Giacomo Devecchi
{{short description|Italian professional basketball player}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Giacomo Devecchi
| image = Jack Devecchi dunk.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Devecchi with Dinamo in 2019
| position = Small forward / shooting guard
| height_m = 1.96
| weight_kg = 88
| league = LBA
| team = Dinamo Basket Sassari
| number = 8
| nationality = Italian
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1985|4|2}}
| birth_place = Sant'Angelo Lodigiano, Lodi, Italy
| draft_year =
| career_start = 2001
| career_end =
| years1 = 2001–2004
| team1 = Olimpia Milano
| years2 = 2004–2006
| team2 = Sutor Montegranaro
| years3 = 2006–present
| team3 = Dinamo Sassari
| highlights =
- FIBA Europe Cup champion (2019)
- Lega Basket Serie A winner (2015)
- 2× Italian Basketball Cup winner (2014, 2015)
- Italian Basketball Supercup winner (2014)
- 2× Serie A2 Basket winner (2006, 2009)
| medaltemplates =
}}
Giacomo Devecchi (born April 2, 1985), also called Jack Devecchi, is an Italian professional basketball player for Dinamo Sassari in the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). He is a {{height|ft=6|in=5}} small forward and shooting guard.
Professional career
Giacomo Devecchi made his debut in Lega Basket Serie A with Olimpia Milano in 2001. In 2004 he went to Sutor Montegranaro, but he was later loaned to Dinamo Sassari in 2006 in the second-tier of the Italian league pyramid, Serie A2.{{cite web |url=http://www.sportando.com/it/italia/serie-a2-est/3468/jack-devecchi-rimane-a-sassari.html |title=Jack Devecchi rimane a Sassari |author= |date=14 July 2009 |website=sportando.com |language=Italian |trans-title=Jack Devecchi stay in Sassari}} With Dinamo Sassari he achieved the promotion to LBA beating 3–1 Veroli Basket in the playoffs.
In July 2010 he signed a contract with Sassari for one season.{{cite web |url=http://www.sportando.com/it/italia/serie-a/11197/dinamo-sassari-devecchi-confermato.html |title=Dinamo Sassari: Devecchi confermato |author= |date=17 July 2010 |website=sportando.com |language=Italian |trans-title=Dinamo Sassari: Devecchi confirmed}} At the end of the 2011-12 season his team got the 4th place in the League table, and they were eliminated just at the playoffs' semifinals. So in July 2012 the Club decided to renew the contract with Devecchi for three more seasons.{{cite web |url=http://www.sportando.com/it/italia/serie-a/40586/dinamo-sassari-rinnovo-triennale-per-jack-devecchi.html |title=Dinamo Sassari, rinnovo triennale per Jack Devecchi |author= |date=5 July 2012 |website=sportando.com |language=Italian |trans-title=Dinamo Sassari, three-year renewal for Jack Devecchi}} In 2016 he became the new team captain.{{cite web |url=http://www.sportando.com/it/italia/serie-a/221970/sassari-devecchi-e-le-450-volte-in-biancoblu.html |title=Sassari, Devecchi e le 450 volte in biancoblu |author= |date=2 January 2017 |website=sportando.com |language=Italian |trans-title=Sassari, Devecchi and his 450 times in wite-and-blue}}
Honours
;Dinamo Sassari
- Lega Basket Serie A: 2014–15
- Italian Basketball Cup (2): 2014, 2015
- Italian Basketball Supercup: 2014
- FIBA Europe Cup: 2018–19
;Sutor Montegranaro
- Serie A2 Basket (2): 2005–06, 2008–09
Personal life
Devecchi is a first cousin of NBA player Danilo Gallinari.
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://web.legabasket.it/player/?id=DEV-GIA Lega Basket Serie A profile] {{in lang|it}} Retrieved 11 January 2017
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20131006032238/http://www.legaduebasket.it/player/?id=DEV-GIA-85 Serie A2 Basket profile] {{in lang|it}} Retrieved 11 January 2017
- [http://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Giacomo-DeVecchi/Italy/Banco-di-Sardegna-Sassari/47284?AmNotSure=1 Eurobasket profile] {{in lang|en}} Retrieved 11 January 2017
{{Dinamo Sassari current roster}}
{{Dinamo Sassari 2018–19 FIBA Europe Cup champions}}
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Category:Dinamo Sassari players
Category:Italian men's basketball players
Category:Lega Basket Serie A players
Category:Olimpia Milano players