- Gianluca Basile
Infobox Euroleague Player
name = Gianluca Basile
nickname =
caption =
position =Point guard Shooting guard
height_ft = 6
height_in = 3.75
weight_lb = 200
team = FC Barcelona
former teams =Pallacanestro Regianna ,Fortitudo Bologna
nationality =Italy
birth_date = birth date and age|1975|1|24
birth_place =Ruvo di Puglia ,Italy
career_start = 1995
former_teams =
awards =Gianluca Basile (born
January 24 ,1975 inRuvo di Puglia ,Italy ) is an Italianbasketball player. He currently plays for Winterthur FCB and is also the captain of the Italian national team. He is considered to be one of the best 1990s and 2000s Italian basketball players. Has won thesilver medal in2004 Olympic Games . He is 192 cm tall (6 ft 3 ¾ in) [ [http://www.euroleague.net/competition/players/showplayer?clubcode=bar&pcode=ADS Euroleague player profile 1.92 m in height.] ] and weighs about 90 kg.Basile excels in the role of
point guard , and is a very effective three-point shooter. He invented and named the "tiro ignorante" ("ignorant shot"), a three-pointer shot in difficult conditions which surprises the opponent.Fact|date=April 2008 Basile played four years withPallacanestro Reggiana and seven years withFortitudo Bologna , with whom he won two scudetti as captain. In 2005 he was traded to Barcelona.Basile was the leader of the national team who won silver medal at the
2004 Summer Olympics inAthens , the best result ever for Italy after 1980. His titles include also a gold and a bronze medal at the European Championships (1999 and 2003, respectively).Player career
* Reggio Emilia (
Italy ): 1995-1999.
*Fortitudo Bologna (Italy ): 1999-2005.
* Winterthur FCB (Spain ): from 2005.Honors & awards
*
Silver medal at the2004 Olympic Games , with theItaly national basketball team .
* European basketball championship winner in 1999, third place in 2003.
* Italian Basketball league champion 1999-2000, 2004-2005
* Italian League best player of the 2003-2004 season.
* 1 Copa del Rey de Baloncesto (Spanish Cup) (2007)External links
* [http://www.acb.com/jugador.php?id=B7Z ACB Profile] sp icon
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