Gianmarco Pozzecco

Gianmarco Pozzecco
Pozzecco coaching Orlandina Basket in 2013
Personal information
Born (1972-09-15) 15 September 1972 (age 52)
Gorizia, Italy
NationalityItalian
Listed height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Listed weight74 kg (163 lb)
Career information
NBA draft1994: undrafted
Playing career1991–2010
PositionPoint guard
Coaching career2012–present
Career history
As player:
1991–1993APU Udine/Libertas Udine
1993–1994Libertas Livorno
1994–2002Varese
2002–2005Fortitudo Bologna
2005Zaragoza
2005–2007Khimki
2007–2008Orlandina
2009Servolana Trieste
2010Orlandina
As coach:
2012–2014Orlandina
2014–2015Varese
2015–2017Cedevita (assistant)
2018Fortitudo Bologna
2019–2021Dinamo Sassari
2021–2022Olimpia Milano (assistant)
2022–presentItaly
2023–2024ASVEL
Career highlights and awards
As Player:

As Assistant Coach:

As Head Coach:

Medals
Representing  Italy
Men's basketball
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens Team Competition

Gianmarco Pozzecco (born 15 September 1972) is an Italian professional basketball coach and former player who is currently the head coach of Italy men's national basketball team.

Pozzecco is one of the best known figures in the Italian basketball world. As a player, he had a prominent role in Italy's win of the silver medal at the men's basketball tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He won the Serie A1 1998-1999 and the 1999 Italian Supercup with Varese, and in 2004 he reached the EuroLeague Final Four with Bologna, eventually lost to Maccabi Tel Aviv. He played in the two 1997, the 1998, the 2001, and the 2004 Italian All Star Games, and in the 1999 McDonald's Open Championship.[1] As a coach, Pozzecco won the 2018–19 FIBA Europe Cup and the 2019 Italian Basketball Supercup with Dinamo Sassari.

  1. ^ "All Star Game boxscores" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-09-01. Retrieved 2021-08-17.