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{{short description|Spanish basketball player}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name         = Rodrigo de la Fuente
| image        = De la Fuente.JPG
| position     = [[Small forward]]
| height_ft    = 6
| height_in    = 7
| weight_lb    = 218
| league       = 
| team         = 
| number       = 14
| birth_date   = {{birth date and age|1976|11|26}}
| birth_place  = [[Madrid]], Spain
| high_school  = 
| college      =
*[[San Jacinto College|San Jacinto]] (1994–1996)
*[[Washington State Cougars men's basketball|Washington State]] (1996–1998)
| draft_year   = 1998
| career_start = 1998
| career_end = 2012
| years1       = 1998–2007
| team1        = [[FC Barcelona Bàsquet|FC Barcelona]] 
| years2       = 2007–2008
| team2        = [[Pallacanestro Treviso|Benetton Treviso]] 
| years3       = 2008–2010 
| team3        = [[Pallacanestro Virtus Roma|Virtus Roma]] 
| years4       = 2010–2011
| team4        = [[Teramo Basket]] 
| years5       = 2011–2012
| team5        = [[CB Estudiantes|Estudiantes]] 
| highlights   = 
* [[Euroleague Basketball|Euroleague]] champion ([[2002–03 Euroleague|2003]])
| medal_templates =
{{MedalSport | Men's [[Basketball]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{ESP}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Eurobasket|European Championships]]}}
{{MedalSilver| [[EuroBasket 1999|1999 France]] | [[Spain men's national basketball team|Spain]]}}
{{MedalSilver| [[EuroBasket 2003|2003 Sweden]] | Spain}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship]]}}
{{MedalBronze| [[1994 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship|1994 Israel]] | [[Spain national under-18 basketball team|U-18 Team]]}}
}}
{{family name hatnote|de la Fuente|Morgado|lang=Spanish}}
'''Rodrigo de la Fuente Morgado''' (born 26 November 1976) is a retired Spanish professional [[basketball]] player and the current general manager of the basketball section of [[FC Barcelona Bàsquet|FC Barcelona]].

==Professional career==
A 6&nbsp;ft {{frac|6|3|4}}&nbsp;in (2.00&nbsp;m) 220&nbsp;lb (100&nbsp;kg) [[small forward]] from [[Madrid]], De la Fuente is a graduate of [[Washington State University]].  He won the [[European Basketball Triple Crown|Triple Crown]] in 2003 with  [[FC Barcelona Bàsquet|FC Barcelona]].

In 2007, after playing his entire professional career to date with FC Barcelona, De la Fuente, decided to leave the team and not renew his contract.<ref>[http://24segundos.com/fichajes-acb-entre-idas-y-venidas/ Fichajes ACB: entre idas y venidas » 24 Segundos<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> After starting the 2010–11 season with [[Estudiantes Madrid]], De la Fuente signed with [[Italy|Italian]] [[Teramo Basket]] in December 2010.<ref>[http://admin.euroleague.net/ulebcup/home/news/i/16800/448/item Benetton inks De La Fuente, cuts Johnson]</ref> He was the [[Captain (sports)|Captain]] of Barcelona in his latter days with the team.

In 2011, De la Fuente comes back to [[CB Estudiantes|Asefa Estudiantes]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sportando.net/eng/europe/spain/32806/asefa-estudiantes-announces-rodrigo-de-la-fuente.html |title=Asefa Estudiantes announces Rodrigo De La Fuente |publisher=Sportando.net |date=2011-11-25 |accessdate=2013-03-30}}</ref>

Rodrigo retired on June 13, 2013.

==After retirement==
On 30 June 2016, De la Fuente signed as new general manager of [[FC Barcelona Bàsquet|FC Barcelona]], replacing [[Joan Creus]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.acb.com/redaccion.php?id=123885|title=Rodrigo de la Fuente, nuevo mánager general del FC Barcelona Lassa|publisher=ACB.com|language=es|date=30 June 2016|accessdate=30 June 2016}}</ref>

==Notes==
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==External links==
*[http://www.acb.com/jugador.php?id=A73 Rodrigo De la Fuente on ACB.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171121033855/http://www.acb.com/jugador.php?id=A73 |date=2017-11-21 }}

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