Marcelo Huertas

Marcelo "Marcelinho" Tieppo Huertas (born 25 May 1983) is a Brazilian professional basketball player and the team captain for CB Canarias of the Spanish Liga ACB. He has represented the Brazilian national basketball team in international competitions and also holds Italian citizenship.

At 32 years old, Huertas was the second oldest rookie in NBA history after Pablo Prigioni and before Andre Ingram. After signing with the Los Angeles Lakers in 2015, he played one and a half seasons before returning to Spain in 2017. In 2025, Huertas won the Liga ACB MVP award at 42 years of age.

Huertas began his career playing with the youth basketball teams of the multi-sports club E.C. Pinheiros in Brazil. After playing high school basketball at Coppell High School in Coppell, Texas, he made his senior men's team debut in the 2001–02 season, with the senior men's team of FMU São Paulo. He then moved to the senior men's basketball team of E.C. Pinheiros, for the 2002–03 season, where he played in the top Brazilian League. He then returned to FMU São Paulo for the 2003–04 season.

Huertas joined the Liga ACB club DKV Joventut in 2004, playing for the Badalona-based team for three seasons until 2007. On October 2, 2004, Huertas made his debut with the Catalans in a game against Lleida Bàsquet, scoring 9 points and recording 3 assists. With Joventut, Huertas reached the Liga ACB Playoffs for three consecutive seasons, won the 2005-06 FIBA EuroCup and played in the 2006–07 Euroleague. Still in contract with Joventut, Huertas was loaned to Bilbao Basket of the Liga ACB for the 2007-08 season. With Bilbao, Huertas received his first All-Liga ACB Team mention.

After rumors of a return to Joventut or a contract extension with Bilbao, Huertas finally signed with Fortitudo Bologna of the Lega Basket Serie A, playing for the Italians during the 2008–09 season.

In August 2009, Huertas signed a three-year contract with the Liga ACB club Saski Baskonia. He played for two seasons with the Basque team, winning the 2009-10 Liga ACB and reaching the EuroLeague quarterfinals in both seasons.

On 9 August 2011, he signed a four-year contract with Liga ACB and EuroLeague club FC Barcelona. With Barcelona, Huertas won the Liga ACB twice (2012 and 2014) and won the 2013 Spanish Cup. He also helped the Catalans reach the EuroLeague Final Four for three consecutive years.

Huertas became a key player in the team's rotation in his first season, leading the team in assists throughout the 2011-12 season and helping win the Spanish Supercup. In the first game of the 2012 ACB Finals, Huertas scored a three-point buzzer beater from half-court to seal the first win in a series in which the Catalans would take the title against rivals Real Madrid.