Pallalcesto Amatori Udine

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P.A. Udine
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Founded	1999
Arena	Palasport Primo Carnera(3850)
Team History	Snaidero Cucine Udine (1999-present)
Team Colors	Orange
Lega Basket Serie A	0
Italian Cup	0
Italian Supercup	0
Euroleague	0
Cup Winners' Cups (Saporta Cup)	0
Owner	Edi Snaidero
Head Coach	Cesare Pancotto

Snaidero Basketball is a prominent Italian basketball club based in Udine. It is also known as Snaidero Cucine Udine. Its best result so far is a 5th place in Italian tournament in 2005/06 season. The gold years for basketball in Udine were from 1965 till 1980, when the president and main sponsor of the club were Rino Snaidero, father of the current owner; he brought Udine to the top of the Italian basketball; after Snaidero departure, the club faced economical difficulties and it declared bankruptcy in 1994. In 1998 Edi Snaidero created a new society, that began to play in Italian second league (A2). In 1999/2000 season Snaidero Udine were promoted to upper league (A1).

During its first incarnation, due to sponsorship deals, the club has also been known as Mobiam Udine (1977-1980), Tropic Udine (1980-1982), A.P.U. Udine (1982-1983), Gedeco Udine (1983-1984), Australian Udine (1984-1985), Fantoni Udine (1985-1990), Emmezeta Udine (1990-1991), Rex Udine (1991-1992), Goccia di Carnia Udine (1993-1994) and Libertas Udine (1994-1995).^[1]

The club has a good youth sector, in collaboration with small Friulian teams; it has also a partnership with the other big sporting club, Udinese Calcio.

1 2007-2008 Roster
2 Notable past players
3 References
4 External links

[edit] 2007-2008 Roster

4	Fabio Lovatti	Point guard
5	Jerome Allen	Point guard
6	Sven Schultze	Power forward
7	Joel Zacchetti	Power forward
8	Nate Green	Shooting guard
9	Michele Antonutti	Shooting guard
10	Christian Di Giuliomaria	Power forward/Center
11	Mike Penberthy	Shooting guard
12	Nikos Vetoulas	Point guard
14	Riccardo Truccolo	Shooting guard
15	Brooks Sales	Center
16	Michele Adami	Small forward
17	Marco Maganza	Small forward
18	Alberto Ganis	Small forward
19	Massimiliano Bosio	Shooting guard
	Michele Stroppolo