Carlo Recalcati

Carlo Recalcati
Personal information
Born September 11, 1945
Milan, Italy
Listed height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight 175 lb (79 kg)
Career information
Pro career 1962–1981
Career history
As player:
  • Pallacanestro Cantù (19621979)
  • Pallacanestro Parma (19791981)
  • Italian National Team (19671975)
As coach:
Career highlights and awards

As player:

  • 2x Italian League (1968, 1975)
  • 3x Saporta Cup (1977, 1978, 1979)
  • 3x Korać Cup (1973, 1974, 1975)
  • 1x World Club Cup (1975)

As coach:

Career statistics
Carlo Recalcati
Medal record
Competitor for  Italy
Men's Basketball
Summer Olympic Games
Silver 2004 Athens National Team
FIBA EuroBasket
Bronze 1971 West Germany National Team
Bronze 1975 Yugoslavia National Team
Bronze 2003 Sweden National Team
Mediterranean Games
Gold 2005 Spain National Team

Carlo Recalcati (born September 11, 1945 in Milan, Italy) is an Italian professional basketball coach and a former player.

He was the coach of the Italian national basketball team from 2001 to 2009, and led them to the silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympic Games, and the bronze medal at the EuroBasket 2003.

Playing career

As a player on the club level, Recalcati played for Pallacanestro Cantù (19621979, winning the Italian Championship in 1968 and 1975), and Pallacanestro Parma (19791981). He also played for the Italian national team from 1967 to 1975 (winning the bronze at EuroBasket 1971 and EuroBasket 1975).

Coaching career

As a coach, Recalcati coached Pallacanestro Parma (1980–81), Alpe Bergamo (1982–84), Pallacanestro Cantù (1984–90, reached the final in the Korać Cup in the 1988-89 season), Viola Reggio Calabria (1990–95), Teorematour Milano (1995), Pallacanestro Varese (19971999, won the Italian Championship in the 1998-99 season), Fortitudo Bologna (1999-01, won the Italian Championship in the 1999-00 season), and Montepaschi Siena (2003–06, won the Italian Championship in the 2003-04 season and the Italian Supercup in the 2004-05 season.

Orders

Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, 4th Class: 2004

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