Horacio Muratore
Horacio Muratore | |
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_(cropped).JPG) Muratore in 2018 | |
| Born | 29 November 1951 San Miguel de Tucumán, Tucumán Province, Argentina |
| Died | 24 or 25 July 2026 (age 74) |
| Education | National University of Tucumán |
| Occupation | Basketball executive |
Horacio Muratore (29 November 1951 – 24 or 25 July 2026) was an Argentine basketball executive. The president of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) from 2014 to 2019, Muratore started his career in basketball at the Tucumán BB club, where his father worked. Though he briefly left the club, he returned and in 1983 was made their president. He worked as the club's president until 1992, when he was elected president of the Argentine Basketball Confederation. His tenure as president coincided with what was termed the beginning of the Golden generation of Argentine basketball; he left the confederation in 2008 and, in 2009, was made president of FIBA Americas. The next year, he became vice president of FIBA and, in 2014, was elected president of the organation: the first and only Argentine to hold the role.
After leaving the FIBA presidency, Muratore continued to work in basketball: he was the president of the FIBA Foundation from 2019 to 2023 and he founded the Basketball Champions League Americas. He died in July 2026, at the age of 74. In addition to his work with basketball, Muratore was an accountant and taught classes in the subject and worked for the National University of Tucumán.
Career
[edit source]Muratore attended the National University of Tucumán, where he studied accounting.[1] He played basketball at Tucumán BB,[1] and by 1971, when his father was the club's president, had started to work in the club's management,[2][3] though he briefly left after his wife told him he needed to choose between it and family.[4] In 1983, he was made the club's president.[5] During this time, he taught accounting at university, worked as the secretary for the Faculty of Economic Sciences at the National University of Tucumán, worked as an accountant.[4] He continued to work as the club president of Tucumán BB until 1992, when he was elected as the president of the Argentine Basketball Confederation.[6] He did not earn money while working at the confederation, instead selling insurance to support himself.[4]
His presidency of the Argentina Basketball Confederation coincided with the start of the Golden generation of Argentine basketball. The Argentine teams won silver at 2002 FIBA World Championship, gold at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and bronze at 2008 Summer Olympics. They also won the 2008 FIBA Diamond Ball [4][6] and Argentina itself hosted the 1995 Pan American Games.[4]
Muratore remained president of the Argentina Basketball Confederation until 2008;[5] in 2009, he was made the president of FIBA Americas, a role which he remained in until 2014.[5] In 2010, he was unanimously elected vice-president of FIBA.[7] He rose to president of the organization in 2014 when he was, again unanimously, elected to the position;[8] Muratore was the first Argentine in the role.[6] He served in the role until 2019, when he was succeeded by Hamane Niang;[9] FIBA declared Muratore an honorary president from his retirement.[1]
After leaving the FIBA presidency, Muratore worked from 2019 to 2023 as the president of the FIBA Foundation.[5][10] At the foundation, he worked on their "Basketball For Good" program.[5] In 2019, he also founded the Basketball Champions League Americas.[5] In 2023, a book about his life by the journalist Fabián García was published by FIBA under the title Una vida por el básquetbol (transl. A life for basketball).[1][11]
Personal life and death
[edit source]Horacio Muratore was born on 29 November 1951, in San Miguel de Tucumán, Tucumán Province, Argentina.[12][2] His grandparents moved to Argentina from Italy[11] and his father was an executive and founding member of the Tucumán basketball club, Tucumán BB.[2][12] Muratore was married and had four children,[4] the first around 1976.[3] He was a certified accountant.[1]
Muratore died on 24[6] or 25 July 2026, at the age of 74.[2][5] FIBA, Argentine Basketball Confederation, and various sporting organizations in Tucumán, including Tucumán BB, made memorial posts.[13]
References
[edit source]- 1 2 3 4 5 "Falleció Horacio Muratore, un dirigente histórico del básquet argentino y mundial". Diario La Capital de Mar del Plata (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2026-07-26.
- 1 2 3 4 "Murió Horacio Muratore, histórico dirigente del básquet y figura clave para la Generación Dorada". La Nación (in Spanish). 2026-07-25. Retrieved 2026-07-25.
- 1 2 Ruiz, Edu (2024-12-17). "Horacio Muratore: "Siempre cumplí lo que prometí; no hay otro secreto"". La Gaceta (in Spanish). Retrieved 2026-07-26.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Morini, Diego (2017-05-09). "Muratore, el argentino que es el dueño de la pelota en el planeta del básquetbol: "Yo he creado la Generación Dorada"". La Nación (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2019-12-07. Retrieved 2026-07-25.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Muere Horacio Muratore, expresidente de la Confederación Argentina de Básquet y de la FIBA". EFE. 25 July 2026. ProQuest 3368539067
- 1 2 3 4 "Murió Horacio Muratore, histórico dirigente del básquet argentino y expresidente de la FIBA". Clarín (in Spanish). 2026-07-25. Retrieved 2026-07-25.
- ↑ "Muratore, elegido como vicepresidente de FIBA Mundial". La Nación. 2010-09-07. ProQuest 749673067
- ↑ "El tucumano Horacio Muratore será el presidente de la FIBA por los próximos cuatro años". LA NACION (in Spanish). 2014-08-28. Retrieved 2026-07-26.
- ↑ "Le Malien Hamane Niang nouveau président de la FIBA". Radio France Internationale. 29 August 2019. ProQuest 2188540381
- ↑ "FIBA Family mourns passing of Honorary President Horacio Muratore". about.fiba.basketball. 2026-07-25. Retrieved 2026-07-26.
- 1 2 Katz, Joel (2023-10-29). "Horacio Muratore: "Al básquet tucumano le falta unión y apoyo"". La Gaceta (in Spanish). Retrieved 2026-07-26.
- 1 2 Chen, Xiaochun (18 March 2019). "'It will be the best basketball World Cup'". Shenzhen Daily. ProQuest 2192205193
- ↑ Papaterra, Benjamín (2026-07-25). "Murió Horacio Muratore: el emotivo adiós del deporte argentino al tucumano que llevó el básquet a lo más alto". La Gaceta (in Spanish). Retrieved 2026-07-26.
