Diego Osella (basketball)

Diego Osella
	Diego Osella, wearing the Atenas de Córdoba jersey
Personal information
Born	September 4, 1969 (age 55); Oncativo, Córdoba, Argentina
Listed height	2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)
Career information
Playing career	1988–2011
Position	Center
Career history
1988–1992	Atenas de Córdoba
1992–1993	Club Banco de Córdoba
1993–2000	Atenas de Córdoba
2000–2001	Lucentum Alicante
2001	Atenas de Córdoba
2001–2002	Estudiantes de Olavarría
2002–2003	Pallacanestro Varese
2003–2010	Atenas de Córdoba
2010–2011	Juventud Sionista
Career highlights and awards
	Pan American Club Championship champion (1996); 3× FIBA South American League champion (1997, 1998, 2004); 2× South American Club Championship champion (1993, 1994); 6× Argentine League champion (1988, 1990, 1992, 1998, 1999, 2009); Argentine League Finals MVP (1999); NO. 11 jersey retired by Atenas;
Men's Basketball
Representing Argentina
Pan American Games
FIBA South American Championship

Diego Marcelo Osella (born September 4, 1969) is a retired^[1] Argentine professional basketball player.

Professional career

With the senior Argentine national basketball team, Osella competed at the 1996 Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia, where his team finished in ninth place in the overall-rankings. A year earlier, he helped claim Argentina's first ever gold medal in senior men's basketball, at the 1995 Pan American Games, after defeating the United States in the final, in Mar del Plata, Argentina.^[2]

All club championships were won playing with Atenas.

Liga Nacional de Básquet Statistical Leaders:
- Most games played in the Liga Nacional at the time he retired (1,096) ^[4]
- Most rebounds in the Liga Nacional (6,804).
- Most blocks in the Liga Nacional (989).
- 5th all-time top scorer in the Liga Nacional (12,358).
Number 11 jersey retired by Atenas: (2011)^[5]^[6]^[7]