Bruno Fitipaldo
{{short description|Uruguayan-Italian basketball player}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Bruno Fitipaldo
| image =
| image_size =
| caption =
| position = Point guard / Shooting guard
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 0.5
| weight_lbs = 188
| league = Liga ACB
| team = Lenovo Tenerife
| number = 6
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1991|8|2}}
| birth_place = Montevideo, Uruguay
| nationality = Uruguayan / Italian
| draft_year = 2013
| career_start = 2006
| career_end =
| years1 = 2006–2014
| team1 = Club Malvín
| years2 = 2014–2016
| team2 = Obras Sanitarias
| years3 = 2016
| team3 = Orlandina
| years4 = 2016–2017
| team4 = Galatasaray
| years5 = 2017–2018
| team5 = Felice Scandone
| years6 = 2018–2020
| team6 = San Pablo Burgos
| years7 = 2020–present
| team7 = Lenovo Tenerife
| highlights =
- FIBA Intercontinental Cup champion (2023)
- FIBA Intercontinental Cup MVP (2023)
- Champions League champion (2022)
- Liga ACB Free Throw Percentage leader (2022)
- 2× Uruguayan League champion (2011, 2014)
- Uruguayan League MVP (2014)
- Uruguayan League Finals MVP (2014)
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport|Men's basketball}}
{{MedalCountry|{{bk|URU}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|FIBA South American Championship}}
{{MedalBronze|2010 Colombia|}}
{{MedalBronze|2012 Argentina|}}
{{MedalBronze|2016 Venezuela|}}
}}
Bruno Fitipaldo Rodríguez (born August 2, 1991) is a Uruguayan-Italian{{Cite web |url=http://www.acb.com/jugador.php?id=57V |title=Bruno Fitipaldo Rodríguez nacionalidad {{!}} licencia: ITA {{!}} EUR {{in lang{{!}}es}}. |access-date=2018-11-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180802193031/http://www.acb.com/jugador.php?id=57V |archive-date=2018-08-02 |url-status=dead }} professional basketball player for Lenovo Tenerife of the Spanish Liga ACB. Standing at a height of {{height|m=1.84}},[http://www.euroleague.net/competition/players/showplayer?pcode=007595 FITIPALDO , BRUNO HEIGHT: 1.84 BORN: 2 AUGUST, 1991 NATIONALITY: ITALY.] he plays at the point guard and shooting guard positions.{{Cite web|url=https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Bruno-Fitipaldo/Summary/26380|title = Bruno Fitipaldo Player Profile, Iberostar Tenerife, International Stats, Events Stats, Game Logs, Awards - RealGM}}{{Cite web|url=http://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Bruno-Fitipaldo/Italy/Scandone-Avellino/117884|title = Bruno Fitipaldo Player Profile, Iberostar Tenerife CB Canarias, News, Stats - Eurobasket}}{{Cite web|url=http://web.legabasket.it/player/FIT-BRU-91/|title=Legabasket Serie a Legabasket Serie A}}
Professional career
=South America=
Fitipaldo began his professional career in the 2006–07 season, with the Uruguayan League's Club Malvín, in the city of Montevideo. During his time in the Uruguayan League of basketball, he became the club's local idol, due to his great performances. In the 2010–11 season, Fitipaldo won the Uruguayan national league title with his team, as he averaged 8.0 points, 1.5 rebounds, 2.6 assists, and 1.3 steals per game, in 41 games played.
At only 20, he was in the starting five of the Uruguayan team, and at the end of the 2011–12 season, he had averaged 10.4 points, 3.5 rebounds, 5.6 assists, and 1.3 steals per game, in 39 games played. In the 2013–14 season, Fitipaldo was named the MVP of the Uruguayan League. He later moved to the Argentine League club Obras Sanitarias, where he played during the 2014–15 and 2015–16 seasons.
