Facundo Campazzo Argentinian Basketball Player Born in 1991

Early life

Facundo Campazzo Avedano was born on 23 March 1991 in Córdoba, Argentina. He plays point guard. As a teenager he was part of Argentina's junior national teams, and with the under-16 side he won a gold medal at the 2007 FIBA South American Under-16 Championship. The following year, in 2008, he began his professional career with Peñarol de Mar del Plata in the Argentine league.

Career

At Peñarol, where he stayed from 2008 to 2014, Campazzo won the Argentine league title four times, in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2014. The club also took the Argentine Cup and the Argentine Challenge Cup in 2010, the Super 8 tournament in 2009, 2011 and 2013, and the InterLeagues tournament in 2010 and 2012. In 2010 he won the FIBA Americas League with the team. Individually, he was named Argentine league Revelation of the Year and Argentine Cup MVP in 2010, Super 8 MVP in 2011 and 2013, the league's Most Improved Player in 2012, and Finals MVP in 2012 and 2014.

On 30 August 2014 he signed a three-year deal with Real Madrid of the Spanish league. In his first season the club won the EuroLeague, beating Olympiacos 78–59 in the final, and also won the Spanish league playoff finals 3–0 against Barcelona, completing a triple crown. In August 2015 he was loaned to UCAM Murcia, where he played the 2015–16 and 2016–17 ACB seasons, then went back to Real Madrid for 2017–18.

In May 2018 Madrid won the EuroLeague again, beating Fenerbahçe in the final 85–80. Over 30 EuroLeague games that season, Campazzo averaged 7.9 points, 4.5 assists and 2.4 rebounds. He finished fourth in the voting for the Spanish league's MVP award. In June 2018 he re-signed for three years. He was EuroLeague MVP of the Month for April 2019, and in the third-place game at the 2019 Final Four he recorded 15 assists, an all-time record for a Final Four game. On 6 February 2020 he reached 19 assists in a 103–97 win over Alba Berlin, matching the EuroLeague single-game record.

On 30 November 2020 Campazzo signed a multiyear contract with the Denver Nuggets of the NBA. In October 2022 he signed with the Dallas Mavericks, but he was waived on 28 November 2022 after the club signed Kemba Walker. In December 2022 he joined Crvena zvezda in Serbia. On 18 July 2023 he returned to Real Madrid on a four-year deal. In February 2024 he won his third Spanish Cup with the club and was named the tournament's MVP for the second time, after scoring 18 points with six assists in the final against Barcelona. In 2024 he was also selected to the All-EuroLeague First Team.

Recognition

With Real Madrid, Campazzo has won two EuroLeague championships, in 2015 and 2018, and three Spanish league titles, in 2015, 2018 and 2019. He has also won the Spanish Cup in 2015, 2020 and 2024 and the Spanish Supercup in 2014, 2018, 2019 and 2020. He earned a place on the All-Spanish League First Team in 2019 and 2020 and the Second Team in 2017 and 2018. He was named Spanish league Finals MVP in 2019 and Supercup MVP in 2019 and 2020, and he took the Spanish Cup MVP award in 2020. Earlier, in 2017, he was named EuroCup Defensive Player of the Year by Eurobasket.com.

With the senior Argentina national team he played at the 2012 London Olympics and the 2016 Rio Olympics, and at the 2014 FIBA World Cup. He won a silver medal at the 2019 FIBA World Cup and gold at the 2019 Pan American Games. Argentina also won gold at the 2012 South American Championship, the 2014 South American Games and the 2022 FIBA AmeriCup. Silver medals came at the 2014 South American Championship, the 2015 FIBA Americas Championship and the 2017 FIBA AmeriCup, and a bronze at the 2013 FIBA Americas Championship. Campazzo was named to the FIBA AmeriCup All-Tournament Team in 2013, 2017 and 2022.