Marco Stefano Belinelli (born March 25, 1986 in San Giovanni in Persiceto) is an Italian professional basketball player currently with the Toronto Raptors of the NBA.
He is 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) tall and plays as a shooting guard. He was selected 18th overall in the 2007 NBA Draft by the Golden State Warriors.
Prior to his NBA career, Belinelli played for Italy's Virtus Bologna where he had Manu Ginóbili as a teammate/mentor and Fortitudo Bologna, w...
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Marco Stefano Belinelli (born March 25, 1986 in San Giovanni in Persiceto) is an Italian professional basketball player currently with the Toronto Raptors of the NBA.
He is 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) tall and plays as a shooting guard. He was selected 18th overall in the 2007 NBA Draft by the Golden State Warriors.
Prior to his NBA career, Belinelli played for Italy's Virtus Bologna where he had Manu Ginóbili as a teammate/mentor and Fortitudo Bologna, where he matched up against Carlos Delfino in the Italian Lega A and the Euroleague. At the age of nineteen, in the 2005, he won the Italian League in the series against Olimpia Milano,ended 3–1 for Fortitudo Bologna.
Belinelli has also played for the Italian national team. He competed at the 2006 FIBA World Championship and scored 25 points against the United States national team in preliminary round play, and averaged 13.5 points per game for the rest of the tournament.
After being selected #18 in the first round of the 2007 NBA Draft by the...
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