Roberto Premier
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Born | Spresiano, Italy | 25 January 1958||||||||||||||
Nationality | Italian | ||||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 5.75 in (1.97 m) | ||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 215 lb (98 kg) | ||||||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||||||
NBA draft | 1980: undrafted | ||||||||||||||
Playing career | 1978–2000 | ||||||||||||||
Position | Shooting guard / small forward | ||||||||||||||
Coaching career | 2003–2010 | ||||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||||
As player: | |||||||||||||||
1978–1981 | UG Goriziana | ||||||||||||||
1981–1989 | Olimpia Milano | ||||||||||||||
1989–1994 | Virtus Roma | ||||||||||||||
1994–1995 | UG Goriziana | ||||||||||||||
1995–1996 | Modena | ||||||||||||||
1996–1998 | Nuova Pallacanestro Vigevano | ||||||||||||||
1998–1999 | Pallacanestro Petrarca Padova | ||||||||||||||
1999–2000 | Pallacanestro Pavia | ||||||||||||||
As coach: | |||||||||||||||
2003–2005 | UG Goriziana | ||||||||||||||
2006 | Robur Saronno | ||||||||||||||
2007–2008 | Virtus Civitanova | ||||||||||||||
2010 | Vis Spilimbergo | ||||||||||||||
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Roberto Premier (born 1958) is an Italian former professional basketball player and basketball coach. At a height of 1.97 m (6 ft 5 3⁄4 in) tall, he played at the shooting guard and small forward positions. He was the FIBA Saporta Cup Finals Top Scorer, in 1984.
Professional career
[edit]Premier played with Gorizia Pallacanestro (1978–1981), Olimpia Milano (1981–1989), and Pallacanestro Virtus Roma (1989–1994). Premier won 5 Italian League championships (1982, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989), 2 Italian Cups (1986, 1987), 2 FIBA European Champions Cup (EuroLeague) titles (1987, 1988), 1 FIBA Korać Cup (1985), and 1 FIBA Intercontinental Cup (1987), while playing with Olimpia Milano. While playing with Pallacanestro Virtus Roma, he won the FIBA Korać Cup (1992).
Italian national team
[edit]Premier played with the senior Italian national basketball team at the EuroBasket 1985, where he won a bronze medal, at the EuroBasket 1991, where he won a silver medal. He also played at the 1984 Summer Olympic Games, and at the 1986 FIBA World Championship.[1]
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- FIBA Profile
- FIBA Europe Profile
- Italian League Profile (in Italian)
- Roberto Premier at Olympics.com