Víctor Lapeña

Víctor Antonio Lapeña Tortosa (born 12 March 1975, in Zaragoza) is a Spanish basketball coach who is the head coach of the Canada women's national basketball team.

Víctor Lapeña
Personal information
Born (1975-03-12) 12 March 1975
Zaragoza, Spain
NationalitySpanish
PositionHead coach
Coaching career2003–present
Career history
As coach:
2003–2004Stadium Casablanca [LF2]
2004–2005Puig d'en Valls [LF2]
2005–2007Extrugasa Cortegada [LF2]
2007–2009Cadí La Seu
2009–2012CDB Zaragoza
2012UNB Obenasa
2013–2014Perfumerías Avenida
2015–2018Stadium Casablanca
2018–2019Nadezhda Orenburg
2019–2022Fenerbahçe
2022–presentCanada women's national team
Career highlights and awards

Club career

He coached several teams in Spain, both in the second tier league (2003-2008) and the first tier league (2008-2018). He won the Spanish League in the 2012-13 season, and the 2014 Spanish Cup with CB Avenida.[1]

In the 2018-2019 season he coached his first team abroad, Nadezhda Orenburg from the Russian Premier League, winning the second-tier 2018–19 EuroCup Women. On 29 June 2019 he signed for Turkish club Fenerbahçe[2]

National team

Lapeña has worked with the Spanish Basketball Federation as both assistant and head coach in the youth teams and the senior team, winning a total of 14 medals.[3] In November 2015 he was the head coach of the senior team for two games.[4]

References
  1. "Victor Lapena Basketball Coach Profile, Mann Filter Zaragoza, staff, biography, career - eurobasket.com". www.eurobasket.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-19. Retrieved 2016-03-15.
  2. "Víctor Lapeña: "Entrenar al Fenerbahçe es entrar en otra dimensión"". www.gigantes.com.
  3. Aragón, Heraldo de. "Víctor Lapeña, el coleccionista de medallas". heraldo.es. Archived from the original on 2018-08-14. Retrieved 2019-07-04.
  4. "Mondelo no dirigirá a la selección femenina en el PreEuropeo". Marca.com. Archived from the original on 13 September 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2019. (in Spanish)
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