Aíto García Reneses

Aíto García Reneses

Aíto, with Unicaja Málaga
Personal information
Born	(1946-12-20) December 20, 1946 Madrid, Spain
Nationality	Spanish
Career information
Playing career	1963–1973
Position	Point guard
Coaching career	1998–present
Career history
As player:
1963–1968	Estudiantes
1968–1973	FC Barcelona
As coach:
1973–1983	Círculo Católico / Cotonificio
1983–1985	Joventut Badalona
1985–1990	FC Barcelona
1992–1993	FC Barcelona
1993–1997	FC Barcelona
1998–2001	FC Barcelona
2003–2008	Joventut Badalona
2008	Spain
2008–2011	Unicaja
2012–2014	Sevilla
2014–2016	Gran Canaria
Career highlights and awards
As head coach: 4x AEEB Coach of the Year (1976, 1990, 2006, 2008) EuroCup Coach of the Year (2015)
Medals Representing  Spain Men's basketball Summer Olympics 2008 Beijing National Team European U-16 2008 Syria Under-16 Team

Alejandro "Aíto" García Reneses (born in Madrid, Spain, on 20 December 1946), usually known as just Aíto, is one of the most prestigious Spanish professional basketball coaches. He has won nine Liga ACB titles, all with FC Barcelona. He has won all the major European titles, except the EuroLeague, although he was a EuroLeague runner-up on three occasions (all with FC Barcelona): in 1989–90, 1995–96, and 1996–97.

Coaching career

García Reneses has spent most of his coaching career in Catalonia. He spent 15 seasons in FC Barcelona (13 as coach and two as general manager), and also in the three basketball teams from Badalona: Círculo Católico, Cotonificio, and specially Joventut, where he has been in two different periods, 1983–1985, and from July 2003 to May 2008. He trained Club Baloncesto Malaga for 3 seasons (2008–2011), and in 2012, he began coaching Club Baloncesto Sevilla.

In June 2008, he became the head coach of the Spanish national basketball team, replacing Pepu Hernández. In the 2008 Olympics, he coached the team to a silver medal, in the closely contested gold medal game, losing to the USA national team, after being down by just 2 points with a few minutes left in the game.

Teams coached

• Círculo Católico Badalona: 1973–1976.
• Cotonificio Badalona: 1976–1983.
• Joventut Badalona: 1983–1985.
• FC Barcelona:

• 1985–1990: head coach.
• 1990–1992: general manager
• 1992–1993: head coach, after 3 games he swaps his place with Joaquim Costa, so he becomes 2nd coach.
• 1993–1997: head coach.
• 1998–2001: head coach.

• Joventut Badalona: 2003–2008.
• Spain national basketball team: 2008.
• Unicaja Málaga: 2008–2011.
• Cajasol: 2012–2014.
• Gran Canaria: 2014–2016.

Titles

• National competitions:

• 9 Liga ACB with FC Barcelona: 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999 and 2001.
• 5 Copa del Rey, 4 with FC Barcelona: 1987, 1988, 1994, 2001 and 1 with Joventut Badalona: 2008.
• 1 Copa Príncipe de Asturias, with FC Barcelona: 1988.

• International competitions:

• 1 European Cup Winners' Cup, with FC Barcelona: 1986.
• 2 Korać Cup, with FC Barcelona: 1987 and 1999.
• 1 FIBA EuroCup with Joventut Badalona : 2005–06
• 1 ULEB Cup with Joventut Badalona : 2007–08
• Bronze Medal, with Junior Spanish National Team in the 1979 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship in Damascus, 1979.

External links

• ACB Profile (Spanish)