Pallacanestro Cantù
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| Pallacanestro Cantù | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Leagues | Serie A | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Founded | 1936 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| History | Associazione Pallacanestro Cantù (1936-present) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Arena | Palasport Pianella | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Image:Flag of Italy.svg Cantù, Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Team colors | White and blue | |||||||||||||||||||||
| President | Image:Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Corrado | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach | Image:Flag of Italy.svg Luca Dalmonte | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Championships | Italian championship (3): 1968, 1975, 1981 Italian Supercup: 2003 International Cup (2): 1975, 1982 FIBA Champions Cup (2): 1982, 1983 Saporta Cup (4): 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981 Korac Cup(4): 1973, 1974, 1975, 1991 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Pallacanestro Cantù is a prominent Italian basketball club based in Cantù. For sponsorship reasons, it is also known as Tisettanta Cantù.
The most glorious moments of club was the time that Cantù won 2 European Champions Cups in a row, in 1982 and 1983.
In the past, due to sponsorship deals, it has also been known as Milenka Cantù (1954-1955), Oransoda Cantù (1956-1958, 1965-1969), Fonte Levissima Cantù (1958-1965), Forst Cantù (1970-1977), Gabetti Cantù (1977-1980), Squibb Cantù (1980-1982), Ford Cantù (1982-1983), Jollycolombani Cantù (1983-1985), Arexons Cantù (1985-1987), Vismara Cantù (1987-1990), Shampoo Clear Cantù (1990-1994), Polti Cantù (1994-1999), Canturina Cantù (1999-2000), Poliform Cantù (2000-2001), Oregon Scientific Cantù (2001-2004) and Vertical Vision Cantù (2004-2006).[1]
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[edit] 2007-2008 Roster
| 4 | Image:Flag of Italy.svg | Juan Marcos Casini | Shooting guard |
| 5 | Image:Flag of the United States.svg | DaShaun Wood | Point guard |
| 7 | Image:Flag of Canada.svg | Denham Brown | Small forward |
| 8 | Image:Flag of Italy.svg | Rodolfo Valenti | Small forward |
| 10 | Image:Flag of Ireland.svg Image:Flag of the United States.svg | Donnie McGrath | Shooting guard |
| 11 | Image:Flag of the United States.svg | Torin Francis | Power forward/Center |
| 12 | Image:Flag of Italy.svg Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg | Nicolas Mazzarino | Shooting guard |
| 13 | Image:Flag of Lithuania.svg | Povilas Čukinas | Power forward/Center |
| 15 | Image:Flag of Italy.svg | Niccolò Squarcina | Small forward |
| 20 | Image:Flag of the United States.svg | Mohamed Abukar | Power forward |
| Image:Flag of Italy.svg | Matteo Ballarate | Shooting guard | |
| Image:Flag of Italy.svg | Giacomo Bloise | Shooting guard | |
| Image:Flag of Italy.svg | Nicola Brienza |
[edit] Notable Past Players
- Image:Flag of Italy.svg Pierluigi Marzorati 22 seasons: '69-'91, '06
- Image:Flag of Italy.svg Antonello Riva 16 seasons: '77-'89, '98-'01
- Image:Flag of Italy.svg Giuseppe Bosa 15 seasons: '80-'95
- Image:Flag of Italy.svg Image:Flag of the United States.svg Dan Gay 9 seasons: '85-'87, '00-'05
- Image:Flag of Italy.svg Alberto Rossini 11 seasons: '87-'98
- Image:Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Zorzolo 11 seasons: '87-'92, '94-'00, '05-'06
- Image:Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Turner 2 seasons: '87-'89
- Image:Flag of the United States.svg Greg Stokes 1 season: '88-'89
- Image:Flag of Italy.svg Eros Buratti 8 seasons: '89-'90, '91-'92, '94-'00
- Image:Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Gianolla 5 seasons: '89-'94, '95-'96
- Image:Flag of Italy.svg Image:Flag of the United States.svg Pace Mannion 4 seasons: '89-'93
- Image:Flag of Italy.svg Davide Pessina 2 seasons: '89-'91
- Image:Flag of the United States.svg Roosevelt Bouie 2 seasons: '89-'91
- Image:Flag of the United States.svg Adrian Caldwell 2 seasons: '91-'93
