Antonello Riva

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Antonello Riva (born 28 February 1962 in Rovagnate) is an Italian retired basketball player. Nicknamed "Nembo Kid", he started playing basketball in 1977-78.

Riva played almost his entire career with Pallacanestro Cantù (1977-1989), with whom he won the European Champions Cup twice, in seasons 1982-1983. He also won Italian championship in 1981. He has also played for Philips Milano a.k.a. Recoaro Milano (1989-1994, won the Korać Cup in 1993), Scavolini Pesaro (1994-1996), Dinamica Gorizia (Serie A2, 1996-1998), Pallacanestro Cantù (1998-2002) and Sebastiani Rieti (Serie A2, 2004).

Riva founded a new basketball team in 2002. He won a career trophy for being the best Italian scorer of all time in 2004, with 14,397 points. He is a keen skier.

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v • d • e Italy squad - 1986 FIBA World Championship - 6th place

4 Riva \| 5 Magnifico \| 6 Brunamonti \| 7 Marzorati \| 8 Premier \| 9 Costa \| 10 Villalta \| 11 Binelli \| 12 Sacchetti \| 13 dell'Agnello \| 14 Gilardi \| 15 Polesello \| Coach: Bianchini

v • d • e Italy squad - 1990 FIBA World Championship - 9th place

4 Riva \| 5 Brunamonti \| 6 Pittis \| 7 Pessina \| 8 Vianini \| 9 dell'Agnello \| 10 Vescovi \| 11 Niccolai \| 12 Rossini \| 13 Cantarello \| 14 Bosa \| 15 Tolotti \| Coach: Gamba

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Euroleague's 50 Greatest Contributors List

Players

Fragiskos Alvertis • Sergei Belov • Miki Berkovich • Dejan Bodiroga • Wayne Brabender • Juan Antonio Corbalan • Krešimir Ćosić • Mike D'Antoni • Dražen Dalipagić • Predrag Danilović • Mirza Delibašić • Vlade Divac • Aleksandar Đorđević • Nikos Galis • Manu Ginóbili • Saras Jasikevičius • Radivoj Korać • Toni Kukoč • Clifford Luyk • Pierluigi Marzorati • Bob McAdoo • Dino Meneghin • Bob Morse • Aldo Ossola • Theo Papaloukas • Anthony Parker • Dražen Petrović • Dino Rađa • Manolo Raga • Antonello Riva • Emiliano Rodríguez • Arvydas Sabonis • J.A. San Epifanio • Walter Szczerbiak • Panagiotis Yannakis
Coaches
Pedro Ferrándiz • Pini Gershon • Alexandar Gomelskiy • Dušan Ivković • Božidar Maljković • Ettore Messina • Aca Nikolić • Željko Obradović • Dan Peterson • Lolo Sainz
Referees
Artenik Aradabjian • Mikhail Davidov • Lubomir Kotleba • Ivan Mainini • Costas Rigas

v • d • e Squibb Cantu 1981-82 Euroleague Champions

Marzorati \| Riva \| Flowers \| Kupec \| Innocentin \| Cattini \| Bargna \| Bariviera \| Cappelletti \| Masolo \| Fumagalli \| Bosa \| Martin \| Sala \| Coach Bianchini