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Tony Parker is a French former professional basketball player who played the point guard position. He began his career in 1999 and ended in 2019. During his career, he played for the San Antonio Spurs, ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne, Paris Basket Racing, and Charlotte Hornets. He was drafted by and employed by the San Antonio Spurs. He also served as a radio personality.
Parker was born in 1982 in Bruges, Belgium. He holds citizenship in France, Belgium, and the United States. He is married to Eva Longoria. He educated at INSEP. He competed for France in the 2012 Summer Olympics, EuroBasket 2001, EuroBasket 2003, and EuroBasket 2005. He wears sport number 9. He received the award of Knight of the Legion of Honour.
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Brugge, Flanders, Belgium
Tony Parker is a French former professional basketball player
Known for
- Vos 40 chansons préférées des Enfoirés — Self (archive footage)2025
- Paris 2024 Olympic Opening Ceremony — Self (torchbearer)2024
- Vitaa, je m’appelle Charlotte2024
- Los Anillos de Pau2024
- Game 7 — Self2024
- Tony Parker Academy : un an à l'école des champions2023
- MST : Moyennement Sûr du Titre — Tony Parker [Ultimate Wrestle Dazzle]2022
- Fucky Fuck Friends — Archived Footage2022
- Match des héros — Self2021
- Tony Parker: The Final Shot2021
via TMDB
Sports profile
- Sport
- Basketball
- Position
- Point Guard
- Nationality
- France
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Tony
- Family name
- Parker
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Bruges
- Spouse
- Eva Longoria
- Occupation
- radio personality
- Employer
- San Antonio Spurs
- Languages spoken
- French
- Participant in
- EuroBasket 2001
- Sport
- basketball
- Member of team
- Charlotte Hornets
- Position played
- point guard
- Country for sport
- France
- Mass
- 81.0
- Official website
- www.tp9.net
- Image
- Tony Parker 2011-01 (cropped).jpg
- Height
- 1.88
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- Tony Parker
- date of birth
- 1982-05-17
- Commons gallery
- Tony Parker
- drafted by
- San Antonio Spurs
- name in native language
- Tony Parker
- sport number
- 9
- different from
- Anthony Parker
- end of work period
- 2019-00-00
- start of work period
- 1999-00-00
- social media followers
- 2165216
- partner in business or sport
- Jean-Michel Aulas
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- WikiProject Basketball
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Encyclopedic overview
William Anthony Parker Jr. (born May 17, 1982) is a French-American former professional basketball player and majority owner of LDLC ASVEL of the LNB Élite and the EuroLeague. The son of a basketball pro, Parker started his career at Paris Basket Racing in the French basketball league before joining the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was selected by the Spurs with the 28th overall pick in the 2001 NBA draft, and quickly became their starting point guard. Parker won four NBA championships (2003, 2005, 2007, and 2014), all of which were with the Spurs. He also played for ASVEL Basket in France during the 2011 NBA lockout, and finished his playing career after one season with the Charlotte Hornets. He retired as the ninth leading scorer and ranks fifth in career assists in NBA playoffs history.
Parker was named to six NBA All-Star games, three All-NBA Second Teams, an All-NBA Third Team and was named MVP of the 2007 NBA Finals. He was also a member of the All-Rookie First Team and had his No. 9 retired by the Spurs. He is regarded as one of the greatest European players of all time. He is also regarded as a key figure in the Spurs success throughout the 2000s and most of the 2010s. On 13 August 2023, Parker was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
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