Pallacanestro Cantù

Pallacanestro Cantù is a Italian basketball club based in Cantù. For sponsorship reasons, it is also known as Tisettanta Cantù.

History

The club won two European Champions' Cups in a row, in 1982 and 83.

Names

In the past, due to sponsorship deals, it has also been known as Milenka Cantù (1954-1955), Oransoda Cantù (1956-1958, 1965-1969), Fonte Levissima Cantù (1958-1965), Forst Cantù (1970-1977), Gabetti Cantù (1977-1980), Squibb Cantù (1980-1982), Ford Cantù (1982-1983), Jollycolombani Cantù (1983-1985), Arexons Cantù (1985-1987), Vismara Cantù (1987-1990), Shampoo Clear Cantù (1990-1994), Polti Cantù (1994-1999), Canturina Cantù (1999-2000), Poliform Cantù (2000-2001), Oregon Scientific Cantù (2001-2004) and Vertical Vision Cantù (2004-2006).

2008-2009 Roster

4		Juan Marcos Casini	Shooting guard
5		DaShaun Wood	Point guard
7		Denham Brown	Small forward
8		Rodolfo Valenti	Small forward
09		Gerald Fitch	Shooting guard
10		Toure Hervé	Power forward
11		Torin Francis	Power forward/Center
12		Nicolas Mazzarino	Shooting guard
13		Povilas Čukinas	Power forward/Center
15		Niccolò Squarcina	Small forward
		Matteo Ballarate	Shooting guard
		Giacomo Bloise	Shooting guard
		Nicola Brienza

Notable Past Players

Pierluigi Marzorati 22 seasons: '69-'91, '06 Antonello Riva 16 seasons: '77-'89, '98-'01 Giuseppe Bosa 15 seasons: '80-'95 C. J. Kupec 1 season: '81-'82 Jim Brewer 3 seasons: '82-'85 Wallace Bryant 1 season: '82-'83 Dan Gay 9 seasons: '85-'87, '00-'05 Alberto Rossini 11 seasons: '87-'98 Alessandro Zorzolo 11 seasons: '87-'92, '94-'00, '05-'06 Jeff Turner 2 seasons: '87-'89 Greg Stokes 1 season: '88-'89 Eros Buratti 8 seasons: '89-'90, '91-'92, '94-'00 Andrea Gianolla 5 seasons: '89-'94, '95-'96 Pace Mannion 4 seasons: '89-'93 Davide Pessina 2 seasons: '89-'91 Roosevelt Bouie 2 seasons: '89-'91 Adrian Caldwell 2 seasons: '91-'93 Alberto Tonut 3 seasons: '91-'94 Michael Curry 1 season: '93-'94 Geert Hammink 1 season: '93-'94 Mitchell Anderson 1 season: '94-'95 Thurl Bailey 2 seasons: '95-'97 Jerry Reynolds 1 season: '96-'97 Pete Myers 1 season: '96-'97 Walter Berry 1 season: '97-'98 Brian Oliver 1 season: '97-'98 Ron Rowan 1 season: '98-'99 Louis Roe 1 season: '98-'99 Glen Whisby 1 season: '98-'99 Terrence Rencher 1 season: '99-'00

Casey Shaw 2 seasons: '99-'00, '06-'07 Bootsy Thornton 3 seasons: '00-'03 Travis Williams 1 season: '00-'01 Diego Fajardo 1 season: '00-'01 Shaun Stonerook 4 seasons: '01-'05 Samuel Hines 3 seasons: '01-'04 Jerry McCullough 2 seasons: '01-'03 Phillip Jones 4 seasons: '02-'03, '04-'07 Tyson Wheeler 2 seasons: '02-'04 Nathaniel Johnson 1 season: '03-'04 Dante Calabria 1 season: '03-'04 Sofoklis Schortsanitis 1 season:'03-'04 Rimantas Kaukėnas 1 season: '04-'05 Albert Miralles 1 season: '04-'05 Kebu Stewart 1 season: '05-'06 Rowan Barrett 1 season: '05-'06 Goran Jurak 1 season: '05-'06 Michael Jordan 1 season: '06-'07 Eric Williams 1 season: '06-'07

Coaches

• 1954-55 Larry Strong
• 1956-58 Isidoro Marsan
• 1958-60 Gianni Corsolini
• 1960-62 Vittorio Tracuzzi
• 1962-65 Gianni Corsolini
• 1965-66 Arnaldo Taurisano
• 1966-69 Borislav Stanković
• 1969-79 Arnaldo Taurisano
• 1979-82 Valerio Bianchini
• 1982-83 Giancarlo Primo
• 1983-84 Gianni Asti
• 1984-90 Carlo Recalcati
• 1990-92 Fabrizio Frates
• 1993-94 Antonio Díaz-Miguel (6 games)
• 1993-94 Bruno Arrigoni (34 games)
• 1994-95 Giancarlo Sacco (incl. 5 games in the '95-'96 season)
• 1995 Bruno Arrigoni (1 game in the '95-'96 season)
• 1995-97 Gianfranco Lombardi (incl. 32 games in the '95-'96 season)
• 1997 Virginio Bernardi (6 games in the '97-'98 season)
• 1997-98 Massimo Magri (23 games)
• 1998-99 Fabrizio Frates
• 1999-00 Franco Ciani (incl. 11 games in the '00-'01 season)
• 2000-07 Stefano Sacripanti (incl. 23 games in the '00-'01 season)
• 2007-present Luca Dalmonte

References

External links

• Official club site
• Lega Basket
• Il forum dei tifosi di Cantù