Paolo Moretti
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 Moretti as head coach of Pistoia Basket | |
| Viola Supporters Trust | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| League | Serie C Silver |
| Personal information | |
| Born | 30 June 1970 Arezzo, Italy |
| Listed height | 6 ft 6.74 in (2.00 m) |
| Listed weight | 205 lb (93 kg) |
| Career information | |
| Playing career | 1988–2000 |
| Position | Small forward |
| Coaching career | 2001–present |
| Career history | |
Playing | |
| 1988–1992 | Scaligera Verona |
| 1992–1996 | Virtus Bologna |
| 1996–1997 | Peristeri |
| 1997–1998 | Fortitudo Bologna |
| 1998–1999 | Mens Sana Siena |
| 1999–2000 | Roseto |
Coaching | |
| 2001–2003 | Virtus Siena (youth) |
| 2003–2004 | Pallacanestro Catanzaro |
| 2004–2005 | Stamura Ancona |
| 2005–2006 | Basket Livorno |
| 2006–2007 | Viola Reggio Calabria |
| 2007–2008 | Brindisi |
| 2009–2015 | Pistoia |
| 2015–2017 | Varese |
| 2018-19 | Mens Sana Siena |
| 2019 | Pistoia |
| 2019-present | Viola Supporters Trust |
| Career highlights | |
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As head coach: | |
Paolo Moretti (born 30 June 1970 in Arezzo) is a former professional basketball player, and current basketball coach from Italy, who won the silver medal with his national team at the Eurobasket 1997 in Spain. Standing at a height of 200 m (656 ft 2 in), he played as a Small forward. He is head coach of Viola Supporters Trust, a phoenix club of Viola Reggio Calabria competing in the fifth tier of the Italian basketball pyramid.
Paolo Moretti's first time as a senior player was in 1988 with Scaligera Verona, in the Serie A2 Basket. After years of success, his team won for the first time the Legadue Cup when he was just 21 years old, with 17 points and 4 rebounds per game. In the same year he made his debut in the National Team.
Thar was how he became a target for many big teams. He became a Virtus Bologna player for four seasons, from 1992 to 1996. With Virtus won three Scudettos consecutively (1993, 1994, 1995). He made his career high at the Bologna derby against Fortitudo Bologna with 26 points.
After a heel fracture Paolo was forced to stop for all the 1995–96.
Virtus Bologna decided to sell him to Peristeri B.C. for the 1996–1997 in the Greek Basket League.
At the end of the Greek experience, Paolo Moretti came back to Bologna, but at this time with Fortitudo Bologna for the 1997–1998 season. However the injury caused him some difficulties. He played less than before. His team arrived at the Finals, where they lost against Virtus Bologna, but he never went on the court. In 1998 he won the Italian Basketball Cup and in October of the same year Fortitudo Bologna won the second trophy of his history, the Supercup.
He left Bologna and went to Mens Sana Siena.
His last club where he played was Roseto Sharks of the Serie A2 Basket. Moretti left the team at the end of the 1999–2000 season, when he was named as the best player of the season.
