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Bruno Fitipaldo
No. 6 – Lenovo Tenerife
Position	Point guard / Shooting guard
League	Liga ACB
Personal information
Born	August 2, 1991 (age 33); Montevideo, Uruguay
Nationality	Uruguayan / Italian
Listed height	6 ft 0.5 in (1.84 m)
Listed weight	188 lb (85 kg)
Career information
NBA draft	2013: undrafted
Playing career	2006–present
Career history
2006–2014	Club Malvín
2014–2016	Obras Sanitarias
2016	Orlandina
2016–2017	Galatasaray
2017–2018	Felice Scandone
2018–2020	San Pablo Burgos
2020–present	Lenovo Tenerife
Career highlights and awards
	FIBA Intercontinental Cup champion (2023); FIBA Intercontinental Cup MVP (2023); Champions League champion (2022); Liga ACB Free Throw Percentage leader (2022); 2× Uruguayan League champion (2011, 2014); Uruguayan League MVP (2014); Uruguayan League Finals MVP (2014);
Men's basketball
Representing Uruguay
FIBA South American Championship

Bruno Fitipaldo Rodríguez (born August 2, 1991) is a Uruguayan-Italian^[1] professional basketball player for Lenovo Tenerife of the Spanish Liga ACB. Standing at a height of 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in),^[2] he plays at the point guard and shooting guard positions.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Professional career

South America

Fitipaldo began his professional career in the 2006–07 season, with the Uruguayan League's Club Malvín, in the city of Montevideo. During his time in the Uruguayan League of basketball, he became the club's local idol, due to his great performances. In the 2010–11 season, Fitipaldo won the Uruguayan national league title with his team, as he averaged 8.0 points, 1.5 rebounds, 2.6 assists, and 1.3 steals per game, in 41 games played.

At only 20, he was in the starting five of the Uruguayan team, and at the end of the 2011–12 season, he had averaged 10.4 points, 3.5 rebounds, 5.6 assists, and 1.3 steals per game, in 39 games played. In the 2013–14 season, Fitipaldo was named the MVP of the Uruguayan League. He later moved to the Argentine League club Obras Sanitarias, where he played during the 2014–15 and 2015–16 seasons.

Europe

In July 2016, the Italian LBA League side Orlandina Basket, announced the official the signing of Fitipaldo.^[6] On November 5, 2016, Fitipaldo was the LBA's MVP for the Round 6 of games. The Uruguayan-Italian point guard finished the round 6 game, with 33 points scored, in an Orlandina overtime win against Brescia. Fitipaldo played 45 minutes, and also added 3 rebounds, 10 assists, 9 fouls drawn, and a 44 evaluation.^[7]

However, in December of that same year, Fitipaldo left Orlandina, and signed with the Turkish Super League side Galatasaray, for the rest of the 2016–17 season.^[8] On June 23, 2017, Fitipaldo returned to Italy, and signed with Scandone Avellino.^[9] On August 1, 2018, Fitipaldo signed a one-yar deal with the Spanish League club San Pablo Burgos.^[10]

Canarias (2020–present)

He signed with Canarias (then known as Iberostar Tenerife for sponsorship reasons) of the Liga ACB on July 11, 2020.^[11]

In 2022, Fitipaldo won the 2021–22 Basketball Champions League with Canarias, his first continental title. Because of this, the team played in the 2023 FIBA Intercontinental Cup. Here, Fitipaldo guided Canarias to their third world title, as he had 12 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists in the semi-final against Monastir and 15 points and 6 assists in the final against São Paulo. After the tournament, Fitipaldo was named the Intercontinental Cup MVP.^[12]