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{{Short description|Italian basketball player}}
{{BLP sources|date=September 2020}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name            = Pierluigi Marzorati
| image           = Pierluigi Marzorati.jpg
| image_size      =
| caption         = Marzorati in 2010
| position        =
| height_ft       = 6
| height_in       = 1.75
| weight_lb       = 200
| nationality     = Italian
| birth_date      = {{birth date and age|1952|9|12|df=y}}
| birth_place     = [[Figino Serenza]], Italy
| draft_year      =
| career_start    = 1969
| career_end      = 1991, 2006
| career_position = [[Point guard]]
| career_number   =
| coach_start     =
| coach_end       =
| years1          = 1969–1991, 2006
| team1           = [[Pallacanestro Cantù|Cantù]]
| highlights      =
*2× [[FIBA Intercontinental Cup]] champion (1975, 1982)
*2× [[EuroLeague]] champion (1982, 1983)
*5× [[FIBA European Selection]] (1975–1977, 1981, 1982)
*4× [[FIBA Saporta Cup]] champion (1977–1979, 1981)
*4× [[FIBA Korać Cup]] champion (1973–1975, 1991)
*2× [[Lega Basket Serie A|Italian League]] champion (1975, 1981)
* [[Mr. Europa]] (1976)
* [[FIBA's 50 Greatest Players]] (1991)
* [[Italian Basketball Hall of Fame]] (2007)
* [[EuroLeague 50 Greatest Contributors]] (2008)
| HOF_player      =
| FIBA_HOF_player = Pierluigi-Marzorati
| medaltemplates  =
{{MedalSport | Men's [[Basketball]] }}
{{MedalCountry | [[File:Olympic flag.svg|25px]] [[Italy at the 1980 Summer Olympics|Italy]] (partial support) }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Basketball at the Summer Olympics|Summer Olympic Games]] }}
{{MedalSilver | [[Basketball at the 1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Moscow]] |  }}
{{Medal|Country | {{bk|ITA}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[FIBA EuroBasket]] }}
{{MedalBronze | [[EuroBasket 1971|1971 West Germany]] |  }}
{{MedalBronze | [[EuroBasket 1975|1975 Yugoslavia]] |  }}
{{MedalGold | [[EuroBasket 1983|1983 France]] |  }}
{{MedalBronze | [[EuroBasket 1985|1985 West Germany]] |  }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship|European U-18 Championship]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1970 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship|1970 Greece]]|[[Italy national under-18 basketball team|Under-18]]}}
}}
'''Pierluigi''' "'''Pierlo'''" '''Marzorati''' (born 12 September 1952) is an Italian former professional [[basketball]] player. He is considered to have been one of the best [[point guard]]s of all time in Europe, and was named the [[Mister Europa]], in 1976. He was named one of [[FIBA's 50 Greatest Players (1991)|FIBA's 50 Greatest Players]] in 1991. In 2007, he was inducted into the [[Italian Basketball Hall of Fame]] and enshrined into the [[FIBA Hall of Famer|FIBA Hall of Fame]].<ref>[http://www.fiba.basketball/hall-of-fame/Pierluigi-Marzorati HALL OF FAMERS Pierluigi Marzorati (Italy).]</ref> In 2008, he was chosen as one of the [[50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors]].
==Club playing career==
Marzorati was one of the key players of the [[Pallacanestro Cantù|Cantù]] team (in which he played from 1969 to 1991), winning 2 [[Lega Basket Serie A|Italian League]] championships (in 1975 and 1981), 2 [[EuroLeague|FIBA European Champions' Cup (EuroLeague)]] titles (1982 and 1983), 4 [[FIBA Saporta Cup|FIBA Cup Winners' Cups]] (1977, 1978, 1979 and 1981), 4 [[FIBA Korać Cup]]s (1973, 1974, 1975 and 1991) and 2 [[FIBA Intercontinental Cup]]s (1975 and 1982).
In July 2006, Marzorati decided to come back at age 54, to top class competitions with [[Pallacanestro Cantù|Cantù]], for the 70th anniversary of the team. On 6 October 2006 he finally appeared in an official game for Cantù, playing two minutes in an [[Lega Basket Serie A|Italian League]] game, against the Italian national league champions [[Pallacanestro Treviso|Benetton Treviso]]. Cantù won 70-69. This way, he became the first (and only) basketball player in history to have played official games in five different decades, as well as the oldest professional basketball player to have ever taken part in an official game.
==National team career==
Marzorati played in 278 games for the [[Italian national basketball team]], scoring 2,209 points. He won the silver medal at the [[Basketball at the 1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Summer Olympics]] in Moscow, the gold medal at the [[EuroBasket 1983]], plus three bronze medals at the [[EuroBasket 1971|1971]], [[EuroBasket 1975|1975]], and [[EuroBasket 1985|1985]] [[EuroBasket]]s.
==Post-playing career==
Marzorati played his whole career with [[Pallacanestro Cantù|Cantù]]. He also became a vice-president for the club, and served in that capacity until 1996.
==References==
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== External links ==
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* [http://www.fiba.basketball/hall-of-fame/Pierluigi-Marzorati FIBA Hall of Fame page on Marzorati]
* [http://www.fibaeurope.com/cid_KNce8jInH7Qj1EsyH5rjn2.compID_qMRZdYCZI6EoANOrUf9le2.roundID_2260.season_1985.teamID_307.playerID_8459.html FIBA Europe Profile]
* [http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/34334/history-principal-2 Euroleague.net 50 greatest contributors]
* [http://web.legabasket.it/player/MAR-PIE/marzorati_pierluigi Italian League Profile] {{in lang|it}}
* {{cite sports-reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/pierluigi-marzorati-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418013447/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/pierluigi-marzorati-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-18}}
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