León David Najnudel was an Argentine

Argentina

Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

 basketball

Basketball

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 player and coach, and the main driving force in the creation of the Liga Nacional de Básquet, the first nationwide yearly professional basketball league in Argentina.

Playing career

Najnudel played for Villa Crespo, Victoria, Barracas Juniors and Atlanta

Club Atlético Atlanta

Club Atlético Atlanta is an Argentine sports club from Buenos Aires. Nicknamed Los Bohemios , its football team won the 2010/11 Primera B Metropolitana championship and promoted to the Primera B Nacional for the 2011/12 season.-History:The club was founded on October the 12th, 1904 in Buenos...

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Coaching career

• Atlanta
  Club Atlético Atlanta
  Club Atlético Atlanta is an Argentine sports club from Buenos Aires. Nicknamed Los Bohemios , its football team won the 2010/11 Primera B Metropolitana championship and promoted to the Primera B Nacional for the 2011/12 season.-History:The club was founded on October the 12th, 1904 in Buenos...
  
  : 1963–1971
• Corrientes Province
  Corrientes Province
  Corrientes is a province in northeast Argentina, in the Mesopotamia region. It is surrounded by : Paraguay, the province of Misiones, Brazil, Uruguay, and the provinces of Entre Rios, Santa Fe and Chaco.-History:...
  
   youth team: 1971–1975
• Ferro Carril Oeste
  Ferro Carril Oeste
  Club Ferro Carril Oeste, known simply as Ferro Carril Oeste or Ferro, is a sports club from the neighbourhood of Caballito, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The club was founded on July 28, 1904 by 95 railway workers from the Buenos Aires Western Railway...
  
  : 1976–1982
• Real Zaragoza
  Real Zaragoza
  Real Zaragoza, S.A.D. is a Spanish association football team from Zaragoza in Spain. Founded on 18 March 1932, Real Zaragoza have spent the majority of their 78 year history in the Spanish top-flight. Real Zaragoza are Spain's 9th highest ranked team in overall league points...
  
   (Spain
  Spain
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  ): 1983–1984
• Argentina national basketball team
  Argentina national basketball team
  The Argentina national basketball team represents Argentina in basketball international competitions, and is controlled by the Argentine Basketball Federation....
  
  : 1985
• Sport Club Cañadense
  Sport Club Cañadense
  Sport Club Cañadense is a sports club from Cañada de Gómez, Santa Fe Province, Argentina. The institution is better known for both its football and basketball teams.-Football:...
  
  : 1986–1988
• Ferro Carril Oeste
  Ferro Carril Oeste
  Club Ferro Carril Oeste, known simply as Ferro Carril Oeste or Ferro, is a sports club from the neighbourhood of Caballito, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The club was founded on July 28, 1904 by 95 railway workers from the Buenos Aires Western Railway...
  
  : 1989–1990
• Deportivo San Andrés: 1991
• Gimnasia y Esgrima de Comodoro Rivadavia: 1992–1993
• Boca Juniors
  Boca Juniors (basketball)
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  : 1994–1995
• Racing Club
  Racing Club de Avellaneda
  Racing Club is an Argentine professional football club from Avellaneda, a suburb of Greater Buenos Aires. Founded in 1903, Racing has been historically considered one of the "big five" clubs of Argentine football...
  
  : 1995
• Ferro Carril Oeste
  Ferro Carril Oeste
  Club Ferro Carril Oeste, known simply as Ferro Carril Oeste or Ferro, is a sports club from the neighbourhood of Caballito, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The club was founded on July 28, 1904 by 95 railway workers from the Buenos Aires Western Railway...
  
  : 1996

Honours

Ferro Carril Oeste

• Campeonato Sudamericano de Clubes
  Campeonato Sudamericano de Clubes
  The Campeonato Sudamericano de Clubes is an international men's basketball cup competition organized by the South American Basketball Confederation and played annually by invitee South American clubs.-Format:...
  
  : 1982, 1983
• Liga Nacional de Básquet: 1989

Real Zaragoza

• Copa del Rey de Baloncesto
  Copa del Rey de Baloncesto
  The Copa del Rey de Baloncesto is an annual cup competition for Spanish basketball teams organized by Spain's top professional league, Asociación de Clubes de Baloncesto. It was originally known as the Copa de España de Baloncesto and was first played in 1933. It was the first nationwide...
  
  : 1983

Stats

• League games: 448 games with 241 wins and 207 losses. (53,80 %)
• Regular Series: 388 games with 207 wins and 181 losses. (53.35 %)
• Post-Season: 60 games with 34 wins and 26 losses. (56.66 %)

Liga Nacional de Básquet

Najnudel, along coaches José María Cavallero and Horacio Seguí, as well as journalist Osvaldo Ricardo Orcasitas, were the main proponents of the creation of the Liga Nacional de Básquet. The goal was finally achieved on 26 April 1985, when the first game of the league was played.

The new nationwide league allowed basketball to grow in cities other than Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires

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, like in Bahía Blanca

Bahía Blanca

Bahía Blanca is a city located in the south-west of the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, by the Atlantic Ocean, and seat of government of Bahía Blanca Partido. It has a population of 274,509 inhabitants according to the...

 and Córdoba

Córdoba, Argentina

Córdoba is a city located near the geographical center of Argentina, in the foothills of the Sierras Chicas on the Suquía River, about northwest of Buenos Aires. It is the capital of Córdoba Province. Córdoba is the second-largest city in Argentina after the federal capital Buenos Aires, with...

, that became important basketball centers.