Unione Cestistica Casalpusterlengo
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Unione Cestistica Casalpusterlengo, also known as U.C.C. and Assigeco Casalpusterlengo, is a basketball club from the town of Casalpusterlengo
, Lombardy
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The team was founded in 1977 by Franco Curioni, who remains its president. In 2004 Casalpusterlengo reached Serie B1, the third-highest level of Italian basketball. Five years later the team was promoted to the professional Legadue ("League Two"), the second-highest Italian level, where it played for two seasons, until leaving in 2011 due to financial problems. In order to comply with the league's capacity regulations during the years it played in Legadue its home arena was PalaCastellotti in Lodi.
, now an NBA player, who played in Casalpusterlengo from 2003 until 2005. His father Vittorio
, former professional player, ended here his career in 1996.
Danilo Gallinari
2 seasons: 2003-05 Vittorio Gallinari
1 season: 1995-96 Mario Boni 2 seasons: 2006-08 Pietro Aradori 3 seasons: 2003-06 Marcus Hatten
1 season: 2009-10 Jakub Wojciechowski 1 season: 2009-10 Ruben Boykin 1 season: 2010-11 Paul Marigney 1 season: 2010-11 Peter Ezugwu 1 season: 2010-11
Casalpusterlengo
Casalpusterlengo is a comune in the Province of Lodi in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 50 km southeast of Milan and about 20 km southeast of Lodi....
, Lombardy
Lombardy
Lombardy is one of the 20 regions of Italy. The capital is Milan. One-sixth of Italy's population lives in Lombardy and about one fifth of Italy's GDP is produced in this region, making it the most populous and richest region in the country and one of the richest in the whole of Europe...
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The team was founded in 1977 by Franco Curioni, who remains its president. In 2004 Casalpusterlengo reached Serie B1, the third-highest level of Italian basketball. Five years later the team was promoted to the professional Legadue ("League Two"), the second-highest Italian level, where it played for two seasons, until leaving in 2011 due to financial problems. In order to comply with the league's capacity regulations during the years it played in Legadue its home arena was PalaCastellotti in Lodi.
Notable former players
The team's most famous former player is surely Danilo GallinariDanilo Gallinari
Danilo Gallinari is an Italian professional basketball player with Olimpia Milano of the Italian basketball league. He is also under contract with the Denver Nuggets of the NBA, and is expected to return to that team when the 2011 NBA lockout ends. He is 2.08 m in height and 102.1 kg in...
, now an NBA player, who played in Casalpusterlengo from 2003 until 2005. His father Vittorio
Vittorio Gallinari
Vittorio Gallinari is an Italian former basketball player and current sports agent. He is the father of Danilo Gallinari, who plays for the Denver Nuggets in the NBA....
, former professional player, ended here his career in 1996.
Danilo Gallinari
Danilo Gallinari
Danilo Gallinari is an Italian professional basketball player with Olimpia Milano of the Italian basketball league. He is also under contract with the Denver Nuggets of the NBA, and is expected to return to that team when the 2011 NBA lockout ends. He is 2.08 m in height and 102.1 kg in...
2 seasons: 2003-05 Vittorio Gallinari
Vittorio Gallinari
Vittorio Gallinari is an Italian former basketball player and current sports agent. He is the father of Danilo Gallinari, who plays for the Denver Nuggets in the NBA....
1 season: 1995-96 Mario Boni 2 seasons: 2006-08 Pietro Aradori 3 seasons: 2003-06 Marcus Hatten
Marcus Hatten
Marcus Hatten is an American Basketball player currently playing for Dexia Mons-Hainaut, Belgium....
1 season: 2009-10 Jakub Wojciechowski 1 season: 2009-10 Ruben Boykin 1 season: 2010-11 Paul Marigney 1 season: 2010-11 Peter Ezugwu 1 season: 2010-11