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Marc Gasol i Sáez is a Spanish basketball player who competes as a center and power forward. Born in Barcelona on January 29, 1985, he holds Spanish citizenship and speaks Catalan, Spanish, and English. He wears the number 45 and began his professional work period in 2003. His career includes playing for FC Barcelona Bàsquet, CB Sant Josep, the Memphis Grizzlies, and the Toronto Raptors in the Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto and the National Basketball Association.
Gasol has represented Spain in the 2006 and 2010 FIBA World Championships, the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup, and EuroBasket 2007. He was drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers and received the NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award, the ACB Most Valuable Player award, and the Princess of Asturias Award for Sports. He resides in Barcelona and Memphis and is the sibling of Pau Gasol.
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Film & TV
Barcelona, Spain
Known for
- Tony Allen: The Grindfather — Self2025
- A contracorrent: 10 anys d'Open Arms — Self (archive footage)2025
- Marc Gasol: Memphis Made — Self2024
- Los Anillos de Pau2024
- Tot torna — Self2024
- Zona Franca — Self - Guest2022
- #50ForDaCity — Self2021
- Pau Gasol: It’s About the Journey — Self2021
- The Family2021
- Unlimited Access — Marc Gasol2020
via TMDB
Key facts
- Title
- President
- League
- Liga ACB
- Born
- ( 1985-01-29 ) 29 January 1985 (age 41) , Barcelona , Spain
- Listed height
- 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
- Listed weight
- 255 lb (116 kg)
- High school
- Lausanne Collegiate , ( Memphis, Tennessee )
- Nba draft
- 2007 : 2nd round, 48th overall pick
- Drafted by
- Los Angeles Lakers
- Playing career
- 2003–2023
- Position
- Center
- Number
- 13, 14, 33
- 2003 2006
- FC Barcelona
- 2006 2008
- CB Girona
- 2008 2019
- Memphis Grizzlies
- 2019 2020
- Toronto Raptors
- 2020 2021
- Los Angeles Lakers
- 2021 2023
- Bàsquet Girona
- Points
- 12,514 (14.0 ppg)
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Basketball
- Position
- Center
- Nationality
- Spain
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Marc
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Spain
- Place of birth
- Barcelona
- Sibling
- Pau Gasol
- Occupation
- basketball player
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- Catalan
- Sport
- basketball
- Member of team
- Bàsquet Girona
- Position played
- power forward
- Country for sport
- Spain
- Mass
- 120
- Image
- Marc Gasol-jul 2018.jpg
- Height
- 216
- Residence
- Memphis
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- Commons category
- Marc Gasol
- date of birth
- 1985-01-29
- drafted by
- Los Angeles Lakers
- birth name
- Marc Gasol i Sáez
- sport number
- 5
- start of work period
- 2003-00-00
- social media followers
- 1210653
- name in native language
- Marc Gasol i Sáez
- nickname
- La Tanqueta / Big Marc
- owner of
- Bàsquet Girona
- IPA transcription
- ˈmaɾɡ ɡəˈzɔl
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Encyclopedic overview
Marc Gasol Sáez ( Catalan: [ˈmaɾɡ ɡəˈzɔl], Spanish: [ˈmaɾk gaˈsol]; born 29 January 1985) is a Spanish former professional basketball player who is the president of Bàsquet Girona of the Liga ACB. The center is a two-time All-NBA Team member and a three-time NBA All-Star. He was named the NBA Defensive Player of the Year with the Memphis Grizzlies in 2013, and won an NBA championship with the Toronto Raptors in 2019.
Gasol was drafted 48th overall by the Los Angeles Lakers in the 2007 NBA draft. After having his rights traded to Memphis in February 2008 in a deal that sent his older brother Pau Gasol to the Lakers, he signed with the Grizzlies and remained with the franchise until being traded to Toronto in 2019. He rejoined the Lakers in 2020 for one season.
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