Giovanni Bozzi

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Giovanni Bozzi
Spirou Charleroi
Position Chairman
League Ethias League
Personal information
Born (1963-05-22) May 22, 1963 (age 57)
NationalityBelgian
Coaching career1989–present
Career history
As coach:
1989–1991 RBC Verviers-Pepinster
1991–2002 Spirou Charleroi
2002–2005 Belgian national team
2003–2007 Liège Basket
2009–2014Spirou Charleroi
Career highlights and awards

Giovanni Bozzi (born May 22, 1963) is a former Belgian professional basketball coach. He is the current chairman of basketball team Spirou Charleroi.

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Career

Bozzi started his career with two seasons for RBC Verviers-Pepinster. In 1991 he left for Spirou Charleroi, where he coached for 11 consecutive seasons. In those seasons he won 5 Belgian championships with Spirou. From 2003 till 2007 he was the head coach of Liège Basket. With Liège he won the Belgian league and Supercup in 2004.

In 2009 he returned to his former club, Spirou Charleroi. [1] Bozzi added another 2 Belgian championships to his list of honours. In 2014, he ended his coaching career and become the chairman of Spirou. [2]

Honours

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References

  1. "Spirou brings back coach Bozzi". Sportando.com. Retrieved 2014-05-25.
  2. maandag 3 februari 2014 Om 13u52 Door jvh Bron: BELGA. "Coach wordt nieuwe voorzitter van Spirou Charleroi - Sportwereld". Nieuwsblad.be. Retrieved 2014-05-25.