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Marco Belinelli

Marco Belinelli
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Belinelli in 2014
No. 21 – Charlotte Hornets
Position Shooting guard / Small forward
League NBA
Personal information
Born (1986-03-25) March 25, 1986 (age 30)
San Giovanni in Persiceto, Italy
Nationality Italian
Listed height 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight 195 lb (88 kg)
Career information
NBA draft 2007 / Round: 1 / Pick: 18th overall
Selected by the Golden State Warriors
Playing career 2002–present
Career history
2002–2003 Virtus Bologna
2003–2007 Fortitudo Bologna
20072009 Golden State Warriors
2009–2010 Toronto Raptors
20102012 New Orleans Hornets
2012–2013 Chicago Bulls
20132015 San Antonio Spurs
2015–2016 Sacramento Kings
2016–present Charlotte Hornets
Career highlights and awards
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Marco Stefano Belinelli (Italian pronunciation: [ˈmarko beliˈnɛlli]; born March 25, 1986) is an Italian professional basketball player for the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was selected 18th overall in the 2007 NBA draft by the Golden State Warriors and in 2014 he won the NBA Championship with the San Antonio Spurs becoming the first Italian player to reach this achievement, in the same year he won the NBA Three-Point Shootout during the 2014 NBA All-Star Weekend becoming the third European player to win this award after Peja Stojaković and Dirk Nowitzki. He also played the 2007, 2011, 2013 and 2015 editions of the FIBA EuroBasket and the 2006 FIBA World Championship with the Italian national basketball team.

Belinelli played in the Italian Serie A and the EuroLeague for Virtus Bologna and Fortitudo Bologna. In 2004, he lost the EuroLeague Finals against Maccabi Tel Aviv, and in 2005, he won the Serie A title with Fortitudo.


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