Carlton Ettore Francesco Myers (born 30 March 1971) is an Italian former professional basketball player that played in the

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and the EuroLeague. Myers was initially raised in the

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. One of the best European

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s of his generation, he won a

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title with the senior Italian national team in

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Early life

Myers was born in

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to a Caribbean father from Saint Vincent and an Italian mother from

Pesaro Pesaro () is a city and ''comune'' in the Italian region of Marche, capital of the Province of Pesaro e Urbino, on the Adriatic Sea. According to the 2011 census, its population was 95,011, making it the second most populous city in the Marche ...

. He was raised in London until the age of 9, when he moved with his mother in

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Professional career

During his years in Fortitudo Bologna, Myers became the great rival of another European superstar, Saša Danilović, the leader of Virtus Bologna, the other basketball team in the city. The duels and the rivalry between Myers and Danilović, are a legendary part of Italian basketball history.

National team career

With the senior men's Italian National Team, Myers played in the

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and

s, the

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, and in the 2000 Sydney Olympics,Carlton Ettore Francesco MYERS (ITA).
/ref> where he also had the honour of being his country's flag-bearer, at the opening ceremony.

Awards and accomplishments

Club

* 2× Italian League MVP: 1994, 1997 * 3×

FIBA EuroStar FIBA EuroStars was an annual event, organized by FIBA Europe, as a showcase basketball game, from the 1996–97 season, until the 1999–2000 season. Commonly considered as the European equivalent of the NBA All-Star Game, the FIBA EuroStars game ...

: 1996, 1998, 1999 * FIBA EuroLeague Top Scorer: 1997 *

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winner: 1998 * Italian Cup MVP: 1998 * 2×

Italian Supercup The Supercoppa Italiana ( en, Italian Super Cup) is an annual football match contested by the winners of the Serie A and the Coppa Italia in the previous season. If the same team wins both the Serie A and Coppa Italia titles in the previous seaso ...

winner: 1998, 2004 * FIBA EuroStars MVP: 1998 * FIBA EuroStars Top Scorer: 1998 * FIBA EuroStars 3-point Contest winner: 1998 *

Italian League The Italic League or Most Holy League was an international agreement concluded in Venice on 30 August 1454, between the Papal States, the Republic of Venice, the Duchy of Milan, the Republic of Florence, and the Kingdom of Naples, following the T ...

champion: 2000

National team

* : EuroBasket 1997 * : EuroBasket 1999 * EuroBasket 1999: All-Tournament Team

References

External links

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FIBA ProfileEuroleague.net ProfileItalian League Profile

Spanish League Profile

Eurobasket.com ProfileCarlton Myers, the 87-point man
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