Amedeo Tessitori

Amedeo Vittorio Tessitori (born 7 October 1994) is an Italian professional basketball player[1] for Virtus Bologna of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) and the Italian National Basketball.[2]

Amedeo Tessitori
No. 0 – Virtus Bologna
PositionCenter
LeagueLega Basket Serie A (LBA)
Personal information
Born (1994-10-07) October 7, 1994
Pisa, Italy
NationalityItalian
Listed height6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight214 lb (97 kg)
Career information
Playing career2010–present
Career history
2010–2012Virtus Siena
2012–2014Dinamo Sassari
2012–2013Fulgor Libertas Forlì
2014–2015JuveCaserta Basket
2015–2016Pallacanestro Cantù
2016–2018Pallacanestro Biella
2018–2020Universo Treviso Basket
2020–presentVirtus Bologna
Career highlights and awards

Professional career

Tessitori was raised in the youth team of Virtus Siena Basket, where made his first team debut in the 2010–2011 season playing in the Serie A Dilettanti. In March 2011, he was nominated MVP of the 2010-11 LNP Italian Cup, won by Virtus Siena.[3] In the 2011–12 season, he averaged 13.5 points, 7.6 rebounds and 0.6 assist.[4]

On 17 September 2012, he was signed by Dinamo Sassari, but he was loaned to Fulgor Libertas Forlì for the 2012–13 season, where averaged 7.7 points, 4.9 rebounds and 0.3 assist.[5][6] Tessitori played for Sassari in the 2013–14 season, scoring 4.3 points, with 2 rebounds and 0.3 assists.[7]

In the 2014–15 season, Tessitori was signed by JuveCaserta Basket, where he averaged 3.0 points and 2.1 rebounds.[8]While in the 2015–16 season, he moved to Pallacanestro Cantù, where he scored 2.2 points, 1 rebound and 0.2 assist.[9] In the 2016–17 season, played for Pallacanestro Biella, in Serie A2, where he averaged 11.9 points, 5.9 rebounds and 0.7 assist, becoming one of the most prominent centers of the league.[10] In the following, he even improved his averages, being able to score 14.7 points per games; he also collected 6.8 rebounds and 0.9 assist.[11]

In the 2018–19 season, he moved Universo Treviso Basket, with which he was promoted in Serie A, scoring 12.3 points and collecting 5.3 rebounds, with 1.1 assist.[12] After an excellent 2019–20 season in the Italian Serie A, Tessitori signed a contract with Virtus Bologna on June 5, 2020.[13]

National Team Career

Junior Team

Tessitori played in the 2012 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, where he averaged 15.3 points, 5.4 rebounds and 1.1 assists.[14]

Senior Team

Tessitori represented the Italian National Basketball team at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup in China, where he averaged 6.4 points, 2.4 rebounds and 0.6 assists.[15]

References
  1. "Amedeo Tessitori". FIBA.basketball. FIBA. Retrieved 2020-03-31.
  2. "TESSITORI, AMEDEO". euroleague.net. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  3. "LA SOVRANA PULIZIE SIENA". proballers.com. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  4. "LA SOVRANA PULIZIE SIENA". proballers.com. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  5. "PALL. FORLÌ 2.015 ROSTER". proballers.com. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  6. "Dinamo looks far and takes the hit: signed the young star Amedeo Tessitori" (PDF). dinamobasket.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  7. "BANCO DI SARDEGNA SASSARI ROSTER". proballers.com. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  8. "JUVECASERTA ROSTER". proballers.com. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  9. "ACQUA S.BERNARDO CANTÙ ROSTER". proballers.com. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  10. "PALL. BIELLA ROSTER". proballers.com. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  11. "PALL. BIELLA ROSTER". proballers.com. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  12. "DE'LONGHI TREVISO ROSTER". proballers.com. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  13. "Benvenuto Amedeo!" (in Italian). virtus.it. 5 June 2020.
  14. "2012 U18 European Championship Men". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  15. "Amedeo TESSITORI". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
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