Ariel Filloy (born March 11, 1987) is an Argentine-Italian professional

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player who last played for

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.. He also plays for the

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. His father and elder brother also played basketball professionally.

Professional career

After a period in the second league of the Italian basketball league system, with

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and Basket Rimini Crabs, he began his Italian LBA experience in 2008, when Armani Jeans Milano offered him a contract until 2012. Filloy played with Milano in the 2008–09 and 2011-12 seasons; between the two seasons he was sent on

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to Vanoli Soresina, and in Serie A2 with Bialetti Scafati and Pistoia Basket. The player was released by Olimpia Milano in August 2012. He returned to Serie A2 with AcegasAps Trieste. In summer 2013 he joined the LBA league side

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. In that season he won the

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EuroChallenge. Filloy returned to Pistoia Basket and played with them two seasons until 2016. At the end of the 2015-16 season, he signed with

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. On July 5, 2019, he has signed with

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of the Italian

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(LBA). In summer 2020, on August 10, Filloy joined VL Pesaro for the pre-season. But then, on August 20, he was signed for the rest of the season. On July 9, 2021, Filloy signed with the newly promoted Derthona Basket.

References

External links

LBA profile
10 March 2017
Legadue profile
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