Pallacanestro Cantù

Pallacanestro Cantù
Leagues	Lega Basket
Founded	1936
History	Associazione Pallacanestro Cantù 1936–Present
Arena	Palasport Pianella (capacity: 3,910)
Location	Cantù, Italy
Team colors	White and Blue
President	Alessandro Corrado
Head coach	Andrea Trinchieri
Championships	Italian Championships (3): 1968, 1975, 1981 Italian Supercups: (1) 2003 World Club Cups (2): 1975, 1982 Euroleague Championships (2): 1982, 1983 Saporta Cups (4): 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981 Korać Cups (4): 1973, 1974, 1975, 1991
Website	pallacanestrocantu.com
Uniforms
Home Away

Pallacanestro Cantù is an Italian League professional basketball club that is based in Cantù. For sponsorship reasons, it is also known as Bennet Cantù, after Bennet, an Italian supermarket chain. For past club sponsorship names, see the list below. Among European basketball teams, Cantù has won more international trophies than any other team (on par with Real Madrid).

Roster

Pallacanestro Cantù rosterSF		4	USA !	Lighty, David	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	100 kg (220 lb)
3.0 !SF	5	SER !	Micov, Vladimir	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	103 kg (227 lb)
4.5 !PF	7	SER !	Šćekić, Marko	2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)	95 kg (209 lb)
6.0 !C	8	AUT !	Ortner, Benjamin	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	102 kg (225 lb)
2.0 !SG	9	GEO !	Markoishvili, Manuchar	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	90 kg (198 lb)
4.5 !PF	10	USA !	Leunen, Maarty	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	98 kg (216 lb)
6.0 !C	11	ITA !	Marconato, Denis	2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)	115 kg (254 lb)
1.5 !G	12	URU !	Mazzarino, Nicolás	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	88 kg (194 lb)
6.0 !C	15	BLR !	Parakhouski, Artsiom	2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)	117 kg (258 lb)
4.5 !PF	17	ITA !	Diviach, Marco	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	100 kg (220 lb)
6.0 !C	19	GEO !	Shermadini, Giorgi	2.16 m (7 ft 1 in)	120 kg (265 lb)
1.0 !PG	20	ITA !	Cinciarini, Andrea	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	84 kg (185 lb)
1.0 !PG	21	ITA !	Bolzonella, Federico	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	72 kg (159 lb)
1.0 !PG	55	ITA !	Basile, Gianluca	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	90 kg (198 lb)

Head coach

• Andrea Trinchieri

Assistant coach(es)

• Emanuele Molin
• Nicola Brienza
• Federico Perego

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Legend

• (C) Team captain
• (*) Playing only in Euroleague

• Injured

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Roster
Updated: 2011-09-26

Notable players

• Pierluigi Marzorati 22 seasons: '69–'91, '06
• Antonello Riva 16 seasons: '77–'89, '98–'01
• Giuseppe Bosa 15 seasons: '80–'95
• C. J. Kupec 1 season: '81–'82
• Jim Brewer 3 seasons: '82–'85
• Wallace Bryant 1 season: '82–'83
• - Dan Gay 9 seasons: '85–'87, '00–'05
• Alberto Rossini 11 seasons: '87–'98
• Alessandro Zorzolo 11 seasons: '87–'92, '94–'00, '05–'06
• Jeff Turner 2 seasons: '87–'89
• Greg Stokes 1 season: '88–'89
• Eros Buratti 8 seasons: '89–'90, '91–'92, '94–'00
• Andrea Gianolla 5 seasons: '89–'94, '95–'96
• - Pace Mannion 4 seasons: '89–'93
• Davide Pessina 2 seasons: '89–'91
• Roosevelt Bouie 2 seasons: '89–'91
• Adrian Caldwell 2 seasons: '91–'93
• Alberto Tonut 3 seasons: '91–'94
• Michael Curry 1 season: '93–'94
• Geert Hammink 1 season: '93–'94
• Mitchell Anderson 1 season: '94–'95
• Thurl Bailey 2 seasons: '95–'97
• Jerry Reynolds 1 season: '96–'97
• Pete Myers 1 season: '96–'97
• Walter Berry 1 season: '97–'98
• Brian Oliver 1 season: '97–'98
• - Ron Rowan 1 season: '98–'99
• Louis Roe 1 season: '98–'99
• Glen Whisby 1 season: '98–'99
• Terrence Rencher 1 season: '99–'00

