Diego Flaccadori (born 5 April 1996) is an Italian professional

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player for

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of the Italian

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(LBA) and the EuroLeague. He stands 195 cm (6’4¾") tall, and he can play at both the

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and

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positions, with shooting guard being his primary position.

Professional career

Flaccadori came through the youth ranks of Excelsior Pallacanestro Bergamo, before transferring to Basket Treviglio, where he made his debut for the club's men's team in the

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Italian third division during the 2013–14 campaign. He played 26 games in his first year in men's basketball, averaging 2.5 points a contest. Flaccadori then joined

Dolomiti Energia Trento Aquila Basket Trento, also known for sponsorship reasons as Dolomiti Energia Trento, is an Italian professional basketball club based in Trent, Trentino. It was founded in 1995 as an amalgamation of two local clubs, going from the amateur divisio ...

of the

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Italian top-flight level league

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in August 2014. In his first season with the team, he saw the court in 34 games in the Italian League, scoring 2.8 points per outing. In the 2015–16 season, he marked his debut on the European club stage, participating in the European 2nd tier Eurocup competition with Trento. He was an early entry candidate for the 2016 NBA draft, but later removed his name from the list. On 31 July 2019 Flaccadori signed a two-year contract with

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of the German

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(BBL) and the EuroLeague. On 20 July 2021 Flaccadori returned to his former team Aquila Trento on a one-year loan.

National team

Flaccadori was part of the Italian junior national teams on several occasions. He competed in the

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, guided the Italian Under-18 national team to gold at the 2014

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, he was picked by the website

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for their unofficial

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's Second Team the same year, was named to Eurobasket.com's unofficial

2015 FIBA Under-19 World Championship The 2015 FIBA Under-19 World Championship (Greek: Παγκόσμιο Πρωτάθλημα FIBA Under-19 2015) was the 12th edition of the FIBA U19 World Championship, the biennial international men's youth basketball championship contested by th ...

All-Second Team, and also played at the

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Professional career

National team

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