Diego Flaccadori

Diego Flaccadori (born 5 April 1996) is an Italian professional basketball player for Olimpia Milano of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) and the EuroLeague. He stands 195 cm (6’4¾") tall, and he can play at both the point guard and shooting guard positions, with shooting guard being his primary position.

Diego Flaccadori
Flaccadori with Olimpia Milano in 2023
No. 21 – Olimpia Milano
PositionShooting guard / Point guard
LeagueLBA
EuroLeague
Personal information
Born (1996-04-05) 5 April 1996
Seriate, Italy
NationalityItalian
Listed height6 ft 4.75 in (1.95 m)
Listed weight177 lb (80 kg)
Career information
Playing career2014–present
Career history
2014–2019Aquila Trento
2019–2021Bayern Munich
2021–2022→ Aquila Trento
2022–2023Aquila Trento
2023–presentOlimpia Milano
Career highlights and awards

Professional career

Flaccadori came through the youth ranks of Excelsior Pallacanestro Bergamo,[1] before transferring to Basket Treviglio, where he made his debut for the club's men's team in the amateur Italian third division during the 2013–14 campaign. He played 26 games in his first year in men's basketball, averaging 2.5 points a contest.[2]

Flaccadori then joined Dolomiti Energia Trento of the professional Italian top-flight level league Serie A in August 2014.[3] In his first season with the team, he saw the court in 34 games in the Italian League, scoring 2.8 points per outing.[4] In the 2015–16 season, he marked his debut on the European club stage, participating in the European 2nd tier Eurocup competition with Trento.[5]

He was an early entry candidate for the 2016 NBA draft, but later removed his name from the list.[6]

On 31 July 2019 Flaccadori signed a two-year contract with Bayern Munich of the German Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) and the EuroLeague.

On 20 July 2021 Flaccadori returned to his former team Aquila Trento on a one-year loan.[7]

National team

Flaccadori was part of the Italian junior national teams on several occasions. He competed in the 2012 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship,[8] guided the Italian Under-18 national team to gold at the 2014 Albert Schweitzer Tournament,[9] he was picked by the website Eurobasket.com for their unofficial 2014 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship's Second Team the same year,[10] was named to Eurobasket.com's unofficial 2015 FIBA Under-19 World Championship All-Second Team,[11] and also played at the 2015 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship.[12]

References
  1. "Arriva Flaccadori, il roster è al completo". Aquila Basket Trento. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
  2. "Diego Flaccadori | Lega Nazionale Pallacanestro". www.legapallacanestro.com. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
  3. "Colpo Aquila: in arrivo il golden boy Flaccadori - Sport - Trentino Corriere Alpi". Trentino Corriere Alpi. Archived from the original on 2016-04-12. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
  4. "Legabasket". 195.56.77.208. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
  5. "FLACCADORI, DIEGO - Welcome to Eurocup". www.eurocupbasketball.com. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
  6. "Thirty-three international early-entry candidates withdraw from Draft". NBA.com. Archived from the original on 2019-03-19. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
  7. "Flacca Is Back!". aquilabasket.it (in Italian). 20 July 2021.
  8. "Diego Flaccadori profile, U16 European Championship Men 2012 | FIBA.COM". FIBA.COM. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
  9. "Albert Schweitzer Tournament ends after plenty of treats". FIBA.COM. Archived from the original on April 13, 2016. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
  10. "European Championships U18 Basketball, Teams, Scores, Stats, News, Standings - eurobasket.com". www.eurobasket.com. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
  11. "World Championships U19 Basketball, Teams, Scores, Stats, News, Standings - eurobasket.com". www.eurobasket.com. Archived from the original on 2016-04-14. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
  12. "Diego Flaccadori profile, U20 European Championship Men 2015 | FIBA.COM". FIBA.COM. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
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