Juan Alberto Espil


Juan Alberto Espil Vanotti is a retired Argentine-Italian professional basketball player, who played as a shooting guard-small forward.

Professional career

Espil's last pro club was Bahía Basket, where he retired in 2012.
In February 2013, Estudiantes honoured Espil by retiring the #10 jersey that he had worn during his two tenures on the club.

National team career

Espil helped Argentina to claim the country's first ever gold medal in men's basketball at the Pan American Games, as Argentina defeated the Team USA, in the final of the 1995 Pan American Games, in Mar del Plata, Argentina.
Espil also competed with the senior men's Argentine national basketball team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where his team finished in ninth place in the overall standings.