Pallacanestro Cantù is an
Italian LeagueLega Basket Serie A is the highest level club competition in Italian professional basketball where play determines the national champion. The season consists of a home-and-away schedule of 30 games, followed by an eight-team playoff round. Quarterfinals and semifinals series are best-of-five, and...
professional
basketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
club that is based in
CantùCantù is a city and comune in the Province of Como, located at the center of the Brianza zone in Lombardy. It is the second largest city in Brianza.-History:...
. For sponsorship reasons, it is also known as
Bennet Cantù, after
BennetBennet is the name of a hypermarket / supermarket chain with 59 retail locations in northern Italy. The business was founded by Enzo Ratti in 1964 at Como and the head office is still located in nearby Montano Lucino. Most of the commercial outlets are located in Lombardy or Piedmont ; the rest...
, an Italian supermarket chain. For past club sponsorship names, see the list below. Among European basketball teams, Cantù has won more international trophies than any other team (on par with
Real MadridReal Madrid Baloncesto is a Spanish professional basketball team founded in 1932 as a division of the Real Madrid club. They play in the Asociación de Clubes de Baloncesto ....
).
Roster
Notable players
Pierluigi MarzoratiPierluigi Marzorati is an Italian former basketball player who won the silver medal with Italy at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, the title in the 1983 European Championship, plus three bronze medals at the 1971, 1975 and 1985 European Championships.Marzorati eventually played 278 matches for...
22 seasons: '69–'91, '06 Antonello RivaAntonello Riva is an Italian retired basketball player. Nicknamed "Nembo Kid", he started playing basketball in 1977-78....
16 seasons: '77–'89, '98–'01 Giuseppe Bosa 15 seasons: '80–'95 C. J. KupecCharles Jerome "C. J." Kupec is a retired American basketball player, formerly in the NBA.Kupec played college basketball at the University of Michigan. He was selected in the fourth round of the 1975 NBA Draft by the Los Angeles Lakers and in the fifth round of the 1975 ABA Draft by the Spirits...
1 season: '81–'82 Jim BrewerJames Turner Brewer is a retired American National Basketball Association player. Brewer was the first notable player to come out of Proviso East High School, which has one of the most successful high school basketball programs in Illinois. In 1969, Brewer, playing center, led his team to the...
3 seasons: '82–'85 Wallace BryantWallace Gordon Bryant Jr. is a retired American professional basketball player in the NBA. A 7’0”, 245 pound center, Bryant attended Emerson High School in Gary, Indiana before playing at the University of San Francisco. He was than drafted by the Chicago Bulls in 1982...
1 season: '82–'83-
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 TurnerJeffrey Steven Turner is a retired American professional basketball player and broadcasting announcer. Turner played ten NBA seasons , spending time with the New Jersey Nets as well as the Orlando Magic. He ended his NBA career with 3,697 career points. Turner was a 6' 9" forward/center...
2 seasons: '87–'89 Greg StokesGregory Lewis "Greg" Stokes is a retired American professional basketball player who was selected by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 2nd round of the 1985 NBA Draft. A 6'10" forward-center from the University of Iowa, Stokes played in 2 NBA seasons for the 76ers and Sacramento Kings...
1 season: '88–'89 Eros Buratti 8 seasons: '89–'90, '91–'92, '94–'00 Andrea Gianolla 5 seasons: '89–'94, '95–'96- Pace MannionPace Shewan Mannion is a retired American professional basketball player who played in the NBA and in the Italian league, especially with the team of Cantù...
4 seasons: '89–'93 Davide Pessina 2 seasons: '89–'91 Roosevelt Bouie 2 seasons: '89–'91 Adrian CaldwellAdrian Bernard Caldwell is a retired American professional basketball player, who had a career in the National Basketball Association from 1989 to 1997....
2 seasons: '91–'93 Alberto Tonut 3 seasons: '91–'94 Michael CurryMichael Edward Curry is the associate head coach of the NBA's Philadelphia 76ers. He previously served as head coach of the Detroit Pistons...
1 season: '93–'94 Geert HamminkGeert Hendrik Hammink is a retired Dutch professional basketball player who was selected by the Orlando Magic in the 1st round of the 1993 NBA Draft. Hammink played for the Magic and had a small stint with the Golden State Warriors in 3 NBA seasons. In his NBA career, Hammink appeared in 8 games...
