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{{short description|Italian basketball player}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name           = Denis Marconato
| image          = DenisMarconato01 copy1.jpg
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| caption        = Denis Marconato warming up for the second game of the [[2008 ACB Playoffs|2008 Spanish ACB League Finals]].
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| height_ft      = 6
| height_in      = 11
| weight_lb      = 260
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| nationality    = Italian
| birth_date     = {{Birth date and age|1975|7|29|df=y}}
| birth_place    = [[Treviso]], Italy
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| career_start   = 1993
| career_end     = 2016
| career_position = [[Center (basketball)|Center]]
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| years1 = 1993–1995 | team1 = [[Pallacanestro Treviso|Benetton Treviso]]
| years2 = 1995–1996 | team2 = [[Pallacanestro Petrarca Padova|Floor Padova]]
| years3 = 1996–2005 | team3 = Benetton Treviso
| years4 = 2005–2008 | team4 = [[FC Barcelona (basketball)|Barcelona]]
| years5 = 2008–2009 | team5 = [[San Sebastián Gipuzkoa BC|San Sebastián Gipuzkoa]]
| years6 = 2009 | team6 = [[Olimpia Milano]]
| years7 = 2009–2010 | team7 = [[Mens Sana Basket|Montepaschi Siena]]
| years8 = 2010–2012 | team8 = [[Pallacanestro Cantù]]
| years9 = 2012–2013 | team9 = [[Reyer Venezia Mestre]]
| years10 = 2014 | team10 = Pallacanestro Cantù
| years11 = 2015–2016 | team11 = Montichiari
| years12 = 2016 | team12 = [[Dinamo Basket Sassari|Dinamo Sassari]]
| highlights     = 
* 2× [[FIBA Saporta Cup]] champion ([[1994–95 FIBA European Cup|1995]], [[1998–99 FIBA Saporta Cup|1999]])
* [[Spanish Basketball Cup|Spanish Cup]] winner (2007)
* 4× [[Italian Basketball League|Italian League]] champion (1997, 2002, 2003, 2010)
* 8× [[Italian Basketball Cup|Italian Cup]] winner (1993–1995, 2000, 2003–2005, 2010)
* 4× [[Italian Basketball SuperCup|Italian SuperCup]] winner (1997, 2001, 2002, 2009)
* [[Italian Basketball Cup|Italian Cup]] [[Most valuable player|MVP]] (2000)
* [[Italian Basketball SuperCup|Italian SuperCup]] MVP (1997)
* [[Italian LNP Cup#Serie B Cup champions (3rd-tier level)|Italian 3rd Division Cup]] winner (2015)
* [[Order of Merit of the Italian Republic]] (2004)
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{{MedalSilver|[[Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|Athens 2004]]}}
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{{MedalSilver| [[EuroBasket 1997|1997 Spain]] | }}
{{MedalGold| [[EuroBasket 1999|1999 France]] | }}
{{MedalBronze| [[EuroBasket 2003|2003 Sweden]] | }}
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'''Denis Marconato''' (born 29 July 1975) is an [[Italian people|Italian]] former professional [[basketball]] player. At a height of {{convert|2.11|m|ftin|abbr=on}} tall, he played at the [[center (basketball)|center]] position.

==Professional career==
Marconato joined Benetton Treviso's youth team in 1990, and with them he won three Italian juniors club titles between 1991 and 1994. In 1993, he made his debut in Italy's top-tier level men's professional [[Lega Basket Serie A|LBA]], with the senior team of [[Pallacanestro Treviso|Benetton Treviso]], in the 1992–93 season. However, he did not have a regular place on Treviso's roster, so he was [[loan (sports)|loaned]] to [[Pallacanestro Petrarca Padova|Padova]], where he demonstrated his talent. In the 1996–97 season, he returned to Benetton Treviso, where the team's head coach [[Mike D'Antoni]], gave him a more important role in the team; and in that season, Marconato won his first Italian League championship. After winning the [[Italian Basketball Supercup|Italian SuperCup]] title and [[Most valuable player|MVP]] in 1997, and the [[FIBA Saporta Cup]] title in 1999, he was named the MVP of the [[Italian Basketball Cup|Italian Cup]] Final Eight in 2000 (which was won by Treviso).

