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Marc Gasol i Sáez is a Spanish basketball player born in Barcelona on January 29, 1985. Standing 216 cm tall and weighing 120 kg, he plays as a center or power forward. He has been a member of sports teams including FC Barcelona Bàsquet, CB Sant Josep, the Memphis Grizzlies, and the Toronto Raptors. His career includes participation in the Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto and the National Basketball Association.
Gasol was drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers. He has competed in the 2006 FIBA World Championship, EuroBasket 2007, the 2010 FIBA World Championship, and the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup. His awards include the Princess of Asturias Award for Sports, the NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award, and the ACB Most Valuable Player. He is the sibling of Pau Gasol and speaks Catalan, Spanish, and English.
Synthesized by Vinony from 42 facts across 8 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, TMDb, Thesportsdb, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- A prop de les estrelles de l'NBA
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · 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
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1990-12-29
Discography
- Black Friday2017
- For Bern.....2017
- Larry Davis Era2018
- No Joy Without Pain2018
- Gasol Sauce2018
- Get Mine Regardless2020
- The Ghost of Fritz2020
- The Right Way for Dummies2023
- Fresh 312024
- Smoke Wave2024
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 14
- Total plays
- 33
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Marc+Gasol">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Trimmomatic: a flexible trimmer for Illumina sequence data
· 2014 · cited 61,975x
- MrBayes 3.2: Efficient Bayesian Phylogenetic Inference and Model Choice Across a Large Model Space
· 2012 · cited 24,656x
- Human-level control through deep reinforcement learning
· 2015 · cited 23,789x
- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,622x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,794x
via Crossref · CC0
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
- Team
- _Retired Basketball
- Position
- Center
- Nationality
- Spain
via TheSportsDB
~14 min read
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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