Juan Antonio Orenga

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Orenga and the second or maternal family name is Forcada.
Juan Antonio Orenga

Juan Antonio Orenga in 2014
Egypt
Position Head coach
Personal information
Born (1966-07-29) July 29, 1966
Castelló de la Plana, Spain
Nationality Spanish
Listed height 6 ft 9.5 in (2.07 m)
Listed weight 250 lb (113 kg)
Career information
NBA draft 1988 / Undrafted
Playing career 1983–2002
Position Center
Coaching career 2005–present
Career history
As player:
1983–1984 Real Madrid
1984–1985 Collado Villalba
1985–1988 Cajamadrid
1988–1996 CB Estudiantes
1996–1998 Real Madrid
1998–2000 Unicaja
2000–2002 Cáceres CB
As coach:
2005–2006 CB Estudiantes
2009–2010 Spain U19
2010–2012 Spain U20
2012 Spain U18
2012–2014 Spain
2016–present Egypt
Career highlights and awards

As player:

Spanish Cup MVP (1991)

Juan Antonio Orenga Forcada (born July 29, 1966) is a retired Spanish professional basketball player, and a current professional basketball coach. He is the current head coach of the Egypt national basketball team.

Playing career

Club career

Orenga won the Spanish League championship in 1984. He was named the MVP of the Spanish Cup in 1991, and won the Spanish Cup title in 1992. He also won the Saporta Cup championship in 1984 and 1997.

Spanish national team

As a player, Orenga played 128 times for the Spanish national basketball team. He played at the 1992 Summer Olympic Games, the 1994 FIBA World Championship, and the 1998 FIBA World Championship.

Coach career

Spanish national team

In November 2012, after the resigning of Sergio Scariolo, Orenga was named new head coach of the Spain national basketball team.[1] Although he resigned after losing at quarterfinals in the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup, held in Spain.[2]

Egyptian national team

In April 2016, Orenga signed as head coach of the Egyptian national team.[3]

Awards and accomplishments

As player

With Estudiantes

With Real Madrid

With Spain national Basketball team

As coach

References

  1. ↑ Orenga replaces Scariolo as Spain coach; 29 November 2013
  2. ↑ ; 17 September 2014
  3. ↑ "Juan Antonio Orenga será... ¡seleccionador de Egipto!". Solobasket. 25 April 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2016.

External links

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