Giordano Bortolani

Giordano Bortolani

No. 3–Olimpia Milano
Position	Point guard / Shooting guard
League	Lega Basket Serie A EuroLeague
Personal information
Born	(2000-12-02) 2 December 2000 (age 24) Sant'Agata di Militello, Sicily, Italy
Listed height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Listed weight	85 kg (187 lb)
Career information
Playing career	2016–present
Career history
2016–present	Olimpia Milano
2017–2018	→ Bernareggio 99
2018–2019	→ Legnano Basket Knights
2019–2020	→ Pallacanestro Biella
2020–2021	→ Pallacanestro Brescia
2021–2022	→ Universo Treviso Basket
2022	→ Bàsquet Manresa
2022–2023	→ Scaligera Basket Verona
Career highlights and awards
FIBA Champions League Best Young Player (2022) LBA champion (2024)

Giordano Bortolani (born 2 December 2000) is an Italian professional basketball player for Olimpia Milano of Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) and the EuroLeague.

Professional career

Raised in the youth sector of the team, Bortolani made four appearances in Serie A with Olimpia Milano, while he was in double membership with Bernareggio in Serie B.

Subsequently, in July 2018, he was loaned to Serie A2 to the Legnano Knights, ^[1] with whom he averaged 12 points, while in July 2019 he went on loan to Pallacanestro Biella where he went on to average 15 points per game in the 25 matches played with the club. ^[2]

On 20 June 2020 he renewed for five years with Milan ^[3] to then be loaned again on July 1, this time in the Italian top league at Pallacanestro Brescia. ^[4] On 8 July 2021 he went again with the loan formula to Treviso Basket. ^[5] During his time there, he also played the Basketball Champions League with the team, winning the award for Best Young Player, while averaging 14.7 points and 2.7 rebounds per game. ^[6]

After going to Spain on 19 July 2022 to play with Bàsquet Manresa (once again with the loan formula), ^[7] where he averaged 10.1 points per game in 7 games with the team, on 24 November 2022, he returned in Italy where he was loaned this time to Scaligera Basket Verona. ^[8]

On 11 July 2023 Bortolani returned to the main squad of Olimpia Milano.

National team career

Junior team career

In the summer of 2018 he took part in the FIBA U18 European Championship in Ventspils, making his debut on 1 August against Russia. ^[9]

Senior team career

He made his debut with the senior national team on 20 February 2020 in the match valid for the EuroBasket 2022 qualification, scoring 3 points in an 83–64 win against Russia. ^[10]

Career statistics

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	PIR	Performance Index Rating
Bold	Career high

EuroLeague

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG	PIR
2023–24	Olimpia Milano	18	0	7.5	.424	.447	.923	.7	.3	.2	.1	4.4	3.4
Career		18	0	7.5	.424	.447	.923	.7	.3	.2	.1	4.4	3.4

EuroCup

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG	PIR
2020–21	Brescia	9	2	14.3	.478	.364	1.000	1.1	.6	.2	.1	6.4	3.0
Career		9	2	14.3	.478	.364	1.000	1.1	.6	.2	.1	6.4	3.0

Basketball Champions League

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2021–22	Universo Treviso	14	3	22.4	.565	.569	.935	2.7	1.0	.2	—	14.7
2022–23	Manresa	2	1	16.6	.429	.300	.800	1.0	.5	1.0	—	9.5
Career		16	4	21.6	.551	.533	.917	2.5	.9	.3	—	14.1

Domestic leagues

Year	Team	League	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2017–18	Olimpia Milano	LBA	4	2.0	.500	1.000	—	—	—	—	—	1.5
2017–18	Bernareggio	Serie B	24	20.7	.422	.380	.741	2.6	.9	.6	.1	10.3
2018–19	Legnano Knights	Serie A2	38	25.4	.448	.398	.747	2.5	1.1	.3	.1	11.8
2019–20	Biella	Serie A2	25	27.7	.392	.316	.830	3.0	1.0	.5	.2	14.9
2020–21	Brescia	LBA	26	11.8	.482	.441	.893	1.2	.5	.2	.1	6.2
2021–22	Universo Treviso	LBA	30	23.4	.404	.389	.855	2.5	1.3	.5	—	11.8
2022–23	Manresa	ACB	7	16.8	.386	.324	.938	1.7	.3	.7	—	10.1
2022–23	Scaligera Verona	LBA	22	17.8	.440	.357	.830	1.6	.5	.3	.0	9.9
2023–24	Olimpia Milano	LBA	29	10.0	.356	.339	.760	.8	.7	.1	.0	3.5

References

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3. Maggi, Alessandro (2020-06-20). "Ufficiale | Giordano Bortolani firma un quinquennale con Olimpia Milano". RealOlimpiaMilano (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-04-21.
4. S.p.A, Società Editrice Athesis (2020-07-02). "Brescia a benzina verde: c'è il millennial Bortolani". Bresciaoggi.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-04-21.
5. TVB, Uff Stampa (2021-07-08). "GIORDANO BORTOLANI, UN TALENTO GIOVANE PER LA NUOVA TVB 2021/22!". Treviso Basket (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-04-21.
6. "Champions League, Bortolani della TVB è il "Best Young Player" della stagione". TrevisoToday (in Italian). 2022-05-07. Retrieved 2023-04-21.
7. Grosso, Andrea (2022-07-19). "UFFICIALE: Giordano Bortolani firma in Spagna con il BAXI Manresa". SuperBasket (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-04-21.
8. "Giordano Bortolani firma con la Tezenis Verona". Tezenis Scaligera Basket (in Italian). 2022-11-24. Retrieved 2023-04-21.
9. Tarallo, Alessandro (2018-08-01). "Basket, Europei U18 2018: l'Italia si arrende alla Russia. Azzurri eliminati agli ottavi". OA Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-04-21.
10. "Bortolani, tre punti "rossoblù" nell'esordio con la Nazionale". La Stampa (in Italian). 2020-02-21. Retrieved 2023-04-21.