=Europe=
In July 2016, the Italian LBA League side Orlandina Basket, announced the official the signing of Fitipaldo.{{cite web |url=http://www.sportando.com/en/italy/serie-a/205561/orlandina-basket-announces-bruno-fitipaldo.html |title=Orlandina Basket announces Bruno Fitipaldo|author= |date=8 July 2016 |website=sportando.com|access-date=10 November 2016}} On November 5, 2016, Fitipaldo was the LBA's MVP for the Round 6 of games. The Uruguayan-Italian point guard finished the round 6 game, with 33 points scored, in an Orlandina overtime win against Brescia. Fitipaldo played 45 minutes, and also added 3 rebounds, 10 assists, 9 fouls drawn, and a 44 evaluation.{{cite web |url=http://www.sportando.com/en/italy/serie-a/216750/bruno-fitipaldo-of-orlandina-basket-is-serie-a-round-6-mvp.html |title=Bruno Fitipaldo of Orlandina Basket is Serie A Round 6 MVP|author= |date=8 November 2016 |website=sportando.com|access-date=10 November 2016}}
However, in December of that same year, Fitipaldo left Orlandina, and signed with the Turkish Super League side Galatasaray, for the rest of the 2016–17 season.{{cite web|url=https://sportando.basketball/en/turkey/bsl/221415/galatasaray-signs-bruno-fitipaldo-to-a-1-1-contract.html|title=Galatasaray signs Bruno Fitipaldo to a 1+1 contract|date=27 December 2016|website=sportando.basketball|access-date=4 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180804201844/https://sportando.basketball/en/turkey/bsl/221415/galatasaray-signs-bruno-fitipaldo-to-a-1-1-contract.html|archive-date=4 August 2018|url-status=dead}} On June 23, 2017, Fitipaldo returned to Italy, and signed with Scandone Avellino.{{cite web|url=https://sportando.basketball/en/italy/serie-a/238276/scandone-avellino-announces-bruno-fitipaldo.html|title=Scandone Avellino announces Bruno Fitipaldo|date=23 June 2017|website=sportando.basketball|access-date=4 August 2018}}{{Dead link|date=October 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} On August 1, 2018, Fitipaldo signed a one-yar deal with the Spanish League club San Pablo Burgos.{{cite web|url=https://sportando.basketball/en/spain/acb/284173/san-pablo-burgos-signs-bruno-fitipaldo.html|title=San Pablo Burgos signs Bruno Fitipaldo|date=1 August 2018|website=sportando.basketball|access-date=4 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180804201902/https://sportando.basketball/en/spain/acb/284173/san-pablo-burgos-signs-bruno-fitipaldo.html|archive-date=4 August 2018|url-status=dead}}
== Canarias (2020–present) ==
He signed with Canarias (then known as Iberostar Tenerife for sponsorship reasons) of the Liga ACB on July 11, 2020.{{cite news |title=Tenerife signs Bruno Fitipaldo |url=https://sportando.basketball/en/tenerife-signs-bruno-fitipaldo/ |website=Sportando |accessdate=July 11, 2020 |date=July 11, 2020}}
In 2022, Fitipaldo won the 2021–22 Basketball Champions League with Canarias, his first continental title. Because of this, the team played in the 2023 FIBA Intercontinental Cup. Here, Fitipaldo guided Canarias to their third world title, as he had 12 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists in the semi-final against Monastir and 15 points and 6 assists in the final against São Paulo. After the tournament, Fitipaldo was named the Intercontinental Cup MVP.{{Cite web |title=Instant offense off the bench: Bruno Fitipaldo named MVP of the FIBA Intercontinental Cup |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/intercontinentalcup/2023/news/instant-offense-off-the-bench-bruno-fitipaldo-named-mvp-of-the-fiba-intercontinental-cup |access-date=2023-02-13 |website=FIBA.basketball |language=en}}
National team career
Fitipaldo is a member of the senior Uruguayan national basketball team. He won the bronze medal at the 2010 FIBA South American Championship, 2012 FIBA South American Championship, and 2016 FIBA South American Championships.
Honours and titles
- FIBA South American Championship
- 2010 Colombia: {{bronze medal}}
- 2012 Argentina: {{bronze medal}}
- 2016 Venezuela: {{bronze medal}}
References
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External links
- [https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/rpp//q/Bruno%20Fitipaldo/pid//_//players.html FIBA Archive Profile]
- [http://www.euroleague.net/competition/players/showplayer?pcode=007595#!careerstats Euroleague.net Profile]
- [http://www.championsleague.basketball/17-18/player/Bruno-Fitipaldo FIBA Champions League Profile]
- [http://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Bruno_Fitipaldo/Italy/Betaland-Capo-d'Orlando/117884/ Eurobasket.com Profile]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20180802193031/http://www.acb.com/jugador.php?id=57V Spanish League Profile] {{in lang|es}}
- [http://web.legabasket.it/player/FIT-BRU-91/fitipaldo_bruno/ Italian League Profile] {{in lang|it}}
- [https://www.tblstat.net/player/2833 Turkish League Profile]
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Category:21st-century Italian sportsmen
Category:Basketball players from Montevideo
Category:CB Miraflores players
Category:Club Malvín basketball players
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Category:Italian men's basketball players
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