Marco Mordente (born January 7, 1979) is an Italian former professional basketball player. He also represented the Italian national basketball team. He played at the point guard position.

Marco Mordente
Personal information
Born (1979-01-07) January 7, 1979 (age 45)
Teramo, Italy
NationalityItalian
Listed height1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Listed weight88 kg (194 lb)
Career information
NBA draft2001: undrafted
Playing career1996–2016
PositionPoint guard / shooting guard
Career history
1996–2002Olimpia Milano
1999–2000→ Virtus Ragusa
2000–2001Reggiana
2002–2005Reggiana
2003Mens Sana Siena
2005–2008Benetton Treviso
2008–2011Olimpia Milano
2011–2012Virtus Roma
2012–2015Juvecaserta
2015–2016Viola Reggio Calabria
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's Basketball
Representing  Italy
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2005 Almería Team Competition

Career edit

In 1998 while he was playing for Olimpia Milano he lost the final match of Saporta Cup against Žalgiris Kaunas; in 2003 his team, Siena, reached the third place in Euroleague. He has won Italian title in 2006 with Benetton and with the same team he won Italian Supercup 2006 and Italian Cup 2007.

National team career edit

Mordente wore Italian jersey of youth team at European Championship of 1995 and 1998; he was a member of Italian senior roster at European Championship in 2005 and World Championship in 2006.

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