{"id":424973,"date":"2025-01-23T10:49:30","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T09:49:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=424973"},"modified":"2025-01-23T10:49:30","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T09:49:30","slug":"joan-plaza-named-head-coach-of-morabanc-andorra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/joan-plaza-named-head-coach-of-morabanc-andorra\/","title":{"rendered":"Joan Plaza named head coach of MoraBanc Andorra"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Joan Plaza, 61, has been appointed head coach of BC MoraBanc Andorra until the end of the season. With 14 ACB seasons and 457 games under his belt, Plaza has managed teams like Real Madrid (winning a league title), Cajasol, Unicaja Malaga, and Real Betis. He also has European experience with Zalgiris Kaunas, Zenit Saint Petersburg, and AEK Athens.<\/p>\n<p>Plaza will lead his first training session on Thursday morning and will be officially introduced in the afternoon at MoraBanc&#8217;s headquarters.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"es\">\ud83d\udd8b\ufe0f Joan Plaza se convierte en el nuevo entrenador de <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/morabancandorra?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@morabancandorra<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LigaEndesa?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LigaEndesa<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MercadoACB?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MercadoACB<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hSYttUDYlA\">pic.twitter.com\/hSYttUDYlA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Liga Endesa (@ACBCOM) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ACBCOM\/status\/1882363851389145375?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 23, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async 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