Bruno Cerella

Bruno Cerella
No. 7 – EA7 Emporio Armani Milano
Position Point guard / Small forward
League Italian League
Euroleague
Personal information
Born July 30, 1986
Bahía Blanca, Argentina
Nationality Italian / Argentinian
Listed height 194 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Listed weight 93 kg (205 lb)
Career information
NBA draft 2008 / Undrafted
Pro career 2003–present
Career history
20003–2004 Massafra
2004–2005 Sant'Agnese
2005–2006 Salerno
2006–2008 Potenza
2008–2010 Teramo
2010–2011 Lodi
2011–2012 Teramo
2012–2013 Varese
2013–present Emporio Armani Milano
Career highlights and awards

Bruno Cerella (born July 30, 1986) is an Italian Argentine professional basketball player who plays for Emporio Armani Milano of the Italian League.

Hailing from Bahía Blanca, a city seeped in basketball tradition where players such as Manu Ginóbili were born and raised, he was predestined for a career in basketball. Having come to Italy as a teenager he slowly established himself and moved up the leagues to join what is currently the strongest Italian team Emporio Armani Milano where he became a fan favourite due to his dynamism and dedication to the team[1]

Personal life

Of Italian heritage though his paternal grandfather, he became an Italian citizen when he was 15.[2]

He created with fellow player Tommaso Marino and others the charity project “Slums Dunk” that he helps operate during the off-season in Kenya and Zambia. It aims to provide basketball coaching, facilities and education to underprivileged youngsters in slums.[3]

In his free time he enjoys scuba diving and tourism.[4] One of his good friends is fellow Bahía Blanca native Rodrigo Palacio who also lives in Milan and is a basketball fan.[5]

Professional career

After playing junior basketball for Estudiantes de Bahía Blanca and Pueyrredon in his birth country, Cerella moved to Italy aged 18 to play professional basketball.

Playing for a succession of teams in the lower divisions he joined Banca Tercas Teramo in the first division in 2008. With current teammate David Moss he helped the team reach the semifinals of the Coppa Italia and third place in the league in regular season before being eliminated in the playoffs by Emporio Armani Milano. After a few seasons Lega Basket Serie A he joined Emporio Armani Milano in 2013 and participated in Europe's premier competition the Euroleague for the first time in his career.

Although rarely a starter and not a prolific scorer, he's invaluable for his teams as a luxury bench option who will reliably perform his defensive duties, contributing steals, and rarely lose the ball when in attack.

Italian national team

Cerella was a member of the senior men's Italian national basketball team in 2008 although he never played in a official competition.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Brega, Giordano. "Cerella star: the followers of Olimpia Armani praise their new idol", Affaritaliani, 3 March 2014. Retrieved on 24 February 2015.
  2. ↑ Bruno Cerella, Legabsket, Retrieved on 24 February 2015.
  3. ↑ , Slums Dunk. Retrieved on 24 February 2015.
  4. ↑ Cerella, Bruno. "Bruno Cerella : Slums Dunk and how I spent my summer", Euroleague, Milan,15 October 2014. Retrieved on 24 February 2015.
  5. ↑ Liotta, Christian. "Cerella reveals: "Palacio wants to see the EA7 away"", fcinternews.it, 1 March 2014. Retrieved on 24 February 2015.
  6. ↑ "Bruno Cerella", Federazione Italiana Pallacanestro. Retrieved on 24 February 2015.

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