- Casey Shaw 2 seasons: '99–'00, '06–'07 Bootsy Thornton 3 seasons: '00–'03 Travis Williams 1 season: '00–'01 Diego Fajardo 1 season: '00–'01 - Shaun Stonerook 4 seasons: '01–'05 Samuel Hines 3 seasons: '01–'04 Jerry McCullough 2 seasons: '01–'03 - Vlad Mavrin 4 seasons: '02–'03, '04–'07 Tyson Wheeler 2 seasons: '02–'04 Nathaniel Johnson 1 season: '03–'04 - Dante Calabria 1 season: '03–'04 Sofoklis Schortsanitis 1 season:'03-'04 Rimantas Kaukėnas 1 season: '04–'05 Albert Miralles 1 season: '04–'05 Kebu Stewart 1 season: '05–'06 Rowan Barrett 1 season: '05–'06 Goran Jurak 1 season: '05–'06 Michael-Hakim Jordan 1 season: '06–'07 Eric Williams 1 season: '06–'07 Sundiata Gaines 1 season: '08–'09

Coaches

• Larry Strong – 1954–55
• Isidoro Marsan – 1956–58
• Gianni Corsolini – 1958–60
• Vittorio Tracuzzi – 1960–62
• Gianni Corsolini – 1962–65
• Arnaldo Taurisano – 1965–66
• Borislav Stanković – 1966–69
• Arnaldo Taurisano – 1969–79
• Valerio Bianchini – 1979–82
• Giancarlo Primo – 1982–83
• Gianni Asti – 1983–84
• Carlo Recalcati – 1984–90
• Fabrizio Frates – 1990–92
• Antonio Díaz-Miguel – 1993–94
  (6 games)
• Bruno Arrigoni – 1993–94
  (34 games)
• Giancarlo Sacco – 1994–95
  (incl. 5 games in the '95–'96 season)
• Bruno Arrigoni – 1995
  (1 game in the '95–'96 season)
• Gianfranco Lombardi – 1995–97
  (incl. 32 games in the '95–'96 season)
• Virginio Bernardi – 1997
  (6 games in the '97–'98 season)
• Massimo Magri – 1997–98
  (23 games)
• Fabrizio Frates – 1998–99
• Franco Ciani – 1999–2000
  (incl. 11 games in the '00–'01 season)
• Stefano Sacripanti – 2000–07
  (incl. 23 games in the '00–'01 season)
• Luca Dalmonte – 2007–2009
• Andrea Trinchieri – 2009–Present

Sponsorship names

In the past, due to sponsorship deals, it has also been known as:^[1]

• Milenka Cantù (1954–55)
• Oransoda Cantù (1956–58, 1965–69)
• Fonte Levissima Cantù (1958–65)
• Forst Cantù (1970–77)
• Gabetti Cantù (1977–80)
• Squibb Cantù (1980–82)
• Ford Cantù (1982–83)
• Jollycolombani Cantù (1983–85)
• Arexons Cantù (1985–87)
• Vismara Cantù (1987–90)
• Shampoo Clear Cantù (1990–94)
• Polti Cantù (1994–99)
• Canturina Cantù (1999–2000)
• Poliform Cantù (2000–01)
• Oregon Scientific Cantù (2001–04)
• Vertical Vision Cantù (2004–06)
• Tisettanta Cantù (2006–08)
• NGC Cantù (2008–09)
• NGC Medical Cantù (2009–10)
• Bennet Cantù (2010–Present)

References

1. ^ Lega A Basket page on history of Pallacanestro Cantù. (Italian)

External links

• Official Club Site (Italian)
• Eurobasket.com Team Profile
• Italian League Team Profile (Italian)
• Il Cantu Club Forum (Italian)