Carles Marco (basketball)

Carles Marco Viñas is a Spanish retired basketball player, who played as point guard, and the current assistant coach for Paris Basketball of the EuroLeague and the LNB Élite.

Professional career

Marco spent all his career in the two top divisions of the Spanish basketball, making his debut at Liga ACB in 1998 with Fórum Valladolid. He was selected to play the Liga ACB All Star Game in the 2000–01 and the 2002–03 seasons. He retired in 2009, after playing the second half of the 2008–09 LEB Oro season with Ford Burgos.

In August and September 2002, Marco was a member of the Spain national team that finished 5th at the FIBA World Championship in Indianapolis, U.S. Over eight tournament games, he averaged 4.9 points, 0.9 rebounds, and 1.9 assists per game. In September 2003, Marco was a member of the Spanish roster that won a silver medal at the FIBA European Championship in Sweden. Over six tournament games, he averaged 6.7 points, 1.5 rebounds, and 2.5 assists per game. In total, Marco played 34 matches for the national team.

Marco started his career as coach in 2011, as the assistant coach of Bàsquet Manresa of Liga ACB. Four seasons later, he signed with Unión Financiera Baloncesto Oviedo of the LEB Oro for his first experience as head coach. In May 2018, Oviedo and Carles Marco parted ways after three seasons qualifying for the promotion playoffs.
On 20 November 2022, Marco was appointed as an assistant coach for Crvena zvezda under Duško Ivanović.

In July 2016, Marco was an assistant coach for the Spain national under-20 team that won a gold medal at the European Championship in Helsinki, Finland.

As head coach:

His father,, is a Spanish actor.