Daniele Magro (born April 14, 1987) is an Italian professional

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player for Eurobasket Roma in the Italian Serie A2 Basket, second tier national league, as a

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Career

The

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native first played for local side Pallacanestro Piove di Sacco from which he was recruited by another Veneto club, Benetton Treviso - at the time one of the best Italian teams - to play for their junior team in 2003. Two Under 19 championship finals with Benetton followed in two years but in 2005 he left the club and joined

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in the amateur Serie C.Minato, Stefano
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'', Mestre, 23 July 2011. Retrieved on 12 May 2015. After one year in Istrana he returned to his home to play for Gattamelata Padova, also in the amateur divisions. He was noticed by neighbouring club

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who invited him to train with the club in June 2007 with an eye of adding young players following new league regulations. He was later signed by Reyer, then in

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, and alternated between the Reyer Under 21 and Padova squads, losing the promotion playoffs for the third division with the latter in 2009. Magro would still play in that division as he was loaned by Reyer to Serie A Dilettanti clubs Siram Fidenza in 2009-10 and

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in 2010–11 to help him gain experience at a higher level. He acquitted himself well enough and was recalled to

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to be incorporated into the first team, that had been promoted to the first division since then, for the 2011-2012 season. Magro made his belated debut in Serie A in 2011, later on scoring his first points in the league, scoring what he described as the “easiest basket in my life” against champions

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. The center scarcely played that season, averaging under six minutes per game, but was called up for the Serie A All Star Game as one of the few Italian centers in the first division. The next season, he played more though he remained a bench option, he again made the All Star Game and posted solid figures as Reyer reached the

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for the second successive season, losing in the first round once more. His third year for the gold and maroons halted that progress, both for Magro, who played under ten minutes per game in 2013–14, and the team who missed the playoff places. Magro left Veneto to look for more game time, moving to

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to join

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for the 2014-15 season. In July 2015, Magro joined Italian powerhouse EA7 Emporio Armani Milano - who also play in the Euroleague, Europe's premier club competition. On July 1, 2018, Magro left

after 2 seasons and signed a deal with

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. At the end of the contract, June 2020, he didn't renew with Sassari and signed a one-month deal with Brescia Leonessa for the 2020 Supercup. On November 24, 2020, Magro signed with Eurobasket Roma in the Italian Serie A2 Basket, second tier national league.

International career

Magro was called up to

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squads starting from 2012 but hardly played, he was more active for the Italy B squad, playing at the

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. After a slew of injuries for the senior squad, with

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and Angelo Gigli amongst many to pull out, left Italy bereft of big men, the 2.08m player was called to the senior for

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. He barely played as Italy finished 8th. Magro was called up to the Italy squad for the

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games against

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but was virtually unused and has seemingly slipped out of contention for the 2015 tournament.

Career statistics

Serie A

Source:"Daniele Magro - Statistiche totali"
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''. Retrieved on 12 May 2015.

Regular season

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Playoffs

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Personal life

The nephew of former player Luigi Magro who mostly played in the second division. As a child Daniele used to go see his games for

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and strived to follow his example.Tomasutti, Alessandro
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'' Il Metropolitano magazine'', 18 June 2013. Retrieved on 13 May 2015. His grandmother owns a restaurant, Bion in his hometown

where his parents also work, he inherited that love of food and likes to cook as well.

References

External links

Serie A profile
Retrieved on 12 May 2015.
RealGM profile
Retrieved on 12 May 2015.
Eurobasket.com profile
Retrieved on 12 May 2015. {{DEFAULTSORT:Magro, Daniele 1987 births Living people Centers (basketball) Dinamo Sassari players Italian men's basketball players Lega Basket Serie A players Olimpia Milano players Pallacanestro Treviso players Pallacanestro Trieste players Pistoia Basket 2000 players Reyer Venezia players Sportspeople from Padua