Dawan Robinson (born February 10, 1982) is an American former professional

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player. He played college basketball at the

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Career

After going undrafted at the 2006 NBA draft and playing in the preseason with the

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, Robinson spent his first professional season in France with

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. For the 2007–08 season he signed with the Polish club

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. In the summer of 2008, he signed with Prima Veroli of the Italian

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. On June 22, 2009, he re-signed with Veroli for one more season. On February 16, 2010, he left Veroli and signed with

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. However seven days later, he parted ways with Venezia due to injury. In November 2010, he joined the Erie BayHawks of the

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. On January 11, 2011, he left the Bayhawks and signed with the Italian club Trenkwalder Reggio Emilia for the rest of the season. On June 19, 2011, he re-signed with Reggio Emilia for one more season. On July 29, 2012, he again re-signed with Reggio Emilia. However, on September 1, 2012, he parted ways with Reggio Emilia because he did not recover from the forearm surgery he had after the car accident. On December 21, 2012, he signed with the German club Skyliners Frankfurt for the rest of the season. On July 1, 2013, he re-signed with Skyliners for one more season. On October 29, 2013, he parted ways with Skyliners. On November 5, 2013, he joined the Israeli club

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for a tryout. He later extended his contract with Netanya for the rest of the season. On July 23, 2014, he signed a one-year contract with the Italian club Pallacanestro Varese. On January 19, 2015, he parted ways with Varese. The next day, he signed with the German club

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for the rest of the season. On August 2, 2015, he signed a one-year deal with Auxilium CUS Torino of Italy. In November 2015, he left Torino after appearing in eight games. On January 8, 2016, he signed with

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of Slovenia for the rest of the season. On September 22, 2016, he signed with Italian club Tezenis Verona for the 2016–17 season. In December 2017, Robinson announced his retirement.Dawan Robinson retires at 35
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References

External links

Eurobasket.com profile
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