Víctor Lapeña | |
Position: | Head coach |
Birth Date: | 1975 3, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Zaragoza, Spain |
Coach Start: | 2003 |
Cyears1: | 2003–2004 |
Cteam1: | Stadium Casablanca [LF2] |
Cyears2: | 2004–2005 |
Cteam2: | Puig d'en Valls [LF2] |
Cyears3: | 2005–2007 |
Cteam3: | Extrugasa Cortegada [LF2] |
Cyears4: | 2007–2009 |
Cteam4: | Cadí La Seu |
Cyears5: | 2009–2012 |
Cteam5: | CDB Zaragoza |
Cyears6: | 2012 |
Cteam6: | UNB Obenasa |
Cyears7: | 2013–2014 |
Cteam7: | Perfumerías Avenida |
Cyears8: | 2015–2018 |
Cteam8: | Stadium Casablanca |
Cyears9: | 2018–2019 |
Cteam9: | Nadezhda Orenburg |
Cyears10: | 2019–2022 |
Cteam10: | Fenerbahçe |
Cyears11: | 2022–present |
Cteam11: | Canada women's national team |
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Víctor Antonio Lapeña Tortosa (born 12 March 1975, in Zaragoza) is a Spanish basketball coach who is the head coach of the Canada women's national basketball team.
He coached several teams in Spain, both in the second tier league (2003-2008) and the first tier league (2008-2018). He won the Spanish League in the 2012-13 season, and the 2014 Spanish Cup with CB Avenida.[1]
In the 2018-2019 season he coached his first team abroad, Nadezhda Orenburg from the Russian Premier League, winning the second-tier 2018–19 EuroCup Women. On 29 June 2019 he signed for Turkish club Fenerbahçe[2]
Lapeña has worked with the Spanish Basketball Federation as both assistant and head coach in the youth teams and the senior team, winning a total of 14 medals.[3] In November 2015 he was the head coach of the senior team for two games.[4]