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Héctor Oscar "Pichi" Campana Marcomini (born November 10, 1964) is an Argentine former basketball player and former vice-governor of his native Córdoba Province, for the Justicialist Party from 2007 to 2011. At club level, Campana won 7 times the Liga Nacional de Básquet (Argentine first division) and 3 times the Liga Sudamericana. He also played with the Argentine national basketball team, winning the gold medal at the 1995 Pan American Games held in Mar del Plata, and participating in the FIBA World Championships of 1986, 1990 and 1994.

Héctor Campana

Campana with Atenas in 2004
Personal information
Born	(1964-11-10) November 10, 1964 (age 57) Córdoba, Argentina
Nationality	Argentine
Listed height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Career information
Playing career	1976–2004
Position	Shooting guard
Number	5
Career history
1976–1982	Redes Cordobesas
1982–1985	Obras Sanitarias
1985–1986	Sport Club Cañadense
1987–1988	Atenas
1989–1990	River Plate
1990–1991	GEPU
1991–1992	Atenas
1992–1993	Banco de Córdoba
1993–1995	Olimpia de Venado Tuerto
1995–1996	Peñarol
1996–2000	Atenas
2000–2002	Boca Juniors
2002–2004	Atenas
Career highlights and awards
3× FIBA South American League champion (1997, 1998, 2004) FIBA South American League MVP (2004) 7× Argentine League champion (1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1998, 1999) 4× Argentine League MVP (1989, 1990, 1991, 1999) 3× Argentine League Finals MVP (1987, 1991, 1992) 4× Argentine League Top Scorer (1989, 1990, 1991, 1992) N° 5 jersey retired by Atenas (2005)

Campana is also the all-time top scorer in the Liga Nacional de Básquet, with 17,359 points.[1]

Basketball career

Campana started his career with Redes Cordobesas at the Córdoba Province local league in 1976.[2] He subsequently joined Buenos Aires side Obras Sanitarias in 1982, and debuted with the club in the Liga Nacional de Básquet (Argentine first division) in 1984, the year of the league's inception. During his 28-year-long career, he played exclusively in Argentina. The shooting guard had 4 spells at Córdoba's biggest team, Atenas, club where he retired in 2004 with 39 years of age.[3]

Campana was 3 times the Argentine League Final's MVP,[3] twice with Atenas (1987 and 1991–92), and one with Gimnasia y Esgrima y Pedernera Unidos (GEPU) (1990–91). He was also selected as the league's overall MVP 4 times,[4] 2 with River Plate (1989 and 1990), one with GEPU (1990–91), and one with Atenas (1998–99). The four league MVP selections is an Argentine league record he shares with Leonardo Gutiérrez. He was also the league's lead scorer for four consecutive seasons (from 1989 to 1991–92).[5] Moreover, his 7 Argentine league championships are tied with Marcelo Milanesio for 2nd most ever, behind only Leonardo Gutiérrez's 10.[4]

Personal life

Campana's daughter was diagnosed with a heart condition while she was still in utero.[3] She therefore had to go through 11 cardiac procedures since she was born. As a consequence, Campana founded the Fundación Corazoncito (in English: Little Heart Foundation) that helps building hospital infrastructures and training Cordobese medics abroad.[3]

Honours

Club

Atenas:

• Liga Nacional (6): 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991–92, 1997–98, 1998–99
• Liga Sudamericana (3): 1997, 1998, 2004

GEPU:

• Liga Nacional (1): 1990–91

Individual

• Argentine League Finals MVP (3): (1987, 1991, 1992)
• Argentine League MVP (4): (1989, 1990, 1991, 1999)
• Argentine League Top Scorer (4): (1989, 1990, 1991, 1992)
• FIBA South American League MVP (1): 2004
• N° 5 jersey retired by Atenas: (2005)[6][7]

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Héctor Campana.

• Vice-governor Héctor Campana profile at the Córdoba Province Government's website

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