Antonello Riva

Medal record
Competitor for Italy
Men’s Basketball
European Championships
Gold	1983 France	Italy
Silver	1991 Italy	Italy

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 an Italian championship in 1981. He also played for Philips/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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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

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

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 • Yvan Mainini • Costas Rigas

Squibb Cantu 1981–82 Euroleague Champions

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

Ford Cantu 1982-83 Euroleague Champions

Marzorati \| Riva \| Bryant \| Brewer \| Bariviera \| Bargna \| Innocentin \| Cattini \| Bosa \| Fumagalli \| Sala \| Coach Primo

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Name	Riva, Antonello
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Date of birth	28 February 1962
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