20 Facts About Fabricio Oberto

Fabricio Raul Jesus Oberto is an Argentine-Italian color analyst and former professional basketball player.

In 2005, Fabricio Oberto signed with the San Antonio Spurs, a team of the American National Basketball Association, and won a championship with the Spurs in 2007.

Fabricio Oberto is a former member of the senior Argentina national basketball team.

Fabricio Oberto was inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2019.

At age 17, Fabricio Oberto went to a trial at Atenas de Cordoba, one of the most important basketball clubs in Argentina, and was selected to start the following year, and started playing professionally later that year.

In 2005, after voiding his contract with Pamesa, Fabricio Oberto signed a three-year, US$7.5 million contract with the San Antonio Spurs of the NBA, where he joined fellow Argentine Manu Ginobili.

Fabricio Oberto kept with jersey number 7, the same kit number he used with the Argentina national basketball team.

Fabricio Oberto was the oldest rookie in Spurs history at the age of 31.

Fabricio Oberto nonetheless was very satisfied with his role on the Spurs, a perennial championship contender.

Fabricio Oberto won an NBA championship with the Spurs in 2007.

On June 23,2009, Fabricio Oberto was traded to the Detroit Pistons as a part of a three-team trade among Pistons, Spurs and the Milwaukee Bucks, which included Richard Jefferson.

Fabricio Oberto was a significant contributor defending Argentina for its fifth-place finish at the 2010 FIBA World Championship.

Fabricio Oberto held out for an opportunity to sign with an NBA team.

In January 2013, Fabricio Oberto signed a contract with his former team, Atenas de Cordoba, returning to the Liga Nacional de Basquetbol after 14 years.

Fabricio Oberto was hired for the remainder of the season as a replacement for center Julian Aprea, who had been separated from the team by coach Alejandro Lotterio and then dismissed at the end of 2012.

Fabricio Oberto started playing with the Argentina national basketball team shortly before his 20th birthday in 1995; tournament success followed, including bringing to Argentina a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

In July 2011, Fabricio Oberto announced that he was coming out of retirement to play in the FIBA Americas Championship.

Fabricio Oberto said that doctors had cleared him to participate.

Fabricio Oberto enjoys playing the guitar and his favorite bands include Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Foo Fighters, U2 and Metallica.

On June 4,2009, Fabricio Oberto underwent a successful ablation procedure to correct the electrical system of the heart that was sending Fabricio Oberto into atrial fibrillation.