Pierre Oriola returns to BAXI Manresa
The Tàrrega winger signs until the end of the season for the Bages team, where he trained and made his ACB debut. Oriola arrives after 11 years away from the club where he has accumulated great experience and career.
Pierre Oriola is a new player for BAXI Manresa. The Targarí power forward, who trained in the lower categories of the club and made his debut with Básquet Manresa in the Endesa League in the 2009-10 season, returns after more than a decade with a career and a background that put at the service of Pedro Martínez's team.
Pierre David Oriola Garriga (born in Tàrrega on September 25, 1992) returns to BAXI Manresa at the age of 31. The Catalan pivot, known to all fans from Manresa and the world of basketball in general, is 2.08m tall and has played 324 games in the highest Spanish state category.
The return of Pierre Oriola to BAXI Manresa comes after the player's journey through several teams, all in the Spanish leagues, except for AEK Athens, where he played last year. Oriola played in the LEB Or for Força Lleida and Peñas Huesca, before going to Seville and Valencia, where he was proclaimed champion of the Liga Endesa under the orders of Pedro Martínez. Later, when he was a Barça player, he was also World Champion in 2019 with the Spanish national team.
Pierre Oriola's career
2009-12 - Manresa Basketball
2012-13 - Força Lleida
2013-14 - Peñas Huesca
2014-16 - Basketball Sevilla
2016-17 - Valencia Basket
2017-22 - FC Barcelona
2022 - Basketball Girona
2023 - AEK Athens
2023 - MoraBanc Andorra