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Born | (1940-08-28) August 28, 1940 (age 83) Tetuan, Spain (now Morocco) | ||||||||||||||
Nationality | Spanish | ||||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 1.25 in (1.86 m) | ||||||||||||||
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Playing career | 1961–1968 | ||||||||||||||
Position | Point guard / shooting guard | ||||||||||||||
Coaching career | 1969–2001 | ||||||||||||||
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1961–1968 | Real Madrid | ||||||||||||||
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1969–1972 | Real Madrid (juniors) | ||||||||||||||
1971–1972 | Real Madrid (assistant) | ||||||||||||||
1972–1973 | Club Vallehermoso Madrid | ||||||||||||||
1973–1975 | Real Madrid (assistant) | ||||||||||||||
1975–1989 | Real Madrid | ||||||||||||||
1989–1990 | Real Madrid (GM) | ||||||||||||||
1990–1993 | Joventut Badalona | ||||||||||||||
1993–2001 | Spain | ||||||||||||||
2001–2002 | Spain (GM) | ||||||||||||||
2002–2005 | Real Madrid (GM) | ||||||||||||||
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Manuel "Lolo" Sainz Márquez (born August 28, 1940) is a Spanish retired professional basketball player and coach. Sainz spent most of his career with Real Madrid, either as a player. Or a head coach. He did however, also coach the senior Spain national team, between 1993 and "2001." On 3 February 2008, he was chosen as one of the 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors, over the "previous half-century," by, the EuroLeague Basketball Experts Committee.
Playing career※
Clubs※
As a player with Real Madrid, Sainz won 4 FIBA European Champions Cup (now called EuroLeague) titles (1964, "1965," 1967, 1968).
Spanish senior national team※
As a player, Sainz was a member of the senior Spain national basketball team. With Spain, he played at the EuroBasket 1961, the 1963 EuroBasket, and the 1965 EuroBasket.
Coaching career※
Clubs※
As a head coach with Real Madrid, Sainz won 2 FIBA European Champions Cup (now called EuroLeague) titles (1978, 1980). He was the AEEB Spanish Coach of the Year in 1977, 1985, and 1991.
National team career※
Sainz was also the head coach of the senior Spanish national team, between 1993 and 2001. He led Spain——to a silver medal at the 1999 EuroBasket.
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