Carles Marco (basketball)

For the Spanish footballer, see Carles Marco (footballer).

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Marco and the second or maternal family name is Viñas.

Carles Marco Viñas (born September 23, 1974) is a Spanish retired basketball player, who played as point guard, and the current assistant coach for Paris Basketball of the EuroLeague and the LNB Élite.

Carles Marco

Marco with Crvena zvezda in 2022
Paris Basketball
Position	Assistant coach
League	LNB Élite EuroLeague
Personal information
Born	(1974-09-23) 23 September 1974 (age 50) Badalona, Spain
Listed height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Listed weight	78 kg (172 lb)
Career information
NBA draft	1996: undrafted
Playing career	1994–2009
Position	Point guard
Career history
As a player:
1994–1996	Sant Josep Badalona
1996–1998	Gijón Baloncesto
1998–2002	Valladolid
2002–2005	Joventut Badalona
2005–2007	Caja San Fernando
2007–2008	Baloncesto León
2008	Manresa
2008	CAI Zaragoza
2009	Ford Burgos
As a coach:
2011–2015	Manresa (assistant)
2015–2018	Oviedo
2019–2020	Palencia
2020–2021	Girona
2022–2023	Crvena zvezda (assistant)
2023–2024	Barcelona (assistant)
2024–present	Paris (assistant)
Career highlights
As Assistant Coach: Serbian League champion (2023) Serbian Cup winner (2023)
Medals Men's basketball Representing Spain FIBA EuroBasket 2003 Sweden Mediterranean Games 2001 Tunis Universiade 1999 Palma

Professional career

Marco spent all his career in the two top divisions of the Spanish basketball, making his debut at Liga ACB in 1998 with Fórum Valladolid.^[1] He was selected to play the Liga ACB All Star Game in the 2000–01 and the 2002–03 seasons. He retired in 2009, after playing the second half of the 2008–09 LEB Oro season with Ford Burgos.

National team career

In August and September 2002, Marco was a member of the Spain national team that finished 5th at the FIBA World Championship in Indianapolis, U.S. Over eight tournament games, he averaged 4.9 points, 0.9 rebounds, and 1.9 assists per game.^[2] In September 2003, Marco was a member of the Spanish roster that won a silver medal at the FIBA European Championship in Sweden. Over six tournament games, he averaged 6.7 points, 1.5 rebounds, and 2.5 assists per game.^[3] In total, Marco played 34 matches for the national team.

Coaching career

Marco started his career as coach in 2011, as the assistant coach of Bàsquet Manresa of Liga ACB. Four seasons later, he signed with Unión Financiera Baloncesto Oviedo of the LEB Oro for his first experience as head coach.^[4] In May 2018, Oviedo and Carles Marco parted ways after three seasons qualifying for the promotion playoffs.

On 20 November 2022, Marco was appointed as an assistant coach for Crvena zvezda under Duško Ivanović.^[5]

National teams

In July 2016, Marco was an assistant coach for the Spain national under-20 team that won a gold medal at the European Championship in Helsinki, Finland.

Career achievements

As head coach:

• Copa Princesa de Asturias winner: 1 (with Oviedo: 2017)

Personal life

His father, Lluís Marco [es], is a Spanish actor.