Hernán Montenegro
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born |
August 10, 1966 Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires Province |
| Nationality | Argentine |
| Listed height | 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) |
| Career information | |
| NBA draft | 1988 / Round: 3 / Pick: 57th |
| Selected by the Philadelphia 76ers | |
| Position | Center |
| Number | 4, 8, 14, 22 |
| Career history | |
| 1986 | Olimpo |
| 1987 | Unión de Santa Fe |
| 1988 | Olimpo |
| ? | Gigantes de Carolina |
| 1989–90 | Annabella Pavia |
| 1990–91 | Estudiantes de Bahía Blanca |
| 1992 | Brescia |
| 1993–94 | GEPU San Luis |
| 1994–95 | Gimnasia y Esgrima de Comodoro Rivadavia |
| 1995–96 | Estudiantes de Bahía Blanca |
| 1996–97 | Dep. Valle Inferior |
| 1997 | Guaiqueríes (Venezuela) |
| 1997–98 | Club Sportivo Independiente |
| 1998–99 | Estudiantes de Olavarría |
| 1999–2000 | Estudiantes de Bahía Blanca |
| 2001 | Peñarol |
| 2006 | Villa Mitre |
| 2009 | Obras Sanitarias |
| 2010, 2012 | Del Progreso (Viedma, Río Negro) |
Hernán Abel Montenegro (born August 8, 1966), is a retired Argentine basketball player. He is considered one of the best Latin America centers ever by journalists and colleagues. Montenegro was also a very charismatic player, nicknamed "El Loco" ("The Crazy" in Spanish), due to his eccentric behaviour inside and outside the courts.
Due to his skill to play basketball, Montenegro has been compared with talented players such as Puerto Rican José Piculín Ortiz, Brazilian Oscar Schmidt or Spanish Fernando Martín Espina.
Montenegro started to play basketball at 5 years old, taking advantage of his infrequently height at that age. He debuted in the Senior category of Club Leandro N. Alem, playing with teammates 10 years older than him. He later played at Club Villa Mitre. In 1981, Montenegro was called to the youth Argentina national team to play the Pan American Games hosted in Montevideo.
Two years later, Montenegro disputed the Youth World Cup in Spain, where Argentina finished 7th. It was in that tournament when Montenegro was observed by a talent-searcher who was interested in his services; subsequently, he would later be signed by CAI Zaragoza at the age of 17.
In 1985, Montenegro was called to the Senior Argentina national basketball team for the first time to play the South American championship in Medellín. At the national level, he debuted in the Liga Nacional de Básquet playing for Olimpo de Bahía Blanca at age 19. Olimpo reached the finals of the Liga Nacional de Básquet that year although the team was defeated by Ferro Carril Oeste with Miguel Cortijo as its star player.
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