chiaraviglio, Nicolas 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 19 – (2004-04-01)1 April 2004
G/F 17 Argentina Cardo, Cristián 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 24 – (1999-01-17)17 January 1999
SG 19 Argentina Sansimoni, Bruno 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 27 – (1996-04-22)22 April 1996
PG 59 Argentina Cabrera, Joaquín 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 21 – (2002-03-29)29 March 2002
Head coach
  • Argentina Adrian Capelli
Assistant coach(es)
  • Argentina Mariano Rodriguez
  • Argentina Hernan Ferrero
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured
Updated: 2023-02-01

Retired numbers
Peñarol's retired numbers
N° Nat. Player Pos. Tenure Num. Retirement
8ArgentinaTato RodríguezPG1994–1998, 1999–2003, 2004–201123 Nov 2011 [2][3]

Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Criteria

To appear in this section a player must have either:

  • Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club
  • Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time
  • Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

Head coaches

Titles

National

International

Individual accomplishments

Olympic team selection

References
  1. Miguel Romano (2010-10-10). "Cartón lleno para el gran campeón". Cancha Llena (in Spanish). Retrieved 2010-10-11.
  2. "Peñarol retiró la camiseta de 'Tato' Rodríguez", La Voz del Interior, 2011-11-23
  3. "La camiseta de Tato dijo hasta siempre", Pickandroll.com.ar, 2011-11-24
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