Competitor for Argentina Summer Olympics Gold 2004 Athens National team Bronze 2008 Beijing National team FIBA World Championship Silver 2002 Indianapolis National team FIBA Americas Championship Gold 2001 Neuquén National team Silver 2003 San Juan National team South American Basketball Championship Silver 1999 Bahía Blanca National Team Emanuel David "Manu" Ginóbili (born 28 July 1977 in Bahía Blanca, Argentina) is an Argentine professional basketball player. Coming from a family of professional basketball players, he is a member of the Argentine men's national basketball team and the San Antonio Spurs in the National Basketball Association (NBA)..