Giancarlo Ferrero

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Giancarlo Ferrero
Pallacanestro Trapani
2015–2023Pallacanestro Varese
2023–presentPallacanestro Trieste

Giancarlo Ferrero (born 29 August 1988) is an Italian professional basketball player who last played for Pallacanestro Varese in the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). He is a 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) small forward.

Professional career

Clubs

Giancarlo Ferrero on 9 October 2011 in Sassari, with Junior Casale in Serie A
Giancarlo Ferrero with Trapani during the 2014-2015 Serie A2 season

Giancarlo Ferrero made his debut in 2003 with

Serie A2 Basket
and won the Serie B Cup.

Between 2006 and 2009 he was sent on loan to Valenza, Virtus Siena and Robur Osimo. But in 2009 he returned to Casale.

During the 2010–11 Serie A2 season, Junior Casale won the regular season and went to the playoffs when they achieved the historical promotion to Lega Basket Serie A, the highest-tier level professional league in Italy.

On 9 October 2011, in Sassari, it was the first time for Ferrero in Serie A where he got 8 points. In March 2012 he was sent on loan again to Conad Bologna (Serie A2).[1]

In 2012-13 Serie A season, he returned to Casale (Serie A2), where he reached the 3rd place in regular season and the playoffs' semi-finals.

In 2013 he went to

Pallacanestro Trapani, again in Serie A2. He became the team captain of Trapani also in 2014–15 Serie A2 season.[2]

In July 2015 signed a two-year-contract with Pallacanestro Varese (LBA).[3] At the end of the 2015–16 LBA season they reached the 9th place of the regular season, and the 2016 Final Four of the 2015–16 FIBA Europe Cup where they lost in the Finals 62–66 with the German Skyliners Frankfurt.[4]

Italy national basketball team

Giancarlo Ferrere made his debut in the

Under-20 Championships in 2006 and 2008. In the youth national teams he played 37 matches with 228 points. In 2012 he was summoned to the Senior national team for the friendly matches against Greece and France in Folgaria and Rome.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Arriva Ferrero e la Conad torna a vincere" [Ferrero arrived and Conad wins again]. sportando.com (in Italian). Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  2. ^ "Pallacanestro Trapani, firmato Giancarlo Ferrero" [Pallacanestro Trapani, Giancarlo Ferrero signed]. sportando.com (in Italian). Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  3. ^ "Varese: ufficiale la firma di Giancarlo Ferrero" [Varese: Giancarlo Ferrero signed officially]. sportando.com (in Italian). Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  4. ^ "Skyliners Frankfurt beat Varese to win first FIBA Europ Cup title". sportando.com. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  5. ^ "Italian National Team experimental squad named". sportando.com. Retrieved 8 October 2017.

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