Trotamundos de Carabobo

Trotamundos de Carabobo
Nickname	El Expreso Azul (The Blue Espresso)
Leagues	Venezuelan SuperLiga
Founded	1984 (1984)
History	Trotamundos de Carabobo1984–present
Arena	Forum de Valencia
Capacity	10,000
Location	Valencia, Carabobo
Team colors	Blue and White
President	Giuseppe Palmisano
Head coach	Guillermo Narvarte
Ownership	Germán Blanco Romero
Championships	11Venezuelan championships
Website	trotamundosbbc.com
Home Away

Trotamundos B.B.C. (transl. Globetrotters), also known as Trotamundos de Carabobo, is a professional basketball team based in Valencia, located in the VenezuelanCarabobo State. The team currently plays in the Venezuelan SuperLiga. The team has won the Venezuelan championship 11 times.^[1] Trotamundos has also won the South American club championship three times, in 1988, 1989 and 2000.

History

On June 11, 1983, Germán Blanco Romero bought the Andinos de Mérida team and named the team Trotamundos (in English: Globetrotters) in honour to the Harlem Globetrotters team. In 1986, the team managed to win its first national title after an impressive season with a 26–10 record.

Trophies

Venezuelan Championship

• Winners (10): 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1994, 1999, 2002, 2006, 2019, 2021

South American Club Championship

• Winners (3): 1988, 1989, 2000

Roster

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Trotamundos de Carabobo roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age SF 0 Donta Smith 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 42 – (1983-11-27)27 November 1983 PG 3 Angel Blanco 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 28 – (1997-03-04)4 March 1997 G 4 Victor Sanchez 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 23 – (2002-02-01)1 February 2002 SG 5 Deivis Ananguren 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 41 – (1985-01-23)23 January 1985 SF 7 Jhornan Zamora 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 36 – (1989-01-30)30 January 1989 SG 9 Joe Meneses 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 24 – (2001-08-06)6 August 2001 C 11 Vargas, Eloy 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 37 – (1988-12-30)30 December 1988 G/F 12 Elvis Baez 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 36 – (1989-11-17)17 November 1989 F 18 Tulio Cobos 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 39 – (1986-10-11)11 October 1986 F 23 Sha'markus Kennedy 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 27 – (1998-06-27)27 June 1998 SF 34 Edgar Martinez 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 29 – (1997-01-23)23 January 1997 C 43 Nestor Colmenares 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 38 – (1987-09-05)5 September 1987 G 51 Emmanuel Morles 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 21 – (2004-08-05)5 August 2004 F 73 Dwayne Davis 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 36 – (1989-11-27)27 November 1989 PF 77 Jose Rodriguez 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 32 – (1994-01-20)20 January 1994	Head coach Guillermo Narvarte Assistant coach(es) Ludwing Irazabal Legend (C) Team captain Injured

Notable players

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Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

• David Cubillán^[2]

References

1. History at Latinbasket.com
2. Diego Bolívar (29 May 2021). "Trotamundos arrolló a Broncos y clasificó a la final". El Carabobeño (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 October 2021.

External links

• Official Website
• Team Profile at Latinbasket.com