Claudio Coldebella
{{Short description|Italian basketball player (born 1968)}}
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| name = Claudio Coldebella
| image = Claudio Coldebella 2013.JPG
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| height_cm = 198
| weight_kg = 90
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1968|6|25|df=y}}
| birth_place = Castelfranco Veneto, Italy
| nationality = Italian
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| draft_year = 1990
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| career_position = Point guard
| career_start = 1986
| career_end = 2006
| coach_start = 2006
| coach_end = 2008
| years1 = 1986–1988
| team1 = Mestre
| years2 = 1988–1989
| team2 = Aurora Desio
| years3 = 1989–1996
| team3 = Virtus Bologna
| years4 = 1996–1998
| team4 = AEK
| years5 = 1998–2002
| team5 = PAOK
| years6 = 2002–2006
| team6 = Olimpia Milano
| cyears1 = 2006–2008
| cteam1 = Olimpia Milano (assistant)
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As a player:
- FIBA Saporta Cup champion (1990)
- 3× Italian League champion (1993–1995)
- Italian Cup winner (1990)
- Italian SuperCup winner (1995)
- Greek Cup winner (1999)
- 2× Greek League All-Star (1998, 1999)
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{{MedalSport | Men's Basketball}}
{{MedalCountry|{{bk|Italy}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|EuroBasket}}
{{MedalSilver | 1997 Spain | }}
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Claudio Coldebella (born 25 June 1968 in Castelfranco Veneto) is an Italian former professional basketball player, coach and executive, currently general manager of Pallacanestro Reggiana.
Playing as point guard, he had a successful club career in Italy, where he won three Italian LBA titles, and Greece, where he reached a EuroLeague Final, and won a Greek Cup.
He also played internationally for Italy, most notably earning a silver medal at the EuroBasket 1997.
Professional career
Coldebella started his career with local side Basket Mestre of the second division Serie A2, staying two years. Moving to another A2 side, Aurora Desio, he posted 11.8 points and 2.3 steals in 1988–1989.
He caught the eye of top tier LBA side Virtus Bologna, who signed him in 1989. Coldebella stayed 7 years with Virtus, winning three consecutive Serie A titles between 1993 and 1995.{{cite web |url=http://www.legabasket.it/news/6605/l__39_olimpia_ufficializza_i_primi_due_arrivi |title=L'Olimpia ufficializza i primi due arrivi |author= |date=11 July 2002 |website=Lega Basket Serie A |access-date=18 June 2015 |language=Italian |trans-title=Olimpia officialises the first two arrivals}} The Italian moved to the Greek Basket League in 1996, joining AEK.
With the Athens side, he reached the 1998 EuroLeague Final, losing the European elite competition match up to former club Virtus.{{cite web |url=http://www.fibaeurope.com/compID_,Uz02qBnJiADOq5VntEf53.season_1998.roundID_2569.playerID_7672.teamID_1342.html |title=Claudio Coldebella |author= |website=FIBA Europe |access-date=18 June 2015}} He changed teams in 1998, but stayed in Greece, joining PAOK. He helped the Thessaloniki team win the Greek Cup in 1999, also playing in the league All Star Game the same season. Coldebella stayed in Greece until 2002, and he is still highly regarded in the country.{{cite web |url=http://tribunatreviso.gelocal.it/sport/2012/12/06/news/coldebella-il-greco-partita-patriottica-con-il-paok-salonicco-1.6155633 |title=Coldebella "il greco" Partita patriottica con il Paok Salonicco |last=Focarelli |first=Silvano |date=6 December 2012 |website=La Tribuna di Treviso |location=Rome |access-date=16 June 2015 |language=Italian |trans-title=Coldebella "the Greek". Patriotic game with PAOK Thessaloniki}}
He then returned to Italy, joining Olimpia Milano,{{cite web |url=http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2002/settembre/28/Coldebella_guerriero_Milano_Abbiamo_una_co_0_02092810458.shtml |title=Coldebella il guerriero di Milano: "Abbiamo una missione speciale" |last=Pedrazzi |first=Werther |date=28 September 2002 |website=Corriere della Sera |location=Rome |access-date=18 June 2015 |language=Italian |trans-title=Coldebella, Milan's warrior: "We have a special mission"}} he captained the side from 2003 to 2006, the year he ended his career.
Coaching and executive career
- 2006-2008: Olimpia Milano (assistant coach)
- 2009-2010: Juvecaserta (general manager)
- 2010-2012: Benetton Treviso (general manager)
- 2012-2013: Universo Treviso Basket (general manager)
- 2013-2016: Lega Nazionale Pallacanestro (CEO)
- 2016-2018: Pallacanestro Varese (general manager)
- 2018-2022: UNICS Kazan (general manager)
- 2023–present: Pallacanestro Reggiana (general manager)
National team career
Coldebella made his debut with the senior Italian national team in 1989.{{cite web |url=http://www.fip.it/naz_Giocatori.asp?IDgiocatore=195&Tipo=M&Naz=AM |title=Claudio Coldebella |author= |website=Federazione Italiana Pallacanestro |access-date=18 June 2015 |language=Italian}} After playing in the EuroBasket 1993 and EuroBasket 1995 without much collective success, he was nearly third time lucky in EuroBasket 1997, after reaching the final, but losing to Yugoslavia.{{cite web |url=https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/7672/pid2//sid/2266/tid/307/tid2//_/1997_European_Championship_for_Men/index.html |title=Italy: 4 – Claudio Coldebella |author= |website=FIBA |access-date=18 June 2015}}{{dead link|date=April 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
He earned a silver medal after the game, which proved to be his last for Italy.
During that time, he also played for Italy in the 1993 Mediterranean Games (winning gold) and the 1994 Goodwill Games, where Italy beat the United States (composed of college players available to play, including Damon Stoudamire) in the semifinal,{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-07-28-sp-20617-story.html |title=This one is not a surprise: basketball: Italy defeats United States, 81-72, proving yet again the world is catching up to Americans. |last=Harvey |first=Randy |date=28 July 1994 |website=Los Angeles Times |location=St. Petersburg (Russia) |access-date=18 June 2015}} later earning silver.
Honours and awards
=Club=
- Italian Cup Winner: (1990)
- FIBA Saporta Cup Champion: (1990)
- 3× Italian League Champion: (1993, 1994, 1995)
- Italian SuperCup Winner: (1995)
- 2× Greek League All-Star: (1998, 1999)
- Greek Cup Winner: (1999)
=Italian national team=
- Mediterranean Games: 1993 Languedoc-Roussillon {{gold medal}}
- Goodwill Games: 1994 St. Petersburg {{silver medal}}
- EuroBasket 1997 Spain {{silver medal}}
References
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External links
- [http://web.legabasket.it/player/COL-CLA/ Lega Basket Serie A profile] Retrieved 18 June 2015 {{in lang|it}}
- [http://www.esake.gr/en/action/EsakeplayerView?idteam=0000000C&idchampionship=0000000C&idplayer=000001EA&mode=1 Greek Basket League profile] Retrieved 18 June 2015
{{Italy Squad EuroBasket 1997}}
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Category:Competitors at the 1993 Mediterranean Games
Category:Competitors at the 1994 Goodwill Games
Category:Goodwill Games medalists in basketball
Category:Italian basketball coaches
Category:Italian expatriate basketball people in Greece
Category:Italian men's basketball players
Category:Italian sports executives and administrators
Category:Lega Basket Serie A players
Category:Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy
Category:Mediterranean Games medalists in basketball
Category:Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Italy
Category:Olimpia Milano players
Category:Sportspeople from Castelfranco Veneto