In the following years, he won two more Italian championships (2002, 2003), three more Italian Cups (2003, 2004, 2005) and played at two [[EuroLeague Final Four]]s ([[2002 EuroLeague Final Four|2002]], [[2003 EuroLeague Final Four|2003]]). During his last season with Treviso, Marconato was also the [[Captain (sports)|captain]] of the team. In the summer of 2005, he moved to the [[Spanish ACB League]] club [[FC Barcelona (basketball)|FC Barcelona]], together with his senior [[Italian national basketball team|Italian national team]] teammate [[Gianluca Basile]]. On 14 January 2015 he signed with Montichiari of the [[Serie B Basket|Italian 3rd Division]].<ref>[http://www.sportando.com/en/italy/serie-b/148613/denis-marconato-signs-with-montichiari.html Denis Marconato signs with Montichiari.]</ref>

==National team career==
Marconato played at the [[1994 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship]] with the Italian under-20 junior national team, and he also played at the [[1996 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship|1996 FIBA Europe Under-22 Championship]], which was held in [[Istanbul]]. After that, he was a regular member of the senior [[Italian national basketball team|Italian national team]], with which he won a gold medal at the [[1999 EuroBasket]], a bronze medal at the [[2003 EuroBasket]], and a silver medal at the [[Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2004 Athens Summer Olympic Games]]. In addition, Marconato was also a member of the Italian roster at the [[2006 FIBA World Championship]].

==Honors and awards==

===Junior club career===
*3× Italian Junior Club Champion: (1991, 1992, 1994)

===Pro career===
*2× [[FIBA Saporta Cup]] Champion: ([[1994–95 FIBA European Cup|1995]], [[1998–99 FIBA Saporta Cup|1999]])
*4× [[Lega Basket Serie A|Italian League]] Champion: (1997, 2002, 2003, 2010)
*4× [[Italian Basketball SuperCup|Italian SuperCup]] Winner: (1997, 2001, 2002, 2009)
*4× [[EuroLeague Final Four]] Participant: ([[1998 EuroLeague Final Four|1998]], [[2002 EuroLeague Final Four|2002]], [[2003 EuroLeague Final Four|2003]], [[2006 EuroLeague Final Four|2006]])
*8× [[Italian Basketball Cup|Italian Cup]] Winner: (1993, 1994, 1995, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2010)
*[[Spanish Basketball Cup|Spanish Cup]] Winner: (2007)
*[[Italian LNP Cup#Serie B Cup champions (3rd-tier level)|Italian 3rd Division Cup]] Winner: (2015)

===Italian senior national team===
*[[FIBA EuroBasket 1997]]: {{silver medal}}
*[[FIBA EuroBasket 1999]]: {{gold medal}}
*[[FIBA EuroBasket 2003]]: {{bronze medal}}
*[[Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2004 Summer Olympic Games]]: {{silver medal}}

===Individual awards===
*[[Italian Basketball Super Cup|Italian Super Cup]] MVP: (1997)
*[[Italian Basketball Cup|Italian Cup]] MVP: (2000)
*Officer of the [[Order of Merit of the Italian Republic]] - [[Rome]], 27 September 2004. The initiative of the [[President of the Italian Republic|President of the Republic]].<ref>[https://www.quirinale.it/onorificenze/insigniti/141794 Ufficiale Ordine al merito della Repubblica Italiana Sig. Denis Marconato {{in lang|it}}.]</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.euroleague.net/competition/players/showplayer?pcode=AHW#!careerstats Euroleague.net Profile]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20141006131541/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/rpp//q/Denis%20Marconato/pid//_//players.html FIBA.com Profile]
*[http://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Denis_Marconato/Italy/Acqua_Vitasnella_Cantu/521 Eurobasket.com Profile]
*[http://web.legabasket.it/player/?id=MAR-DEN-75 Italian League Profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612141230/http://web.legabasket.it/player/?id=MAR-DEN-75 |date=2018-06-12 }} {{in lang|it}}
*[http://www.acb.com/jugador/temporada-a-temporada/id/20201804/tipo_id/1/competicion_id/1/fase_id/0#cuerpo Spanish League Profile] {{in lang|es}}

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