Federico Van Lacke
{{short description|Argentine professional basketball player (born 1980)}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Federico Van Lacke
| number =
| image = File:Federico Van Lacke (2011).JPG
| caption = Van Lacke with CB Valladolid in 2011
| position = Shooting guard
| height_m = 1.91
| weight_lbs = 187
| league = LEB Plata
| team = Juaristi ISB
| nationality = Argentine / Spanish
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1980|6|26|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Santa Fe, Argentina
| highschool =
| college =
| draft_year =
| career_start = 1998
| career_end =
| years1=1998–1999 |team1=Atlético Echagüe
| years2=2002–2003 |team2=Cantabria Lobos
| years3=2003–2004 |team3=Murcia
| years4=2004–2005 |team4=Villa de Los Barrios
| years5=2005–2007 |team5=Ciudad de Huelva
| years6=2007–2008 |team6=Granada
| years7=2008–2011 |team7=Valladolid
| years8=2011–2012 |team8=Joventut Badalona
| years9=2012–2013 |team9=Boca Juniors
| years10=2013–2014 |team10=Obras Sanitarias
| years11=2014–2015 |team11=Estudiantes
| years12=2015–2017 |team12=Ciclista Olímpico
| years13=2017–2019 |team13=Gipuzkoa Basket
| years14=2020– |team14=Iraurgi
| highlights =
}}
Federico Martín Van Lacke Falco (born 26 June 1980 in Santa Fe, Argentina) is an Argentine professional basketball player who plays for Juaristi ISB of the LEB Plata.
Professional career
Trained in Regatas de Santa Fe, Van Lacke signed his first professional contract with Atlético Echagüe of the Argentine Second Division in 1998. After spending three seasons in the club of Paraná, he moved to Spain for playing with Cantabria Lobos of the LEB Oro.
He played five seasons in the Spanish second league before making his debut in Liga ACB, the top league, with CB Granada in 2007. One year later, Van Lacke signs with CB Valladolid, relegated to LEB Oro, where he helps the team to promote to Liga ACB{{cite web|url=http://www.solobasket.com/competiciones-feb/leb-oro-j33-valladolid-logra-el-ascenso-con-fede-van-lacke-como-estrella|title=LEB Oro - J.33: Valladolid logra el ascenso con Fede Van Lacke como estrella|trans-title=LEB Oro, round 33: Valladolid promotes with Fede Van Lacke as star|publisher=Solobasket|date=9 May 2009|language=Spanish}} and to qualify it to the 2010 Copa del Rey. In the three seasons that he spent in Valladolid, he was claimed Player of the Month in January 2010.{{cite web|url=http://www.acb.com/redaccion.php?id=64631|title=Federico Van Lacke, MVP del mes de Enero|trans-title=Federico Van Lacke, MVP of the month of January|date=2 February 2010|publisher=ACB.com|language=Spanish|access-date=29 September 2015|archive-date=30 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150930234057/http://www.acb.com/redaccion.php?id=64631|url-status=dead}}
In 2012, and after playing in seven teams in ten years, he comes back to Argentina for playing with Boca Juniors. Two years later, in 2014, he spends one more season in Spain with Estudiantes before continuing playing in Argentina with Ciclista Olímpico.{{cite web|url=http://www.acb.com/redaccion.php?id=115862|title=Fede Van Lacke regresa a Argentina de la mano del Olímpico La Banda|publisher=ACB.com|date=8 September 2015|language=Spanish}}
Personal life
Since October 2009, Van Lacke attained the dual Spanish-Argentine citizenship.{{cite web|url=http://www.fedevanlacke.com.ar/index.php?i=nD&id=87|title="Soy consciente de que no jugaré con España"|publisher=Fede Van Lacke|date=30 October 2009|language=Spanish}}
Trophies
=With CB Valladolid=
Awards and accomplishments
- ACB Player of the Month: (1) January 2010
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20150930234051/http://www.acb.com/jugador.php?id=B3K Profile at ACB.com] {{in lang|es}}
- [https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/?seasoncode=u2011&pcode=003655&clubcode=PAM Profile at EuroCup website]
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Category:Argentine emigrants to Spain
Category:Argentine expatriate basketball people in Spain
Category:Argentine men's basketball players
Category:Boca Juniors basketball players
Category:Cantabria Baloncesto players
Category:CB Estudiantes players
Category:CB Valladolid players
Category:Ciclista Olímpico players
Category:Gipuzkoa Basket players
Category:Joventut Badalona players
Category:Obras Sanitarias basketball players
Category:Sportspeople from Santa Fe, Argentina