Ferdinando Gentile
- January 6, 2024
- Basketball Player
Quick Facts
Full Name | Ferdinando Gentile |
Occupation | Basketball Player |
Date Of Birth | Jan 1, 1967(1967-01-01) |
Age | 57 |
Country | Italy |
Birth City | Caserta |
Horoscope | Capricorn |
Ferdinando Gentile Biography
Name | Ferdinando Gentile |
Birthday | Jan 1 |
Birth Year | 1967 |
Home Town | Caserta |
Birth Country | Italy |
Birth Sign | Capricorn |
Children(s) | Alessandro Gentile, Stefano Gentile |
Ferdinando Gentile is one of the most popular and richest Basketball Player who was born on January 1, 1967 in Caserta, Italy. Ferdinando Gentile, commonly known as Nando Gentile (born 1 January 1967) is an Italian NBA player who also coached. As a point guard Gentile enjoyed a highly successful professional club career, accumulating numerous team trophies that he won throughout Italy and Greece and Greece, including winning the EuroLeague title.
Gentile played for the Italian under-18 national team during the 1986 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship and as part of the Italian under-19 national team during the 1987 FIBA Under-19 World Cup.
With Italy, he was a silver medalist at the EuroBasket 1991. He also played at the 1993 Mediterranean Games, winning gold. An October 1996, qualification game for the EuroBasket 1997, was his last game with the Italian national team.
His defining feat during his Caserta career was his participation in the 1991 Italian League Serie A championship that was won by the Campanians. He scored 28 points in the finals game 5 against Olimpia Milano.
After making his debut with the senior male Italian National Basketball team back in 1984 the player participated at EuroBasket 1987, EuroBasket 1993 along with EuroBasket 1995.
Ferdinando Gentile Net Worth
Net Worth | $5 Million |
Source Of Income | Basketball Player |
House | Living in own house. |
Ferdinando Gentile is one of the richest Basketball Player from Italy. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ferdinando Gentile 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Gentile who is who is a Caserta native, began his career at just 15 years old with local club Juvecaserta Basket, playing under the coach of head coach Bogdan Tanjevic, who was in charge in 1982. He was a part of a handful of games as Juvecaserta Basket was promoted from the Italian second division, Serie A2, to the Italian first division LBA towards the end in the current season.
Gentile was soon an “big-time player” for Caserta and helped them get into their 1983-84 FIBA Korac Cup, which was their first appearance in a competition that was open to European players. Caserta and Gentile made it to the finals in the 85-86 FIBA Korac Cup, but were defeated by Virtus Roma.
In 1988, the team won the Italian Cup, Gentile’s first trophy. This allowed Caserta to play in the 1988–89 Saporta Cup, where they reached the final, losing in overtime to Real Madrid.
Height, Weight & Body Measurements
Height | 6 ft 3 in |
Ferdinando Gentile height 6 ft 3 in Ferdinando weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.
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In 1998, with Milan on the verge of getting dismantled, Gentile signed with Panathinaikos, in Greece. With the Athens side, he would win three consecutive Greek Basket League championships, in as many years. Furthermore, he helped the Greeks win the 1999–2000 FIBA EuroLeague, by beating Maccabi Tel Aviv, in the final. In the next season, he reached the final of the SuproLeague (the renamed official successor to the FIBA EuroLeague), but this time Panathinaikos lost to Maccabi.
Facts & Trivia
Ferdinando Ranked on the list of most popular Basketball Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Italy. Ferdinando Gentile celebrates birthday on January 1 of every year.
He returned to JuveCaserta, which was at that time playing in the Italian third division Serie B, to play the 2003–04 season. After playing with the Italian amateur side, Artus Maddaloni, the next year, he retired in 2005.