Pallacanestro Cantù

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Pallacanestro Cantù

Leagues

Serie A

Founded

1936

History

Associazione Pallacanestro Cantù (1936-present)

Arena

Palasport Pianella

Location

Cantù, Italy

Team colors

White and blue

President

Alessandro Corrado

Head coach

Luca Dalmonte

Championships

Italian Championship (3): 1968, 1975, 1981
Italian Supercup: 2003
International Cup (2): 1975, 1982
FIBA Champions Cup (2): 1982, 1983
Saporta Cup (4): 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981
Korac Cup (4): 1973, 1974, 1975, 1991

Website

http://www.cantubasket.it/

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Pallacanestro Cantù is a Italian basketball club based in Cantù. For sponsorship reasons, it is also known as Tisettanta Cantù.

The club won two European Champions Cups in a row, in 1982 and 83.

In the past, due to sponsorship deals, it has also been known as Milenka Cantù (1954-1955), Oransoda Cantù (1956-1958, 1965-1969), Fonte Levissima Cantù (1958-1965), Forst Cantù (1970-1977), Gabetti Cantù (1977-1980), Squibb Cantù (1980-1982), Ford Cantù (1982-1983), Jollycolombani Cantù (1983-1985), Arexons Cantù (1985-1987), Vismara Cantù (1987-1990), Shampoo Clear Cantù (1990-1994), Polti Cantù (1994-1999), Canturina Cantù (1999-2000), Poliform Cantù (2000-2001), Oregon Scientific Cantù (2001-2004) and Vertical Vision Cantù (2004-2006).^[1]

1 2007-2008 Roster
2 Notable Past Players
3 Coaches
4 References
5 External links

[edit] 2007-2008 Roster

4	Juan Marcos Casini	Shooting guard
5	DaShaun Wood	Point guard
7	Denham Brown	Small forward
8	Rodolfo Valenti	Small forward
09	Gerald Fitch	Shooting guard
10	Toure Hervé	Power forward
11	Torin Francis	Power forward/Center
12	Nicolas Mazzarino	Shooting guard
13	Povilas Čukinas	Power forward/Center
15	Niccolò Squarcina	Small forward
	Matteo Ballarate	Shooting guard
	Giacomo Bloise	Shooting guard
	Nicola Brienza

[edit] Notable Past Players

Pierluigi Marzorati 22 seasons: '69-'91, '06
Antonello Riva 16 seasons: '77-'89, '98-'01
Giuseppe Bosa 15 seasons: '80-'95
Dan Gay 9 seasons: '85-'87, '00-'05
Alberto Rossini 11 seasons: '87-'98
Alessandro Zorzolo 11 seasons: '87-'92, '94-'00, '05-'06
Jeff Turner 2 seasons: '87-'89
Greg Stokes 1 season: '88-'89
Eros Buratti 8 seasons: '89-'90, '91-'92, '94-'00
Andrea Gianolla 5 seasons: '89-'94, '95-'96
Pace Mannion 4 seasons: '89-'93
Davide Pessina 2 seasons: '89-'91
Roosevelt Bouie 2 seasons: '89-'91
Adrian Caldwell 2 seasons: '91-'93
Alberto Tonut 3 seasons: '91-'94
Michael Curry 1 season: '93-'94
Geert Hammink 1 season: '93-'94
Mitchell Anderson 1 season: '94-'95
Thurl Bailey 2 seasons: '95-'97
Jerry Reynolds 1 season: '96-'97
Pete Myers 1 season: '96-'97
Walter Berry 1 season: '97-'98
Brian Oliver 1 season: '97-'98
Ron Rowan 1 season: '98-'99
Louis Roe 1 season: '98-'99
Glen Whisby 1 season: '98-'99
Terrence Rencher 1 season: '99-'00
Casey Shaw 2 seasons: '99-'00, '06-'07
Bootsy Thornton 3 seasons: '00-'03
Travis Williams 1 season: '00-'01
Diego Fajardo 1 season: '00-'01
Shaun Stonerook 4 seasons: '01-'05
Samuel Hines 3 seasons: '01-'04
Jerry McCullough 2 seasons: '01-'03
Phillip Jones 4 seasons: '02-'03, '04-'07
Tyson Wheeler 2 seasons: '02-'04
Nathaniel Johnson 1 season: '03-'04
Dante Calabria 1 season: '03-'04
Sofoklis Schortsanitis 1 season:'03-'04
Rimantas Kaukėnas 1 season: '04-'05
Albert Miralles 1 season: '04-'05
Kebu Stewart 1 season: '05-'06
Rowan Barrett 1 season: '05-'06
Goran Jurak 1 season: '05-'06
Michael Jordan 1 season: '06-'07
Eric Williams 1 season: '06-'07

[edit] Coaches

1954-55 Larry Strong
1956-58 Isidoro Marsan
1958-60 Gianni Corsolini
1960-62 Vittorio Tracuzzi
1962-65 Gianni Corsolini
1965-66 Arnaldo Taurisano
1966-69 Borislav Stanković
1969-79 Arnaldo Taurisano
1979-82 Valerio Bianchini
1982-83 Giancarlo Primo
1983-84 Gianni Asti
1984-90 Carlo Recalcati
1990-92 Fabrizio Frates
1993-94 Antonio Díaz-Miguel (6 games)
1993-94 Bruno Arrigoni (34 games)
1994-95 Giancarlo Sacco (incl. 5 games in the '95-'96 season)
1995 Bruno Arrigoni (1 game in the '95-'96 season)
1995-97 Gianfranco Lombardi (incl. 32 games in the '95-'96 season)
1997 Virginio Bernardi (6 games in the '97-'98 season)
1997-98 Massimo Magri (23 games)
1998-99 Fabrizio Frates
1999-00 Franco Ciani (incl. 11 games in the '00-'01 season)
2000-07 Stefano Sacripanti (incl. 23 games in the '00-'01 season)
2007-present Luca Dalmonte

[edit] References

^ Lega A Basket page on history of Pallacanestro Cantù

[edit] External links

Lega Basket

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v • d • e Squibb Cantu 1981-82 Euroleague Champions

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