Alex Righetti

{{Short description|Italian basketball player (born 1977)}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Alex Righetti

| image = Alex Righetti (Pepsi Rimini 1997-98).jpg

| caption = Righetti in 1997–98 season

| position = Small forward

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 6

| weight_lbs = 216

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| career_number = 9

| nationality = Italian

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1977|8|14|df=y}}

| birth_place = Rimini, Italy

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| draft_year = 1999

| career_start = 1993

| career_end = 2017

| years1 = 1993–2000

| team1 = Basket Rimini

| years2 = 2000–2007

| team2 = Virtus Roma

| years3 = 2007–2008

| team3 = Scandone Avellino

| years4 = 2008–2010

| team4 = Virtus Bologna

| years5 = 2010–2011

| team5 = Pallacanestro Varese

| years6 = 2011–2012

| team6 = Juvecaserta

| years7 = 2012–2013

| team7 = FCM Ferentino

| years8 = 2013–2017

| team8 = Virtus Roma

| highlights =

• FIBA EuroChallenge champion (2009)
• Italian Cup champion (2008)
• Italian Supercup champion (2000)

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport | Men's basketball}}

{{MedalCountry | {{ITA}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalSilver | 2004 Athens | Team competition}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}

{{MedalBronze| 2003 Sweden | Team competition}}

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Alessandro "Alex" Righetti (born 14 August 1977) is an Italian former professional basketball player.{{cite web |url=http://atene2004.coni.it/index.php?id=65# |title=CONI profile |website=Atene2004.CONI.it |publisher=Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060527184522/http://atene2004.coni.it/index.php?id=65 |archivedate=2006-05-27}} Righetti won the silver medal with the Italian men's national team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. In April 2017, his retirement was announced.{{cite web |url=http://www.sportando.com/en/italy/serie-a/233083/former-italian-international-alex-righetti-retires-at-39.html |title=Former Italian International Alex Righetti retires at 39 |website=Sportando.com |date=26 April 2017}}