Peter Ezugwu

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Peter Ezugwu
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Peter Ezugwu
Personal information
Born (1976-09-10) 10 September 1976 (age 46)
Shrewsbury, England
NationalityEnglish
Listed height2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)
Listed weight222 lb (101 kg)
Career information
College
Playing career1998–2012
Position Center
Number9
Career history
1999–2000 Aurora Jesi
2000–2001 Melilla
2001 Joventut Badalona
2001–2002 Breogán
2002 Robur Osimo
2002–2003 Scafati
2003–2004 Inca
2004–2005 S.S. Felice Scandone
2005 Zaragoza
2005–2007 Pavia
2007–2008 Andrea Costa Imola
2008 Široki
2008–2009 Dinamo Sassari
2009–2010Andrea Costa Imola
2010 9 de Julio de Río Tercero
2010 Boca Juniors
2011 Unione Cestistica Casalpusterlengo
2012 La Banda Olympic Cyclist

Nkechinyelu Peter Ezugwu // ( Loudspeaker.svg listen ) is an English business person and former professional basketball player.

Playing career

In 2000, he played in the Italian squad of Aurora Jesi of the Serie A2 where he came off the bench. After two years in Spain where he played for Melilla, Joventut Badalona and Breogán, in 2002 he returned to the Seria A2 where he joined Robur Osimo, but ended the season with Scafati. Then again he went to Spain where he played for Inca in the LEB.

In the 2004–05 Lega Basket Serie A season, Ezugwu made his debut in Italy's top division when he was a permanent member of Air Avellino's starting lineup. From here, after a brief interlude at Zaragoza, he played another three seasons in Italy's Serie A2, two with Pavia and one with Andrea Costa Imola. In April 2008 he has a brief stunt with experience with Široki of Bosnia and Herzegovina, then he returned to the Serie A2 at Dinamo Sassari, with which he reaches the final of the play-offs with a personal contribution of 9.9 points and 6.9 rebounds. The following year he returned to Andrea Costa Imola, playing again in the Serie A2.

In January 2011, after a brief engagement in the 2009–10 Liga Nacional season with 9 de Julio de Río Tercero and Boca Juniors, he returned once again to the Serie A2 where he played for Unione Cestistica Casalpusterlengo. In the summer of 2012 he played with La Banda Olympic Cyclist.

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