Carlton Myers
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| Born | 30 March 1971 London, England | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Italian / British | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 3.75 in (1.92 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 200 lb (91 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| NBA draft | 1993: undrafted | ||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1988–2012 | ||||||||||||||
| Position | Shooting guard | ||||||||||||||
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| 1988–1992 | Basket Rimini | ||||||||||||||
| 1992–1994 | Victoria Libertas Pesaro | ||||||||||||||
| 1994–1995 | Basket Rimini | ||||||||||||||
| 1995–2001 | Fortitudo Bologna | ||||||||||||||
| 2001–2004 | Virtus Roma | ||||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | Montepaschi Siena | ||||||||||||||
| 2005 | Valladolid | ||||||||||||||
| 2005–2009 | Victoria Libertas Pesaro | ||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Basket Rimini | ||||||||||||||
| 2012 | San Patrignano | ||||||||||||||
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Carlton Ettore Francesco Myers (born 30 March 1971) is an Italian former professional basketball player who played in the Italian league and the EuroLeague. Myers was initially raised in the United Kingdom. One of the best European shooting guards of his generation, he won a FIBA EuroBasket title with the senior Italian national team in 1999.
Professional career
During his years in Fortitudo Bologna, Myers became the great rival of another European superstar, Saša Danilović, the leader of Virtus Bologna, the other basketball team in the city. The duels and the rivalry between Myers and Danilović, are a legendary part of Italian basketball history.
National team career
With the senior men's Italian National Team, Myers played in the 1997 and 1999 editions of the FIBA EuroBasket, the 1998 FIBA World Championship, and in the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics,[1] where he also had the honour of being his country's flag-bearer, at the opening ceremony.
