Bruno Mascolo
| No. 14 – Virtus Bologna | |
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| Position | Point guard |
| League | LBA EuroLeague |
| Personal information | |
| Born | 4 March 1996 Castellamare di Stabia, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Listed height | 190 cm (6 ft 3 in) |
| Listed weight | 85 kg (187 lb) |
| Career information | |
| Playing career | 2011–present |
| Career history | |
| 2011–2012 | Nuova Pol. Stabia |
| 2012–2015 | PMS Basketball |
| 2013–2015 | → PMS Torino |
| 2015–2017 | Auxilium Torino |
| 2016 | → Fortitudo Agrigento |
| 2016 | → Latina Basket |
| 2016–2017 | → Mens Sana 1871 Basket |
| 2017–2018 | Napoli |
| 2018–2019 | Aurora Basket Jesi |
| 2019–2022 | Derthona |
| 2022–2023 | Brindisi |
| 2023–present | Virtus Bologna |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Bruno Mascolo (born 4 March 1996) is an Italian professional basketball player for Virtus Bologna of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) and the EuroLeague.
Youth career
He started his youth career with the Neapolitan team Basket Team Stabia, and at the age of fifteen, he made his debut in Serie C with Nuova Polisportiva Stabia in the 2011–12 season.[1]
Professional career
In 2013–14, he made his debut in Serie A2 with PMS Torino under head coach Stefano Pillastrini. Also in the following season, he found space with the first team, reaching a total of five appearances in the two seasons and contributing to the championship victory in 2015.
In August 2015, he reached an agreement with Auxilium Torino, with which he signed a three-year contract.[2] He made his Serie A debut on 1 November 2015 in the final seconds of a home match against Cantù. On 29 April, he moved to Agrigento until the end of the season.[3]
Virtus Bologna (2023–present)
In July 2023, Mascolo signed a two-year deal with Virtus Bologna. On 24 September 2023, after having ousted Olimpia Milano in the semifinals, Virtus won its fourth Supercup, and the third in a row, defeating 97–60 Germani Brescia.[4] On 7 December 2023, Mascolo made his debut in EuroLeague against FC Barcelona, scoring two points.[5]
National team career
On 10 November 2021 he was called up to coach Meo Sacchetti's long list in Italy's national basketball team in view of the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualifications,[6] becoming the first Neapolitan called up to the national team after 37 years.[7]
Mascolo played 1 career game for Italy's national basketball team in the World Cup qualifications.
| 29 November 2021 | Netherlands 
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73–75 |  Italy
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Milano | ||
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| Boxscore | Arena: Mediolanum Forum |
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Note: Points: 0 | ||||||
References
- ^ Pollioso, Antonio (18 December 2013). "Basket, lo stabiese Bruno Mascolo in Nazionale". Il Gazzettino vesuviano | IGV (in Italian). Retrieved 28 November 2022.
- ^ "Auxilium Cus Torino". 6 August 2015. Archived from the original on 6 August 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
- ^ "Auxilium Cus Torino". 6 March 2016. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
- ^ Una Virtus esagerata stravince la Supercoppa. la Repubblica
- ^ Cuore Virtus: batte in rimonta il Barça. Lundberg dà spettacolo e punti. Dal pubblico arriva la spinta in più. Il Resto del Carlino
- ^ "FIBA World Cup 2023 Qualifiers. La long list del CT Sacchetti per la prima finestra. Aperto il ticketing per la sfida ai Paesi Bassi (Milano, 29 novembre). Promozioni per i tesserati FIP". Federazione Italiana Pallacanestro. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
- ^ "Bruno Mascolo, primo napoletano nell'Italbasket dopo 37 anni: "Una soddisfazione immensa"". Napoli Fanpage (in Italian). Retrieved 28 November 2022.
External links
- Bruno Mascolo, on Legabasket.it, Lega Basket.
- Bruno Mascolo, on Basketball-reference.com, Sports Reference LLC.
- Bruno Mascolo, su archive.fiba.com, FIBA.
- Bruno Mascolo, on eurobasket.com, Eurobasket Inc.
- Bruno Mascolo, on realgm.com, RealGM LLC.
- Bruno Mascolo, on LegaPallacanestro.com, Lega Nazionale Pallacanestro.
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Coach: Sacchetti | ||