Alessandro Abbio

Alessandro Abbio

Personal information
Born	(1971-03-13)13 March 1971 Racconigi, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Listed height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Listed weight	85 kg (187 lb)
Career information
NBA draft	1993: undrafted
Playing career	1988–2008
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
2× EuroLeague champion (1998, 2001) FIBA EuroStar (1999) 3× Italian League champion (1995, 1998, 2001) 4× Italian Cup winner (1997, 1999, 2001, 2002) 5× Italian League All-Star (1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001)
Medals Men's basketball Representing   Italy FIBA EuroBasket 1997 Spain 1999 France Goodwill Games 1994 St. Petersburg European U-18 Championship 1990 Netherlands U-18

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

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]

References

1. "Euroleague 1997-98". linguasport.com. Archived from the original on January 26, 2009. Retrieved 2022-07-04.
2. "Euroleague 2000-01". linguasport.com. Archived from the original on November 8, 2014. 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.

• "Alessandro ABBIO". Athens2004.com. ATHENS 2004 Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games. Archived from the original on 2004-09-07.