Huertas playing for Barcelona in 2013
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No. 4 – Los Angeles Lakers | |
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Position | Point guard / Shooting guard |
League | NBA |
Personal information | |
Born |
São Paulo, Brazil |
25 May 1983
Nationality | Brazilian / Italian |
Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
Listed weight | 205 lb (93 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Coppell (Coppell, Texas) |
NBA draft | 2005 / Undrafted |
Playing career | 2001–present |
Career history | |
2001–2002 | FMU São Paulo |
2002–2003 | E.C. Pinheiros |
2003–2004 | FMU São Paulo |
2004–2007 | Joventut Badalona |
2007–2008 | Bilbao Basket |
2008–2009 | Fortitudo Bologna |
2009–2011 | Saski Baskonia |
2011–2015 | FC Barcelona |
2015–present | Los Angeles Lakers |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Medals
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Marcelo "Marcelinho" Tieppo Huertas (born 25 May 1983) is a Brazilian professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is also a member of the senior men's Brazilian national basketball team, and holds Italian citizenship.
Huertas began his career playing with the youth basketball teams of the multi-sports club E.C. Pinheiros in Brazil. After playing high school basketball at Coppell High School in Coppell, Texas, he made his senior men's team debut in the 2001–02 season, with the senior men's team of FMU São Paulo. He then moved to the senior men's basketball team of E.C. Pinheiros, for the 2002–03 season, where he played in the top Brazilian League. He then returned to FMU São Paulo for the 2003–04 season.
Huertas joined the Spanish League club DKV Joventut in 2004, and stayed there until 2007. Next, he moved to the Spanish club Bilbao Basket for the 2007–08 season. He then played with Fortitudo Bologna in the Italian League, during the 2008–09 season. In August 2009, he signed a three-year contract with the Spanish League club Caja Laboral. On 9 August 2011, he signed a four-year contract with the Spanish League club Regal FC Barcelona