The retirement of a basketball history: Mazzarino moves away after 36 years of activity as a player

At the 17th hour on Monday, Nicolás Mazzarino made his retirement from basketball public and official. “It all started 36 years ago at Ferrocarril FC (club from his hometown in Salto) I went through Hebraica Macabi, Welcome, Boca Juniors, Viola Reggio Canabria, Pallacanestro Cantú, Malvín and Peñarol,” said the former national team player in his official account from Twitter.

The 45-year-old guard said that a new stage is beginning, in which he will seek to continue in the world of basketball. “For now I have nothing planned, I am anxious and prepared for what may come out. I am open to everything, I want to continue linked to basketball, whether as a coach, assistant … whatever“Mazzarino said on the AM 1010 show Tirando Paredes.

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Nicolás Mazzarino champion of the LUB with Malvín in 2018

The legacy

After 30 years of career in the first division the achievement that many will remember are the three championships he won with Malvín in five seasons. However, one of the moments most adored by Mazzarino was the last year in which he was able to play for the club that he is a fan, Peñarol.

After the last championship with Malvín, I wanted to finish playing and I am a Peñarol fan. The possibility was given and it seemed like a good opportunity to play in a big team, It was very nice to put on the Peñarol shirt“, He said.

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Nicolás Mazzarino playing for Peñarol

In Uruguayan basketball he won eight titles in 15 seasons in the First Division. He achieved them in 1994 with Hebraica Macabi, the four-year period with Welcome in 1997-2000 and the three with Malvín, in 2013, 2014 and 2018.

In the national team, the Salta player played 11 years between 1997 and 2008, obtained a South American title, in Maracaibo 1997 and a bronze medal in the Pan American Games in Rio 2008.

He defended the celestial in six South American teams (once champion and twice second), in six tournaments in the Americas and in two Pan-American.