Antonello Riva
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Antonello Riva (born 28 February 1962) is an Italian former professional
50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors
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Professional career
Riva started playing pro
1982–83. He also won an Italian League
championship in 1981.
He also played with
Italian 2nd Division, 1996–1998), and Sebastiani Rieti
(Italian 2nd Division, 2004).
Riva finished his club playing career with a total of 14,397 points scored in 797 games played in Italian league competitions,[2] for a career scoring average of 18.1 points per game. He also scored a total of 2,066 points in 97 EuroLeague games, for a career scoring average of 21.3 points per game.
National team career
Riva was a member of the senior
1991 EuroBasket
.
He won a gold medal at EuroBasket 1983, and a silver medal at EuroBasket 1991.[4]
Post-playing career
Riva founded a new basketball team in 2002. He won a career trophy for being the
best scorer of all-time
, of the top two level Italian leagues, with 14,397 total points scored, in 2004.
References
- ^ - RECALCATI BACK TO COACHING; RIVA AT CASERTA.
- ^ "CLASSIFICHE STORICHE (dal 1948/49) " (PDF) (in Italian). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-02-25. Retrieved 2020-12-14.
- ^ ITA - Scoring machine legend Riva at Caserta.
- ^ Antonello RIVA (ITA).
External links
- FIBA Profile
- FIBA Europe Profile
- Italian League Profile (in Italian)
- Italian League Stats Archived 2012-02-08 at the Wayback Machine (in Italian)
- Antonello Riva at Olympics.com
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