Alessandro Abbio

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Alessandro Abbio
Personal information
Born(1971-03-13)13 March 1971
Racconigi, Italy
NationalityItalian
Listed height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Listed weight85 kg (187 lb)
Career information
NBA draft 1993: undrafted
Playing career1988–2008
Position Shooting guard
Career history
1988–1994 Auxilium Torino
1994–2001 Virtus Bologna
2001–2004 Pamesa Valencia
2004–2005 CB Granada
2005–2006 Basket Livorno
2006–2008 Pallacanestro Firenze
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
FIBA EuroBasket
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1997 Spain
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1999 France
Goodwill Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1994 St. Petersburg
European U-18 Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1990 Netherlands U-18

Alessandro Abbio (born 13 March 1971 in Racconigi, Province of Cuneo) is an Italian former professional basketball player.

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Professional career

Abbio was the MVP of the Italian SuperCup in 1998, and he also won the Euroleague twice; in 1997–98 [1] and 2000–01, [2] with Virtus Bologna.

National team career

Abbio competed with Italy at the 1998 FIBA World Championship and at the 2000 Summer Olympic Games. [3]

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References

  1. "Euroleague 1997-98". linguasport.com. Retrieved 2022-07-04.
  2. "Euroleague 2000-01". linguasport.com. Retrieved 2022-07-04.
  3. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alessandro Abbio". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.