Giuseppe Poeta

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Giuseppe Poeta
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No. 3 – Aquila Basket Trento
Position Point guard
League Serie A
Eurocup
Personal information
Born (1985-09-12) September 12, 1985 (age 38)
Battipaglia, Italy
Nationality Italian
Listed height 190 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Listed weight 81 kg (179 lb)
Career information
NBA draft 2007 / Undrafted
Playing career 2000–present
Career history
2000–2005 Pallacanestro Salerno
2005–2006 Prima Veroli
2006–2010 Teramo Basket
2010–2013 Virtus Bologna
2014 Laboral Kutxa Vitoria
2014–2015 La Bruixa d'Or Manresa
2015–present Dolomiti Energia Trento
Career highlights and awards

Giuseppe "Peppe" Poeta (born September 12, 1985) is an Italian professional basketball player who plays for Dolomiti Energia Trento of the Italian Serie A as a point guard.

Professional career

Poeta joined local club Pallacanestro Salerno in the lower divisions, playing 5 seasons before joining Prima Veroli of the third division. With Veroli he scored 51 points in a 7 November 2005 114-105 victory against Forlì.

He moved to first division Serie A club Teramo Basket in 2006. During the 2008-09 season he led the team, coached by former Salerno coach Andrea Capobianco (Italian), to the league play-offs.

He then joined Virtus Bologna where he had two successful seasons, reaching the play-offs twice and being appointed captain. However after a difficult 2012-13 season where the team finished two places above last place the management decided to change the side, appointing young Matteo Imbrò (Italian) as the starting point guard. Poeta found himself frozen out of the team, rescinding his contract in November 2013.[1]

It was to prove a blessing in disguise as it allowed him to join Laboral Kutxa Vitoria, a team playing in the competitive Liga ACB and Europe's elite Euroleague, as Thomas Heurtel's substitute.[2]

His debut for the side on 12 January 2014 saw him score 13 points in the last quarter against Gipuzkoa to earn a victory.[3]

He joined another Liga ACB side for the 2014-15 season, signing with La Bruixa d'Or Manresa. However, an injury that kept him sidelined for most of the season would see him play only six games.[4]

In July 2015, Poeta returned to Italy, signing a one-year deal with Dolomiti Energia Trento.[4]

International career

After being called up for the first time in 2007, Poeta established himself in the Italian national team fold.[5]

He was part of the Italy squad for EuroBasket 2013 though he had a limited impact, with 4 points in less than 6 minutes on average.[6]

Poeta was called up to the preliminary Italy squad for EuroBasket 2015,[7] but he did not make the final cut.

Personal

His first participation in basketball was as a scorekeeper for home town club Polisportiva Battipagliese where his father Franco was a press officer. He later played for the team at youth level.[8]

References

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