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Andrés Nocioni

Andrés Nocioni, Italian-Argentine basketball player

Born
November 30, 1979
Age in 2026
47
Zodiac sign
Sagittarius
Birth year
1979

About Andrés Nocioni

Andrés Marcelo Nocioni (born 30 November 1979) is an Argentine former professional basketball player. He was a two-time All-EuroLeague selection before spending eight seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), from 2004 to 2012. Nocioni won a EuroLeague title in 2015, earning the EuroLeague Final Four MVP Award in the process. Nocioni was a member of Argentina's gold medal-winning team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, as well as the Argentina squads that won the bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the silver medal at the 2002 FIBA World Championship in Indianapolis. In 2010 he won the Konex Award as one of the five best Basketball Players from the last decade in Argentina. His jersey number 13 was retired by the Argentinian Basketball Confederation. == Personal life == Andrés was the second son of Pedro José "Pilo" Nocioni and Ángela Palmira Roux, both siblings born in Santa Fe although the family lived in Gálvez, 80 km south of Santa Fe, where Andrés attended school. Andrés and his wife, fellow Argentine Paula Raquel Aimonetto, have two sons, Laureano and Benicio. Nocioni is known as "Chapu" after the children's TV series El Chapulín Colorado, which was very popular in Argentina. He holds Argentine and Italian citizenships.

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Career and life highlights

Andrés Nocioni timeline

  1. Nocioni was a member of Argentina's gold medal-winning team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, as well as the Argentina squads that won the bronze medal.
  2. In 2010 he won the Konex Award as one of the five best Basketball Players from the last decade in Argentina.
  3. Nocioni won a EuroLeague title in 2015, earning the EuroLeague Final Four MVP Award in the process.

The world when Andrés Nocioni was born

Andrés Nocioni was born in 1979. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1979

  • #1 song"My Sharona" – The Knack
  • Top movieKramer vs. Kramer
  • Top TV showLaverne & Shirley
  • Best-selling bookThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy – Douglas Adams

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports moment"Miracle on Ice" (1980 — actually)
  • Top headlineIran hostage crisis begins
  • Technology milestoneSony Walkman released — portable music goes mainstream
  • Defining fadSony Walkman — portable music revolution
  • Notable inventionSony Walkman
  • World population4.38 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderJimmy Carter
  • Sports championPittsburgh Pirates (World Series)
  • Also wonSeattle SuperSonics (NBA)
  • U.S. population225.1M

1979 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Andrés Nocioni's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19792026
Gas$0.86$3.45/gal
Average home$62,900$435,000
Average income$19,554$67,500
Minimum wage$2.90$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$2.51$11.95
Postage stamp$0.15$0.73
Population225.1M341 million

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