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Gregory Joshue Echenique Carrillo (born November 20, 1990) is a Venezuelan professional basketball player for the Hiroshima Dragonflies of the Japanese B.League.

Gregory Echenique

Echenique in 2010
No. 88 – Fukushima Firebonds
Position	Power forward / Center
League	B.League
Personal information
Born	(1990-11-20) November 20, 1990 (age 31) Miranda, Venezuela
Nationality	Venezuelan
Listed height	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight	270 lb (122 kg)
Career information
High school	Saint Benedict's (Newark, New Jersey)
College	Rutgers (2008–2009) Creighton (2010–2013)
NBA draft	2013 / Undrafted
Playing career	2013–present
Career history
2013	Riesen Ludwigsburg
2014	Oostende
2014–2018	Guaros de Lara
2018–2019	Shimane Susanoo Magic
2019–present	Hiroshima Dragonflies
Career highlights and awards
B2 League MVP (2020) B2 League Rebound Leader (2019) FIBA Intercontinental Cup champion (2016) 2× FIBA Americas League champion (2016, 2017) FIBA Americas League Ideal Quintet (2017) Belgian League champion (2014) Belgian Cup winner (2014)
Stats  at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals Men's basketball Representing  Venezuela FIBA South American Championship 2016 Venezuela 2012 Argentina

College career

Echenique played college basketball at Rutgers University, with the Rutgers Scarlet Knights from 2008 to 2009, and at Creighton University, with the Creighton Bluejays, from 2010 to 2013.

Professional career

After going undrafted in the 2013 NBA Draft,[1] Echenique signed with the German team MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg, that played in the Basketball Bundesliga.[2] He was cut by the team in December 2013, after playing 10 games with the team.[3]

In January 2014, he signed a two-month contract with Belgian club Telenet Oostende, the defending Belgian League champion.[4] After this period his contract was extended until the end of the season. He re-signed with Oostende in August 2014 until December 27, 2014.[5] A day later, he signed with Venezuelan team Guaros de Lara.[6]

He won the 2016 FIBA Americas League championship and the 2016 edition of the FIBA Intercontinental Cup championship with Guaros de Lara. On September 23, 2018, Echenique inked with Shimane Susanoo Magic of the Japanese B.League.[7]

National team career

Echenique is a member of the senior men's Venezuelan national basketball team. He played with Venezuela at the following tournaments: the 2009 FIBA Americas Championship, the 2011 FIBA Americas Championship, the 2012 South American Championship, where he won a silver medal, the 2012 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the 2015 Pan American Games, and the 2016 South American Championship, where he won a gold medal.[8]

He also played at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

References

External links

• Twitter Account
• FIBA Profile
• EuroCup Profile
• Eurobasket.com profile
• Draft Express.com profile

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Gregory Echenique (* 23. November 1990 in Caracas) ist ein venezolanischer Basketballspieler. Nach dem Studium in den Vereinigten Staaten startete Echenique eine Karriere als Profi, die er in der Basketball-Bundesliga 2013/14 für die MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg begann. Nach einer weiteren Vereinsstation in Belgien, wo er mit Telenet Oostende die Meisterschaft 2014 gewann, kehrte er nach anderthalb Jahren in seine Heimat zurück, in der er mit den Guaros de Lara 2016 die FIBA Liga de las Américas gewann. Bereits seit 2009 ist er Nationalspieler in der Herren-Auswahlmannschaft seines Heimatlandes, mit der er 2016 die Südamerikameisterschaft gewann und Teilnehmer der Olympischen Spiele 2016 in Rio war.

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