Stéphane Risacher

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| name = Stéphane Risacher

| image = Stephane Risacher.jpg

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| caption = Risacher, in Clermont-Ferrand, on March 23rd, 2013.

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| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 8

| weight_lbs = 220

| nationality = French

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1972|8|26|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Moulins, Allier, France

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| career_start = 1987

| career_end = 2010

| career_position = Small forward / Power forward

| career_number = 10

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| years1 = 1987–1988

| team1 = Stade Clermontois

| years2 = 1988–1989

| team2 = JA Vichy

| years3 = 1989–1990

| team3 = Tours

| years4 = 1990–1994

| team4 = CRO Lyon

| years5 = 1994–1999

| team5 = PSG Racing

| years6 = 1999–2000

| team6 = Pau Orthez

| years7 = 2000–2002

| team7 = Olympiacos Piraeus

| years8 = 2002–2006

| team8 = Málaga

| years9 = 2006–2008

| team9 = Murcia

| years10 = 2008–2010

| team10 = Élan Chalon

| highlights =

Spanish League champion (2006)
Spanish Cup winner (2005)
Greek Cup winner (2002)
Greek League All-Star (2001)
French League champion (1997)
6× French League All-Star (1995–1998, 2000, 2008)
French League All-Star Game MVP (1997)
French 2nd Division champion (1991)
French Basketball Hall of Fame (2019)

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Stéphane Rémy Daniel Risacher (born 26 August 1972) is a French former professional basketball player. During his pro club career, he was a six-time French League All-Star, as well as the French League All-Star Game's MVP in 1997. He was also a long-time member of the senior French national team. He was inducted into the French Basketball Hall of Fame in 2019.

Youth career

Risacher played youth club basketball with INSEP's Centre Fédéral.

Professional career

Risacher began his pro basketball club career in 1987, with the French club Stade Clermontois BA. Risacher won the French Second Division league championship in 1991, with CRO Lyon. He also won the French First Division league championship in 1997, with Paris Saint Germain.

With the Greek Basket League club Olympiacos Piraeus, he won the Greek Cup title in 2002. With the Spanish club Málaga, he won the Spanish Cup title in 2005, and the Spanish ACB League championship in 2006. Risacher played in Europe's top-tier basketball competition, the EuroLeague, in a total of eight different seasons (1997–98,[https://www.fibaeurope.com/compID_,Uz02qBnJiADOq5VntEf53.season_1998.roundID_2569.playerID_7040.teamID_2079.html STÉPHANE RISACHER PARIS BASKET RACING.] 1999–00,[https://www.fibaeurope.com/compID_,Uz02qBnJiADOq5VntEf53.season_2000.roundID_2571.playerID_7040.teamID_930.html STÉPHANE RISACHER ELAN BEARNAIS PAU ORTHEZ.]2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, and 2005–06).[https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/stephane-risacher/ahb/ STEPHANE RISACHER EuroLeague.] He retired from playing professional basketball in 2010, after ending his career with the French club Élan Chalon.

National team career

=French junior national team=

Risacher was a member of the French junior national teams. With France's junior national team, he played at the 1989 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship, and at the 1990 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship. He also won the silver medal at the 1993 FIBA Under-21 World Cup.

=French senior national team=

Risacher was also a member of the senior men's French national team. With France, he played at the 1993 FIBA EuroBasket, the 1997 FIBA EuroBasket, the 1999 FIBA EuroBasket, the 2000 Summer Olympic Games, and the 2001 FIBA EuroBasket. He won a silver medal with France, at the 2000 Summer Olympics.[https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/82750 Stéphane Risacher Biographical information.][https://olympics.com/en/athletes/stephane-risacher Stephane RISACHER Team France.]

Personal life

Risacher's son, Zaccharie, and his daughter, Aïnhoa, are also basketball players.{{Cite web |title=EUROLIGUE. Zaccharie Risacher, l’autre pépite de l’Asvel |url=https://www.leprogres.fr/sport/2022/02/10/zaccharie-risacher-l-autre-pepite-de-l-asvel |access-date=2024-08-16 |website=www.leprogres.fr |language=FR-fr}} Zaccharie was selected with the first overall pick of the 2024 NBA draft by the Atlanta Hawks.{{Cite web |date=2024-06-27 |title=Hawks use No. 1 pick on France's Risacher, 19 |url=https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/40440314/hawks-pick-france-zaccharie-risacher-no-1-nba-draft |access-date=2024-08-16 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}

References

External links

{{Basketball-Reference.com international player|stephane-risacher-1|Stephane Risacher}}
[https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/stephane-risacher/ahb/ Stephane Risacher] at EuroLeague.net
{{FIBA|new_id=106719|name=Stéphane Risacher|old_id=7040}}
[https://www.fibaeurope.com/compID_BYg5Rb55Jw-G5I3MZ6JB01.season_2010.roundID_7065.playerID_7040.teamID_5295.html Stéphane Risacher] at FIBA Europe
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[https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Stephane-Risacher/Summary/3033 Stephane Risacher] at RealGM.com
[https://www.proballers.com/basketball/player/334/stephane-risacher Stephane Risacher] at ProBallers.com
[https://www.acb.com/jugador/temporada-a-temporada/id/20201584 Stephane Risacher] at ACB.com {{in lang|es}}