José Antonio Querejeta

José Antonio Querejeta Altuna (born 19 March 1957) is a retired basketball player of Saski Baskonia, Real Madrid, Joventut Badalona and CAI Zaragoza, and the current president of Vitoria-Gasteiz-based Saski Baskonia since 1988, following the conversion of the club into a S.A.D.

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

José Antonio Querejeta
José Antonio Querejeta in 2010
Born	José Antonio Querejeta Altuna (1957-03-19) 19 March 1957 (age 67) Lazkao, Gipuzkoa, Spain
Nationality	Spanish
Known for	President of Saski Baskonia
Height	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
Board member of	Chairman of Avtibask S.L. Chairman of Onalan S.L.
Basketball career
Career information
Playing career	1974–1987
Position	Small forward
Number	14
Career history
1974–1978	Baskonia
1978–1980	Real Madrid
1980–1981	Baskonia
1981–1982	Joventut Badalona
1982–1983	CAI Zaragoza
1983–1984	Corazonistas Vitoria
1984–1987	Baskonia

From 2013 his Avtibask S.L. group also held a controlling stake in the city's football club Deportivo Alavés.^[1]

Honors

With Baskonia (as a player)

• Copa Asociación: (1)
  • 1985

With Baskonia (as a president)

• Spanish Championship: (3)
  • 2001–02, 2007–08, 2009–10
• Spanish Cup: (6)
  • 1995, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2009
• Spanish Supercup: (4)
  • 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
• Basque Cup: (2)
  • 2011, 2012
• FIBA Saporta Cup: (1)
  • 1995–96

With Real Madrid

• Spanish Championship: (2)
  • 1979, 1980
• Spanish Cup: (1)
  • 1980
• FIBA European Champions Cup: (1)
  • 1979–80

Awards

• Gianluigi Porelli EuroLeague Executive of the Year: (2)
  • 2005, 2016

References

1. "Querejeta compra las acciones del Alavés que tenía la familia Ortiz de Zárate" [Querejeta bought Alavés' shares that the Ortiz de Zárate family held] (in Spanish). El Correo. 29 July 2013. Retrieved 17 March 2017.

External links

• Saski Baskonia official website
• José Antonio Querejeta at ACB.com