Diego Osella (basketball)

Diego Marcelo Osella (born September 4, 1969) is a retired^[1] Argentine professional basketball player.

Professional career

With the senior Argentine national basketball team, Osella competed at the 1996 Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia, where his team finished in ninth place in the overall-rankings. A year earlier, he helped claim Argentina's first ever gold medal in senior men's basketball, at the 1995 Pan American Games, after defeating the United States in the final, in Mar del Plata, Argentina.^[2]

All club championships were won playing with Atenas.

Liga Nacional de Básquet Statistical Leaders:
- Most games played in the Liga Nacional at the time he retired (1,096) ^[4]
- Most rebounds in the Liga Nacional (6,804).
- Most blocks in the Liga Nacional (989).
- 5th all-time top scorer in the Liga Nacional (12,358).
Number 11 jersey retired by Atenas: (2011)^[5]^[6]^[7]

^ Diego Osella se retira del básquetbol tras 23 temporadas, La Prensa, 2011-04-19
^ sports-reference Diego Osella profile at Sports-Reference
^ El histórico Diego Osella, La Nación, 2009-05-27
^ Diego Osella jugará su partido 1.000, Cancha Llena, 2009-11-06
^ Atenas retiró el 11 de Diego Osella Archived 2012-04-25 at the Wayback Machine, Gualeguaychú a Diario webpage
^ Atenas retirará la camiseta 11 en homenaje a Diego Osella Archived 2012-04-01 at the Wayback Machine, La Mañana de Cordoba website
^ Atenas retira la camiseta 11 de Osella, Día a Día Deportes