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Román Montañez

Spanish basketball player (born 1979)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 3, 2026
Entity authorityQ642786
Source-derived summary

Román Montañez is a Spanish former professional basketball player. Playing for several Liga ACB clubs during his career, Montañez played for Bàsquet Manresa during several separate spells, helping the Catalans win their first and only championship in the 1997-98 ACB season. Montañez retired from professional basketball in 2017, acting as team captain in his last seasons with Manresa. After his playing career ended, Montañez continued at Manresa, acting as the team's general manager between 2017 and 2020.

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The public source identifies “Román Montañez” as spanish basketball player (born 1979). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Román, Montañez and Spanish.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1997, 2017, 2020—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1979-02-18. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Román, Montañez and Spanish providing the first useful test.
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Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 3, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q642786. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1997, 2017 and 2020.

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This entry incorporates text from Román Montañez” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.