- Pallalcesto Amatori Udine
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P.A. Udine Nicknames Founded 1999 Arena Palasport Primo Carnera
(capacity: 3,850)Team History Snaidero Cucine Udine
(1999-present)Team Colors Orange Italian Championships 0 Italian Cups 0 Italian Supercups 0 Euroleague Championships 0 Saporta Cups 0 Owner Edi Snaidero Head Coach Cesare Pancotto Snaidero Basketball is a prominent Italian basketball club based in Udine. It is also known as Snaidero Cucine Udine.
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History
Its best finish so far is a 5th place in the Italian tournament in the 2005/06 season. The gold years for basketball in Udine were from 1965 to 1980, when the president and main sponsor of the club was Rino Snaidero, father of the current owner. He took Udine to the top of the Italian basketball; after Snaidero's departure, the club faced economic difficulties and it declared bankruptcy in 1994. In 1998 Edi Snaidero created a new society that began to play in Italian second league (A2). In the 1999/2000 season Snaidero Udine were promoted to upper league (A1).
During its first incarnation, due to sponsorship deals, the club has also been known as Mobiam Udine (1977-1980), Tropic Udine (1980-1982), A.P.U. Udine (1982-1983), Gedeco Udine (1983-1984), Australian Udine (1984-1985), Fantoni Udine (1985-1990), Emmezeta Udine (1990-1991), Rex Udine (1991-1992), Goccia di Carnia Udine (1993-1994) and Libertas Udine (1994-1995).[1]
The club has a good youth sector, in collaboration with small Friulian teams; it has also a partnership with the other big sporting club, Udinese Calcio.
2007-2008 Roster
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Fabio Lovatti Point guard 5 
Jerome Allen Point guard 6 
Sven Schultze Power forward 7 Joel Zacchetti Power forward 8 Nate Green Shooting guard 9 Michele Antonutti Shooting guard 10 Christian Di Giuliomaria Power forward/Center 11 Mike Penberthy Shooting guard 12 
Nikos Vetoulas Point guard 14 Riccardo Truccolo Shooting guard 15 Brooks Sales Center 16 Michele Adami Small forward 17 Marco Maganza Small forward 18 Alberto Ganis Small forward 19 Massimiliano Bosio Shooting guard Michele Stroppolo Coach: Cesare Pancotto
Notable players
- Claudio Malagoli 1 season: '75-'76
- Lorenzo Bettarini 12 seasons: '76-'79, '83-'92
- Giuseppe Valerio 7 season: '81-'85, '87-'90
- Achille Milani 7 seasons: '82-'89
- Marco Solfrini 2 seasons: '86-'88
- Hank McDowell 2 seasons: '87-'89
- Antonio Costner 1 season: '87-'88
Mihovil Nakić 1 season: '87-'88- Winfred King 3 seasons: '88-'91
- Michael Young 1 season: '88-'89
- Mark Crow 1 season: '88-'89
- Marques Johnson 1 season: '89-'90
- Henry Turner 1 season: '90-'91- Vincent Askew 1 season: '90-'91
Andrew Gaze 1 season: '91-'92- Terry Tyler 1 season: '91-'92
- Gianmarco Pozzecco 1 season: '91-'92
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Teoman Alibegović 3 seasons: '99-'02- Federico Pieri 1 season: '99-'00
- Charles Smith 2 seasons: '99-'01
- Thalamus McGhee 1 season: '00-'01
- Vincenzo Esposito 1 season: '01-'02
- Brent Scott 1 season: '01-'02
- Andre Woolridge 1 season: '01-'02
- Saša Vujačić 3 seasons: '01-'04
- Jeffrey Stern 2 seasons: '01-'03
- Demetrius Alexander 1 season: '02-'03
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Mikhail Mikhailov 1 season: '02-'03
Glenn Sekunda 3 seasons: '03-'06- Eddie Shannon 2 seasons: '03-'05
Siniša Kelečević 1 season: '03-'04
Michael Hicks 1 season: '03-'04- Dan Langhi 1 season: '04-'05
- John Wallace 1 season: '04-'05
- Uroš Slokar 1 season: '04-'05
- Jacob Jaacks 2 seasons: '05-'07
- Kyle Hill 1 season: '05-'06
- John Lucas III 1 season: '05-'06, 2 games
- Damon Williams 1 season: '06-'07
- Larry O'Bannon 1 season: '06-'07
Kristaps Valters 1 season: '06-'07
References
External links
Categories:- Basketball teams in Italy
- Udine
- Europe basketball team stubs
- Italian sports team stubs
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