- Image:Flag of Italy.svg Alberto Tonut 3 seasons: '91-'94
- Image:Flag of the United States.svg Michael Curry 1 season: '93-'94
- Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Geert Hammink 1 season: '93-'94
- Image:Flag of the United States.svg Mitchell Anderson 1 season: '94-'95
- Image:Flag of the United States.svg Thurl Bailey 2 seasons: '95-'97
- Image:Flag of the United States.svg Jerry Reynolds 1 season: '96-'97
- Image:Flag of the United States.svg Pete Myers 1 season: '96-'97
- Image:Flag of the United States.svg Walter Berry 1 season: '97-'98
- Image:Flag of the United States.svg Brian Oliver 1 season: '97-'98
- Image:Flag of Ireland.svg Image:Flag of the United States.svg Ron Rowan 1 season: '98-'99
- Image:Flag of the United States.svg Louis Roe 1 season: '98-'99
- Image:Flag of the United States.svg Glen Whisby 1 season: '98-'99
- Image:Flag of the United States.svg Terrence Rencher 1 season: '99-'00
- Image:Flag of Italy.svg Image:Flag of the United States.svg Casey Shaw 2 seasons: '99-'00, '06-'07
- Image:Flag of the United States.svg Bootsy Thornton 3 seasons: '00-'03
- Image:Flag of the United States.svg Travis Williams 1 season: '00-'01
- Image:Flag of Spain.svg Diego Fajardo 1 season: '00-'01
- Image:Flag of Italy.svg Image:Flag of the United States.svg Shaun Stonerook 4 seasons: '01-'05
- Image:Flag of the United States.svg Samuel Hines 3 seasons: '01-'04
- Image:Flag of the United States.svg Jerry McCullough 2 seasons: '01-'03
- Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Image:Flag of New Zealand.svg Phillip Jones 4 seasons: '02-'03, '04-'07
- Image:Flag of the United States.svg Tyson Wheeler 2 seasons: '02-'04
- Image:Flag of the United States.svg Nathaniel Johnson 1 season: '03-'04
- Image:Flag of Italy.svg Image:Flag of the United States.svg Dante Calabria 1 season: '03-'04
- Image:Flag of Lithuania.svg Rimantas Kaukėnas 1 season: '04-'05
- Image:Flag of Spain.svg Albert Miralles 1 season: '04-'05
- Image:Flag of the United States.svg Kebu Stewart 1 season: '05-'06
- Image:Flag of Canada.svg Rowan Barrett 1 season: '05-'06
- Image:Flag of Slovenia.svg Goran Jurak 1 season: '05-'06
- Image:Flag of the United States.svg Michael Jordan 1 season: '06-'07
- Image:Flag of the United States.svg Eric Williams 1 season: '06-'07
[edit] Coaches
- 1954-55 Image:Flag of the United States.svg Larry Strong
- 1956-58 Image:Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg Isidoro Marsan
- 1958-60 Image:Flag of Italy.svg Gianni Corsolini
- 1960-62 Image:Flag of Italy.svg Vittorio Tracuzzi
- 1962-65 Image:Flag of Italy.svg Gianni Corsolini
- 1965-66 Image:Flag of Italy.svg Arnaldo Taurisano
- 1966-69 Image:Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg Borislav Stanković
- 1969-79 Image:Flag of Italy.svg Arnaldo Taurisano
- 1979-82 Image:Flag of Italy.svg Valerio Bianchini
- 1982-83 Image:Flag of Italy.svg Giancarlo Primo
- 1983-84 Image:Flag of Italy.svg Gianni Asti
- 1984-90 Image:Flag of Italy.svg Carlo Recalcati
- 1990-92 Image:Flag of Italy.svg Fabrizio Frates
- 1993-94 Image:Flag of Spain.svg Antonio Díaz-Miguel (6 games)
- 1993-94 Image:Flag of Italy.svg Bruno Arrigoni (34 games)
- 1994-95 Image:Flag of Italy.svg Giancarlo Sacco (incl. 5 games in the '95-'96 season)
- 1995 Image:Flag of Italy.svg Bruno Arrigoni (1 game in the '95-'96 season)
- 1995-97 Image:Flag of Italy.svg Gianfranco Lombardi (incl. 32 games in the '95-'96 season)
- 1997 Image:Flag of Italy.svg Virginio Bernardi (6 games in the '97-'98 season)
- 1997-98 Image:Flag of Italy.svg Massimo Magri (23 games)
- 1998-99 Image:Flag of Italy.svg Fabrizio Frates
- 1999-00 Image:Flag of Italy.svg Franco Ciani (incl. 11 games in the '00-'01 season)
- 2000-07 Image:Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Sacripanti (incl. 23 games in the '00-'01 season)
- 2007-present Image:Flag of Italy.svg Luca Dalmonte
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- (Italian) Official club site
- (Italian) Lega Basket
- (Italian) Il forum dei tifosi di Cantù
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