Juanma López Iturriaga is one of the great players in the history of Spanish basketball. We go through his biography of him, especially the unknown private life of him, focusing on his age of him, his partner of him, his height of him and his famous brother of him.

This Bilbaíno came into the world in 1959. His height is 1.95 meters tall, which made him an outstanding player. He started in the Basque Country, but would soon jump to basketball Real Madrid, where he won a great title.

In teams he achieved a record of: 7 Leagues, 3 King’s Cups, 2 European Cups, 1 Korac Cup and 3 Intercontinental Cups. But, if Juanma is remembered for something, it is for his stage in the Spanish basketball team.

With the national team he managed to be part of the first generation that achieved great international achievements with a silver medal at the European Championship in 1983 and another in 1984 at the Los Angeles Olympic Games. He was one of the protagonists of the final against the United States that will go down in history.

After succeeding for several seasons in the white team, in 1988 he left through the back door when they announced that they did not have him when he was barely 33 years old and had a lot of basketball on his hands. He would return to his land to serve for two seasons in the Caja Bilbao team.

STAR ON TV

His good humor in front of the cameras, which he had already shown in his time as a player, made him enter the world of television and become one of the fashionable presenters and collaborators in the 90s.

Programs like ‘El friqui’ or ‘El contraataque’ made him stay connected to sport, although in this case it was football. Later the Inocente, Inocente galas would arrive and he even became one of the presenters of ‘Survivientes’, when it was broadcast on Antena 3.

He is also a regular columnist for sports publications, but he is also a regular voice at big events like World Cups and European Basketball. In recent years he has become the presenter of ‘Colgados del hoop’, an innovative show on YouTube about his favorite sport.

JUANMA LÓPEZ ITURRIAGA’S PARTNER

His private life is a mystery, since he has only revealed a few details over the years. It is known that he is happily married, and he even confessed that he met his wife in the appliance aisle of a large store, but he rarely shares family images.

It is also known that Juanma López Iturriaga is the father of Candela, already a woman who was born in August 1995, when her father was a television star and one of the most famous Spaniards.

His brother Mikel López Iturriaga is also a person related to the media, although in his case focused on the world of gastronomy. Better known as ‘El comidista’, he is one of the best-known journalists and food critics in Spain, even having programs on laSexta and La 2.