Luca Vildoza

Luca Vildoza (born August 11, 1995) is an Argentine professional basketball player who last played for Kirolbet Baskonia of the Liga ACB, where he won the championship in the 2019–20 season. At 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) tall, he can play as a point guard or a shooting guard.

Luca Vildoza
Vildoza with Baskonia in 2018
Free agent
PositionPoint guard / Shooting guard
Personal information
Born (1995-08-11) August 11, 1995
Quilmes, Argentina
NationalityArgentine / Italian
Listed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
NBA draft2017 / Undrafted
Playing career2012–present
Career history
2012–2016Quilmes
2016–2021Baskonia
2016–2017→Quilmes
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Argentina
World Cup
2019 China
FIBA AmeriCup
2017 Argentina
Pan American Games
2019 Lima
South American Games
2014 Chile

Professional career

Quilmes (2012–2017)

Vildoza started his professional career with the Argentine 1st Division (LNB) club Quilmes, in the 2011–12 LNB season. He then played in the Argentine 2nd Division with Quilmes, during the TNA 2012–13 season. He spent the next three seasons playing in the top-tier level Argentine League with Quilmes.

Baskonia (2016–2021)

In 2016, Vildoza signed a four-year contract with the Liga ACB club Baskonia. However, Baskonia loaned him back to Quilmes, for the 2016–17 season[1] where he averaged 16.9 points and 3.9 assists per game. He rejoined Baskonia for the 2017–18 season and made a debut in the EuroLeague. Over 24 EuroLeague games, he averaged 4.5 points, 2 assists and 1.3 rebounds per game. In the Liga ACB, he appeared in 25 games and averaged 5.9 points, while shooting 50% from the field goal and 40.4% from the three-point line.[2] Baskonia made the ACB Playoffs Finals that season and lost the final 3–1 to Real Madrid.

In 2018–19 season, Vildoza's role in the team increased and so did his stats as he averaged 9.1 points and 3.8 assists over 34 games of the EuroLeague.[2] In March 2019, Vildoza signed a contract extension with Baskonia to stay until the end of 2023–24 season.[3] In the Liga ACB, he appeared in 32 games, averaging 9.3 points per game.[2] In the ACB Quarterfinals, Baskonia lost 2–0 to Zaragoza.

On May 6, 2021, Vildoza signed with the New York Knicks,[4] but was waived on October 3 after playing two 2021 NBA Summer League games.[5] On October 5, 2021, Vildoza mentioned in his Twitter account that he had underwent surgery on his right foot.[6]

National team career

Vildoza was a member of the junior national teams of Argentina. He played with Argentina's junior national team at the 2012 FIBA Under-17 World Cup. He is also a member of the senior men's Argentine national basketball team. With Argentina's senior team, he has played at the 2014 ODESUR Games, the 2015 Pan American Games, the 2016 South American Championship, and the 2017 FIBA AmeriCup.[7]

In 2019, Vildoza took part in the team that won the Pan American gold medal in Lima. Vildoza was included in the Argentine squad for the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup and clinched silver medal with Argentina which emerged as runners-up to Spain at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup.[8]

Career statistics
Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  PIR  Performance Index Rating
 Bold  Career high

EuroLeague
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2017–18 Baskonia 24213.2.422.412.6961.32.0.5.14.53.9
2018–19 341722.5.403.372.8792.33.81.1.19.19.6
2020–21 321825.1.410.388.7612.03.51.6.110.310.2


References
  1. "Luca Vildoza new player for Laboral Kutxa Baskonia". Baskonia.com. August 16, 2016. Retrieved August 16, 2016.
  2. "Luca Vildoza Player Profile". RealGM.com. Retrieved April 28, 2021.
  3. "Baskonia, Vildoza together til 2024!". euroleague.net. March 6, 2019. Retrieved September 10, 2019.
  4. "Knicks Sign Luca Vildoza". NBA.com. May 6, 2021. Retrieved May 7, 2021.
  5. "Knicks Waive Luca Vildoza". NBA.com. October 3, 2021. Retrieved October 3, 2021.
  6. Luca Vildoza [@LucaVildoza] (October 5, 2021). "Hola a todos. Les quiero contar que finalmente hoy me operé del pie derecho, que estoy bien y que apenas los doctores me lo permitan, comenzaré con la recuperación para volver a jugar. Estoy tranquilo. Pasé meses difíciles" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved October 5, 2021 – via Twitter.
  7. "Luca VILDOZA (ARG)". FIBA.com. Retrieved April 28, 2021.
  8. "Spain seal second FIBA World Cup with win over Argentina". MARCA.com. September 15, 2019. Retrieved September 19, 2019.
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