Diego Ciorciari

Diego Andrés Ciorciari (born 2 March 1980) is an Argentine professional basketball coach and former player who played at the point guard position. He is assistant coach for San Pablo Burgos of the Spanish LEB Oro.

Early years He began to play basketball in an amateur club called Rivadavia Juniors, in his home city, Santa Fe.

Professional career Ciorciari first started to play as a professional in Argentina in 1997, when he was only 17, playing for Ferro Carril Oeste with Luis Scola and Federico Kammerichs among others. Because he was the youngest player of the team, the speaker nicknamed him El 'pichón' Ciorciari, being pichón a baby bird.

Unfortunately, his team relegated to the second division and he decided to leave the LEB after 7 seasons in Spain. In 2011, Diego moved to Italy and started playing for Pepsi Caserta but at the end of the year he returned to Argentina after almost ten years abroad and joined Club Gimnasia y Esgrima (Comodoro Rivadavia)

Coaching career Following retirement, he has started his coaching career by becoming assistant coach for San Pablo Burgos of the Spanish LEB Oro.