Bruno Cerella

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Bruno Cerella
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Cerella with Varese in 2013
Blu Basket 1971
Position Shooting guard / small forward
League Serie A2
Personal information
Born (1986-07-30) July 30, 1986 (age 38)
Bahía Blanca, Argentina
NationalityArgentinian / Italian
Listed height1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Listed weight93 kg (205 lb)
Career information
NBA draft 2008: undrafted
Playing career2004–present
Career history
2004–2005Massafra
2005–2006Senise
2006–2007Salerno
2007–2008Potenza
2008–2012 Teramo
2010–2011→Casalpusterlengo
2012–2013 Varese
2013–2018 Olimpia Milano
2017–2018→ Reyer Venezia
2018–2022Reyer Venezia
2022–present Blu Basket 1971
Career highlights and awards

Bruno Cerella (born July 30, 1986) is an Italian-Argentine professional basketball player for Blu Basket 1971 of the Italian Serie A2.

Contents

Hailing from Bahía Blanca, a city seeped in basketball tradition, where players such as Manu Ginóbili were born and raised. Having come to Italy as a teenager, he slowly established himself, and moved up the league levels to join Emporio Armani Milano, where he became a fan favourite, due to his dynamism and dedication to the team. [1] In August 2017, Cerella was sent on loan to Reyer Venezia of the LBA. [2]

Professional career

After playing junior youth basketball for Estudiantes de Bahía Blanca and Pueyrredon in his birth country of Argentina, Cerella moved to Italy at age 17, to play professional basketball. After playing for a succession of teams in the Italian lower level divisions, he joined Banca Tercas Teramo in the Italian first division in 2008.

Along with David Moss, he helped the team reach the semifinals of the 2009 Italian Cup, and to a third place finish in the Italian League's regular season, before being eliminated in the playoffs by Emporio Armani Milano. After a few LBA seasons, he joined Emporio Armani Milano in 2013, and with them he participated in Europe's premier basketball competition, the EuroLeague, for the first time in his career.

In August 2017, Cerella was sent on loan to Umana Reyer Venezia, the defending Italian champions. [3] While playing for Reyer Venezia in the 2017–18 season, Cerella won the FIBA Europe Cup. [4] He re-signed with Reyer Venezia on June 13, 2020. [5]

National team career

Cerella was a member of the senior men's Italian national basketball team in 2008, although he never played in an official competition. [6]

Player profile

Although rarely a starter, and not a prolific scorer, Cerrella is known on his teams as a luxury bench option, who will reliably perform his defensive duties, contribute with steals, and rarely turnover the ball on offense.

Personal life

Of Italian heritage, through his paternal grandfather, he became an Italian citizen when he was 15. [7]

He created with fellow player Tommaso Marino, and others, the charity project “Slums Dunk”, that he operates during the off-season in Kenya and Zambia. It aims to provide basketball coaching, facilities, and education to underprivileged youngsters in slums. [8]

In his free time, he enjoys scuba diving and tourism. [9]

One of his good friends is fellow Bahía Blanca native Rodrigo Palacio, who also lives in Milan, and is a basketball fan. [10] Since 2024 he has relationship with the Greek actress Athina Oikonomakou.

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References

  1. ↑ Brega, Giordano. "Cerella star: the followers of Olimpia Armani praise their new idol", Affaritaliani , 3 March 2014. Retrieved on 24 February 2015.
  2. ↑ , sportando.com, 21 August 2017. Retrieved on 24 August 2017.
  3. ↑ Infortunio Bruno Cerella | UMANA REYER – BASKET VENEZIA MESTRE
  4. ↑ Reyer Venezia conquer FIBA Europe Cup after defeating Sidigas Avellino
  5. ↑ Lupo, Nicola (June 13, 2020). "Bruno Cerella re-signs with Reyer Venezia". Sportando. Retrieved June 13, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Bruno Cerella", Federazione Italiana Pallacanestro . Retrieved on 24 February 2015.
  7. ↑ Bruno Cerella Archived 2015-03-19 at the Wayback Machine , Legabsket, Retrieved on 24 February 2015.
  8. ↑ , Slums Dunk . Retrieved on 24 February 2015.
  9. ↑ Cerella, Bruno. "Bruno Cerella : Slums Dunk and how I spent my summer", EuroLeague , Milan,15 October 2014. Retrieved on 24 February 2015.
  10. ↑ Liotta, Christian. "Cerella reveals: "Palacio wants to see the EA7 away"", fcinternews.it , 1 March 2014. Retrieved on 24 February 2015.
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