Nkechinyelu Peter Ezugwu is an English business person and former professional basketball player.

Playing career

In 2000, he played in the Italian squad of

Aurora Jesi Aurora Basket Jesi is an Italian professional basketball club based in Jesi. It plays in the second division Serie A2 as of the 2015-16 season. History In 1965, Gianni Rossetti (a television journalist for RAI), Carlo Barchiesi (current presiden ...

of the Serie A2 where he came off the bench. After two years in Spain where he played for

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, Joventut Badalona and Breogán, in 2002 he returned to the Seria A2 where he joined Robur Osimo, but ended the season with Scafati. Then again he went to Spain where he played for

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in the LEB. In the

2004–05 Lega Basket Serie A The 2004–05 Lega Basket Serie A season, known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons, was the 83rd season of the Lega Basket Serie A, the highest professional basketball league in Italy. The regular season ran from October 3, 2004 to May 20 ...

season, Ezugwu made his debut in Italy's top division when he was a permanent member of

Air Avellino S.S. Felice Scandone was an Italian professional basketball club based in Avellino, Campania. Founded in 1948, the team has been a regular in the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA), the first tier of basketball in Italy, for 19 years (2000/01 to 2018/19). ...

's starting lineup. From here, after a brief interlude at

Zaragoza Zaragoza, also known in English as Saragossa,''Encyclopædia Britannica'"Zaragoza (conventional Saragossa)" is the capital city of the Zaragoza Province and of the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain. It lies by the Ebro river and its tributari ...

, he played another three seasons in Italy's Serie A2, two with

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and one with

Andrea Costa Imola Andrea Costa Imola is an Italian professional basketball team based in Imola, Emilia-Romagna. The side is playing in the second division Serie A2 Basket, Serie A2 as of the 2015-16 season. History Andrea Costa Basket was founded on 4 October 1967, ...

. In April 2008 he has a brief stunt with experience with Široki of Bosnia and Herzegovina, then he returned to the Serie A2 at Dinamo Sassari, with which he reaches the final of the play-offs with a personal contribution of 9.9 points and 6.9 rebounds. The following year he returned to Andrea Costa Imola, playing again in the Serie A2. In January 2011, after a brief engagement in the 2009–10 Liga Nacional season with

9 de Julio de Río Tercero Club Sportivo 9 de Julio, known as 9 de Julio or 9 de Julio de Río Tercero, is a sports club based in Río Tercero, Córdoba Province (Argentina). Its football team currently plays in Torneo Argentino C, the regionalised 5th level of Argentine f ...

and

Boca Juniors Club Atlético Boca Juniors () is an Argentine sports club headquartered in La Boca, a neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its professional football team which, since its promotion in 1913, has always played in the A ...

, he returned once again to the Serie A2 where he played for Unione Cestistica Casalpusterlengo. In the summer of 2012 he played with La Banda Olympic Cyclist.

External links

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at basketball-reference.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Ezugwu, Peter 1976 births Living people 9 de Julio de Río Tercero players A.S. Junior Pallacanestro Casale players Andrea Costa Imola players Aurora Basket Jesi players Boca Juniors basketball players CB Breogán players CB Inca players CB Zaragoza players Ciclista Olímpico players Eastern Michigan Eagles men's basketball players Joventut Badalona players Melilla Baloncesto players Pallacanestro Pavia players Scafati Basket players S.S. Felice Scandone players English expatriate sportspeople in Argentina English expatriate sportspeople in Italy English expatriate sportspeople in Spain English expatriate sportspeople in the United States English expatriates in Bosnia and Herzegovina English men's basketball players Sportspeople from Shrewsbury English people of Igbo descent