1 season: '93–'94 Mitchell Anderson 1 season: '94–'95 Thurl BaileyThurl Lee Bailey is an American retired professional basketball player in the NBA whose career spanned from 1983 to 1999 with the Utah Jazz and the Minnesota Timberwolves.- Basketball career :...
2 seasons: '95–'97 Jerry ReynoldsJerry "Ice" Reynolds is a retired American professional basketball player who was selected by the Milwaukee Bucks in the 1st round of the 1985 NBA Draft. A 6'8" guard-forward from LSU and Madison Area Technical College, Reynolds played in eight NBA seasons from 1985–92 until 1995–96...
1 season: '96–'97 Pete MyersPeter E. Myers is an American former professional basketball player and an assistant coach with the Golden State Warriors.-NBA career:Myers played in the NBA from 1986 to 1991 and also from 1994 to 1998...
1 season: '96–'97 Walter Berry 1 season: '97–'98 Brian OliverBrian Darnell Oliver is a retired American professional basketball player. A 6'4" and 210 lb shooting guard out of Georgia Tech, he was selected by the Philadelphia 76ers of the NBA in the 2nd round of the 1990 Draft...
1 season: '97–'98- Ron RowanRonald Lewis Rowan is a retired American basketball player. Rowan, a 6'5" 200 lb small forward, played collegiately at the University of Notre Dame and St. John's University....
1 season: '98–'99 Louis RoeLouis "Lou" Marquel Roe is an American professional basketball player who was selected by the Detroit Pistons in the 2nd round of the 1995 NBA Draft. Roe played in two NBA seasons with the Pistons and Golden State Warriors. In his brief NBA career, he appeared in 66 games and scored a total of...
1 season: '98–'99 Glen Whisby 1 season: '98–'99 Terrence RencherTerrence Lamont Rencher is an American former professional basketball player. He was listed at 6'3" ....
1 season: '99–'00>
Casey ShawJoseph Casey Shaw is an American basketball center, formerly in the NBA. After a career at the University of Toledo Rockets, he was drafted 37th overall by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 1998 NBA Draft....
2 seasons: '99–'00, '06–'07 Bootsy ThorntonMarvis Linwood Thornton III, better known as Bootsy Thornton , is an American professional basketball player. He is currently playing for Turkish giant Efes Pilsen.-College career:...
3 seasons: '00–'03 Travis Williams 1 season: '00–'01 Diego Fajardo 1 season: '00–'01- Shaun StonerookShaun Andrew Stonerook is an American professional basketball player who also holds Italian citizenship. He currently plays for Italian club power Montepaschi Siena.-External links:**...
4 seasons: '01–'05 Samuel Hines 3 seasons: '01–'04 Jerry McCullough 2 seasons: '01–'03-
Vlad Mavrin 4 seasons: '02–'03, '04–'07 Tyson WheelerTyson Aaron Wheeler is an American professional basketball player. A 5'10" , 165 lb point guard, he played four years at the University of Rhode Island basketball team from 1994 to 1998...
2 seasons: '02–'04 Nathaniel Johnson 1 season: '03–'04- Dante CalabriaDante Calabria is a American professional basketball player.A 6'5" guard, Calabria played college basketball at the University of North Carolina under coach Dean Smith....
1 season: '03–'04 Sofoklis SchortsanitisSofoklis Schortsanitis is a Greek professional basketball player. He was born in Tiko, Cameroon, to a Greek father and a Cameroonian mother.He is listed at and...
1 season:'03-'04 Rimantas KaukėnasRimantas "Rimas" Kaukėnas is a Lithuanian professional basketball player. He was also a member of the Lithuanian national basketball team...
1 season: '04–'05 Albert MirallesAlbert Miralles is a Spanish basketball player who was drafted by the Toronto Raptors in the 2004 NBA Draft...
1 season: '04–'05 Kebu StewartKebu Stewart is an American professional basketball player, formerly in the NBA. He was drafted by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 2nd round of the 1997 NBA Draft, and played 15 games averaging 2.7 points per game and 2.1 rebounds per game...
