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Born | Figino Serenza, Italy | 12 September 1952||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Italian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 1.75 in (1.87 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 200 lb (91 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Playing career | 1969–1991, 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position | Point guard | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1969–1991, 2006 | Cantù | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pierluigi "Pierlo" Marzorati (born 12 September 1952) is an Italian former professional basketball player. He is considered to have been one of the best point guards of all time in Europe, and was named the Mister Europa, in 1976. He was named one of FIBA's 50 Greatest Players in 1991. In 2007, he was inducted into the Italian Basketball Hall of Fame and enshrined into the FIBA Hall of Fame.[1] In 2008, he was chosen as one of the 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors.