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
Melilla
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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
Inca
The Inca Empire (also known as the Incan Empire and the Inka Empire), called ''Tawantinsuyu'' by its subjects, (Quechua for the "Realm of the Four Parts", "four parts together" ) was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America. The admin ...
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
Pavia
Pavia (, , , ; la, Ticinum; Medieval Latin: ) is a town and comune of south-western Lombardy in northern Italy, south of Milan on the lower Ticino river near its confluence with the Po. It has a population of c. 73,086. The city was the capit ...
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
Profileat Eurobasket.com
Profileat Proballers.com
at basketball-reference.com
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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