Manny Quezada

{{short description|Dominican-American basketball player (born 1985)}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Manny Quezada | image = | caption = | position = Point guard | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 3 | weight = | team = Interclube | league = Angolan Basketball League | number = | nationality = American / Dominican | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1991|4|13}} | birth_place = New York City, New York | highschool = St. Albans School | college = Rutgers (2004–2005)<br />San Francisco (2005–2009) | draft = Undrafted | draft_year = | draft_team = | career_start = 2010 | career_end = | years1 = 2010 | team1 = Tiburones de Puerto Plata | years2 = 2010–2012 | team2 = Baloncesto León | years3 = 2012–2013 | team3 = Joventut Badalona | years4 = 2013–2014 | team4 = São José Basketball | years5 = 2015–2016 | team5 = Petro de Luanda | years6 = 2016–2020 | team6 = Primeiro de Agosto | years7 = 2020 | team7 = US Monastir | highlights = *ACC champion (2015) *ACC Most Valuable Player (2015) *2× ACC / ABL All-Star Team (2015, 2019) *Angolan League Finals MVP (2015) | years8 = 2023–present | team8 = Interclube }}

'''Emmanuel "Manny" Quezada''' is a Dominican-American basketball player who plays for Interclube in the Angolan Basketball League. Standing at {{height|ft=6|in=3}}, he plays as point guard.

==Career==

After playing at NCAA with San Francisco University, Quezada started his career in 2010 in the Dominican Republic, where he played for Tiburones de Puerto Plata in the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto.

In summer 2010, Quezada leaves his country and signs for Spanish second division squad Baloncesto León,<ref>[http://www.solobasket.com/contenidos/manny/quezada/sera/cotonou/baloncesto/leon/c-25187.html Manny Quezada será el cotonou de Baloncesto León] Solobasket.com 31 August 2010 {{in lang|es}}</ref> where he spends two seasons being one of the top scorers of the league.

In August 2012, he joins the Liga ACB, Spanish top league, with one of the most classic teams in Spain: FIATC Joventut.<ref>[http://www.acb.com/redaccion.php?id=86771 El FIATC Joventut ficha a Manny Quezada] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140803121054/http://www.acb.com/redaccion.php?id=86771 |date=2014-08-03 }} ACB.com 9 August 2012 {{in lang|es}}</ref>

In his first game at Liga ACB, he becomes the MVP of the week after scoring 27 points in Joventut's win against Lagun Aro GBC by 89–73.<ref>[http://www.acb.com/redaccion.php?id=88054 Quezada y Sinanovic comparten la designación como Jugador de la Jornada 1] ACB.com 30 September 2012 {{in lang|es}}</ref>

After the injury of the Brazilian player Fúlvio in November 2013, playing for São José Basketball, at NBB, Manny was hired to replace him in this team.

In March 2023, Quezada returned to Angola to play for Interclube.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=Interclube: Contratação de Quezada e Gibson satisfaz Dinis |url=https://www.jornaldeangola.ao/ |access-date=2023-04-08 |website=Jornal de Angola |language=pt}}</ref>

==The Basketball Tournament (TBT)== In the summer of 2017, Quezada competed in The Basketball Tournament on ESPN for the Talladega Knights. Competing for the $2 million grand prize, Quezada scored 16 points, grabbed five rebounds and dished out three assists in the Knights' 78-74 first round loss to Paul's Champion's; a team led by former NBA point guard Earl Boykins. Quezada also played for Talladega during the summer of 2016. In two games, he averaged a team-high 29.5 points, 4.5 assists and 3.5 rebounds as the Knights fell to the City of Gods in the second round.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.mystatsonline.com/basket/visitor/league/card/card_basket.aspx?IDLeague=43627&IDPlayer=339917| title = Player card of Manny Quezada on MyStatsOnline.com}} </ref>

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20121003234401/http://www.acb.com/jugador.php?id=239 Profile at ACB.com] *[http://competiciones.feb.es/estadisticas/Jugador.aspx?i=535945&c=1815961&med=0 Profile at FEB.es] *[http://www.eurobasket.com/player.asp?Cntry=ESP&PlayerID=75773 Profile at Eurobasket.com]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Quezada, Manny}} Category:1985 births Category:Living people Category:US Monastir basketball players Category:Basketball players from New York City Category:American people of Dominican Republic descent Category:Sportspeople of Dominican Republic descent Category:Dominican Republic men's basketball players Category:American expatriate basketball people in Angola Category:American expatriate basketball people in Spain Category:Atlético Petróleos de Luanda basketball players Category:San Francisco Dons men's basketball players Category:Baloncesto León players Category:Joventut Badalona players Category:Liga ACB players Category:Novo Basquete Brasil players Category:Small forwards Category:St. Albans School (Washington, D.C.) alumni Category:American men's basketball players

{{DominicanRepublic-sport-bio-stub}} {{Caribbean-basketball-bio-stub}} Category:G.D. Interclube men's basketball players Category:Marineros de Puerto Plata players