Fabricio Raúl Jesús Oberto (born March 21, 1975 in Córdoba) is an Argentine professional basketball player. He is a 6'10", 245 lb. center-power forward. He has dual Argentine and Italian citizenship.
At age 17, Oberto went to a trial at AD Atenas de Córdoba, one of the most important basketball clubs in Argentina, and was selected to start the following year, and started playing professionally later that year. In 1998, after being chosen MVP of t...
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Fabricio Raúl Jesús Oberto (born March 21, 1975 in Córdoba) is an Argentine professional basketball player. He is a 6'10", 245 lb. center-power forward. He has dual Argentine and Italian citizenship.
At age 17, Oberto went to a trial at AD Atenas de Córdoba, one of the most important basketball clubs in Argentina, and was selected to start the following year, and started playing professionally later that year. In 1998, after being chosen MVP of the Argentine league, he transferred to the Greek League club Olympiacos, starting his European experience that would take him to the Spanish League's TAU Cerámica a year later. After 2 seasons with TAU, he moved to Pamesa Valencia in 2002.
In 2005, after voiding his contract with Pamesa, Oberto signed a 3-year, US$7.5 million contract with the San Antonio Spurs of the NBA, where he joined fellow Argentine Manu Ginóbili. He kept jersey #7, the same number used with the Argentine national team. Oberto was the oldest rookie in Spurs history at...
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