1 season: '05–'06 Rowan BarrettRowan Barrett is a retired Canadian basketball player.Barrett played in high school for West Hill Collegiate Institute and collegiately for St...
1 season: '05–'06 Goran Jurak Goran Jurak is a Slovenian professional basketball player currently playing for Pallacanestro Biella in Italy....
1 season: '05–'06 Michael-Hakim JordanMichael-Hakim Jordan, also referred to as Michael Jordan , is an American professional basketball player with Phoenix Hagen of the Basketball Bundesliga....
1 season: '06–'07 Eric Williams 1 season: '06–'07 Sundiata GainesSundiata Kofi Gaines is an American professional basketball player.-Pro career:A 6'1" point guard, Gaines was signed by the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association on January 5, 2010. Before joining the Jazz, he had averaged 23.9 points and 6.9 assists in 14 games with the Idaho Stampede...
1 season: '08–'09>
Coaches
Larry StrongLarry Strong is an award-winning director, writer and producer. He is a graduate of Long Island University C.W. Post Campus where he majored in film and theatre. He and his partner Kevin Arbouet are noted for directing the viral video, "I Got a Crush... on Obama"...
– 1954–55 Isidoro Marsan – 1956–58 Gianni Corsolini – 1958–60 Vittorio Tracuzzi – 1960–62 Gianni Corsolini – 1962–65 Arnaldo Taurisano – 1965–66
Borislav StankovićBorislav "Bora" Stanković is a Serbian former basketball player and coach, as well as a longtime administrator in the sport's various governing bodies. For his contributions to the game of basketball he was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1991.Stanković was born in Bihać, Bosnia and...
– 1966–69 Arnaldo Taurisano – 1969–79 Valerio Bianchini – 1979–82
Giancarlo PrimoGiancarlo Primo was an Italian basketball player and coach.As a player for the Italian national team, he participated in the 1948 Olympics, 1947 European Championship and 1949 European Championship.After retiring as a player, he became an assistant coach for the Italian national team,...
– 1982–83 Gianni Asti – 1983–84
Carlo RecalcatiCarlo Recalcati is an Italian basketball coach and a former player.He has been the coach of the Italy national basketball team from 2001 to 2009 and has led them to the silver medal in the 2004 Olympics and bronze medal in the Eurobasket 2003.As a player on the club level, he played for...
– 1984–90 Fabrizio Frates – 1990–92
Antonio Díaz-MiguelAntonio Díaz-Miguel was a Spanish pro basketball coach. He studied in Madrid and graduated from the University of Bilbao....
– 1993–94
(6 games) Bruno Arrigoni – 1993–94
(34 games) Giancarlo Sacco – 1994–95
(incl. 5 games in the '95–'96 season) Bruno Arrigoni – 1995
(1 game in the '95–'96 season) Gianfranco Lombardi – 1995–97
(incl. 32 games in the '95–'96 season) Virginio Bernardi – 1997
(6 games in the '97–'98 season) Massimo Magri – 1997–98
(23 games) Fabrizio Frates – 1998–99 Franco Ciani – 1999–2000
(incl. 11 games in the '00–'01 season) Stefano Sacripanti – 2000–07
(incl. 23 games in the '00–'01 season) Luca Dalmonte – 2007–2009 Andrea Trinchieri – 2009–Present
Sponsorship names
In the past, due to sponsorship deals, it has also been known as:
- Milenka Cantù (1954–55)
- Oransoda Cantù (1956–58, 1965–69)
- Fonte Levissima Cantù (1958–65)
- Forst Cantù (1970–77)
- Gabetti Cantù (1977–80)
- Squibb Cantù (1980–82)
- Ford Cantù (1982–83)
- Jollycolombani Cantù (1983–85)
- Arexons Cantù (1985–87)
- Vismara Cantù (1987–90)
- Shampoo Clear Cantù (1990–94)
- Polti Cantù (1994–99)
- Canturina Cantù (1999–2000)
- Poliform Cantù (2000–01)
- Oregon Scientific Cantù (2001–04)
- Vertical Vision Cantù (2004–06)
- Tisettanta Cantù (2006–08)
- NGC Cantù (2008–09)
- NGC Medical Cantù (2009–10)
- Bennet Cantù (2010–Present)
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