Luca Vildoza
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Position | Point guard / Shooting guard | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Quilmes, Argentina | August 11, 1995|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Argentine / Italian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 190 lb (86 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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NBA draft | 2017 / Undrafted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing career | 2012–present | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2012–2016 | Quilmes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016–2021 | Baskonia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016–2017 | →Quilmes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Luca Vildoza (born August 11, 1995) is an Argentine professional basketball player who last played for Kirolbet Baskonia of the Liga ACB, where he won the championship in the 2019–20 season. At 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) tall, he can play as a point guard or a shooting guard.
Professional career[]
Quilmes (2012–2017)[]
Vildoza started his professional career with the Argentine 1st Division (LNB) club Quilmes, in the 2011–12 LNB season. He then played in the Argentine 2nd Division with Quilmes, during the TNA 2012–13 season. He spent the next three seasons playing in the top-tier level Argentine League with Quilmes.
Baskonia (2016–2021)[]
In 2016, Vildoza signed a four-year contract with the Liga ACB club Baskonia. However, Baskonia loaned him back to Quilmes, for the 2016–17 season[1] where he averaged 16.9 points and 3.9 assists per game. He rejoined Baskonia for the 2017–18 season and made a debut in the EuroLeague. Over 24 EuroLeague games, he averaged 4.5 points, 2 assists and 1.3 rebounds per game. In the Liga ACB, he appeared in 25 games and averaged 5.9 points, while shooting 50% from the field goal and 40.4% from the three-point line.[2] Baskonia made the ACB Playoffs Finals that season and lost the final 3–1 to Real Madrid.
In 2018–19 season, Vildoza's role in the team increased and so did his stats as he averaged 9.1 points and 3.8 assists over 34 games of the EuroLeague.[2] In March 2019, Vildoza signed a contract extension with Baskonia to stay until the end of 2023–24 season.[3] In the Liga ACB, he appeared in 32 games, averaging 9.3 points per game.[2] In the ACB Quarterfinals, Baskonia lost 2–0 to Zaragoza.
On May 6, 2021, Vildoza signed with the New York Knicks,[4] but was waived on October 3 after playing two 2021 NBA Summer League games.[5] On October 5, 2021, Vildoza mentioned in his Twitter account that he had undergone surgery on his right foot.[6]
National team career[]
Vildoza was a member of the junior national teams of Argentina. He played with Argentina's junior national team at the 2012 FIBA Under-17 World Cup. He is also a member of the senior men's Argentine national basketball team. With Argentina's senior team, he has played at the 2014 ODESUR Games, the 2015 Pan American Games, the 2016 South American Championship, and the 2017 FIBA AmeriCup.[7]
In 2019, Vildoza took part in the team that won the Pan American gold medal in Lima. Vildoza was included in the Argentine squad for the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup and clinched silver medal with Argentina which emerged as runners-up to Spain at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup.[8]
Career statistics[]
GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | PIR | Performance Index Rating |
Bold | Career high |
EuroLeague[]
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | PIR |
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2017–18 | Baskonia | 24 | 2 | 13.2 | .422 | .412 | .696 | 1.3 | 2.0 | .5 | .1 | 4.5 | 3.9 |
2018–19 | 34 | 17 | 22.5 | .403 | .372 | .879 | 2.3 | 3.8 | 1.1 | .1 | 9.1 | 9.6 | |
2020–21 | 32 | 18 | 25.1 | .410 | .388 | .761 | 2.0 | 3.5 | 1.6 | .1 | 10.3 | 10.2 |
References[]
- ^ "Luca Vildoza new player for Laboral Kutxa Baskonia". Baskonia.com. August 16, 2016. Retrieved August 16, 2016.
- ^ a b c "Luca Vildoza Player Profile". RealGM.com. Retrieved April 28, 2021.
- ^ "Baskonia, Vildoza together til 2024!". euroleague.net. March 6, 2019. Retrieved September 10, 2019.
- ^ "Knicks Sign Luca Vildoza". NBA.com. May 6, 2021. Retrieved May 7, 2021.
- ^ "Knicks Waive Luca Vildoza". NBA.com. October 3, 2021. Retrieved October 3, 2021.
- ^ Luca Vildoza [@LucaVildoza] (October 5, 2021). "Hola a todos. Les quiero contar que finalmente hoy me operé del pie derecho, que estoy bien y que apenas los doctores me lo permitan, comenzaré con la recuperación para volver a jugar. Estoy tranquilo. Pasé meses difíciles" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved October 5, 2021 – via Twitter.
- ^ "Luca VILDOZA (ARG)". FIBA.com. Retrieved April 28, 2021.
- ^ "Spain seal second FIBA World Cup with win over Argentina". MARCA.com. September 15, 2019. Retrieved September 19, 2019.
External links[]
- Luca Vildoza at acb.com (in Spanish)
- DLuca Vildoza at draftexpress.com
- Luca Vildoza at euroleague.net
- Luca Vildoza at fiba.com
- Luca Vildoza at latinbasket.com
- Luca Vildoza on Twitter
- 1995 births
- Living people
- 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup players
- Argentine expatriate basketball people in Spain
- Argentine men's basketball players
- Argentine people of Italian descent
- Basketball players at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Basketball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Competitors at the 2014 South American Games
- Italian expatriate basketball people in Spain
- Italian men's basketball players
- Liga ACB players
- Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Olympic basketball players of Argentina
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Argentina
- Pan American Games medalists in basketball
- Point guards
- Quilmes de Mar del Plata basketball players
- Saski Baskonia players
- Shooting guards
- South American Games gold medalists for Argentina
- South American Games medalists in basketball