Bruno Mascolo Explained

Bruno Mascolo
Position:Point guard
Height Cm:190
Weight Kg:85
League:LBA
EuroLeague
Team:Virtus Bologna
Number:14
Birth Date:1996 3, df=y
Birth Place:Castellamare di Stabia, Italy
Nationality:Italian
Career Start:2011
Years1:2011–2012
Team1:Nuova Pol. Stabia
Years2:2012–2015
Team2:PMS Basketball
Years3:2013–2015
Team3:PMS Torino
Years4:2015–2017
Team4:Auxilium Torino
Years5:2016
Team5:Fortitudo Agrigento
Years6:2016
Team6:→ Latina Basket
Years7:2016–2017
Team7:Mens Sana 1871 Basket
Years8:2017–2018
Team8:Napoli
Years9:2018–2019
Team9:Aurora Basket Jesi
Years10:2019–2022
Team10:Derthona
Years11:2022–2023
Team11:Brindisi
Years12:2023–present
Team12:Virtus Bologna
Highlights:

Bruno Mascolo (born 4 March 1996) is an Italian professional basketball player for Virtus Bologna of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) and the EuroLeague.

Youth career

He started his youth career with the Neapolitan team Basket Team Stabia, and at the age of fifteen, he made his debut in Serie C with Nuova Polisportiva Stabia in the 2011–12 season.[1]

Professional career

In 2013–14, he made his debut in Serie A2 with PMS Torino under head coach Stefano Pillastrini. Also in the following season, he found space with the first team, reaching a total of five appearances in the two seasons and contributing to the championship victory in 2015.

In August 2015, he reached an agreement with Auxilium Torino, with which he signed a three-year contract.[2] He made his Serie A debut on 1 November 2015 in the final seconds of a home match against Cantù. On 29 April, he moved to Agrigento until the end of the season.[3]

Virtus Bologna (2023–present)

In July 2023, Mascolo signed a two-year deal with Virtus Bologna. On 24 September 2023, after having ousted Olimpia Milano in the semifinals, Virtus won its fourth Supercup, and the third in a row, defeating 97–60 Germani Brescia.[4] On 7 December 2023, Mascolo made his debut in EuroLeague against FC Barcelona, scoring two points.[5]

National team career

On 10 November 2021 he was called up to coach Meo Sacchetti's long list in Italy's national basketball team in view of the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualifications,[6] becoming the first Neapolitan called up to the national team after 37 years.[7] Mascolo played 1 career game for Italy's national basketball team in the World Cup qualifications.

Career statistics

EuroLeague

|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2023–24| style="text-align:left;"| Bologna| 2 || 0 || 5.0 || .250 || || || .5 || || || || 1.0 || -0.5|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career| 2 || 0 || 5.0 || .250 || || || .5 || || || || 1.0 || -0.5

References

  1. Web site: Pollioso . Antonio . 2013-12-18 . Basket, lo stabiese Bruno Mascolo in Nazionale . 2022-11-28 . Il Gazzettino vesuviano IGV . it-IT.
  2. Web site: 2015-08-06 . Auxilium Cus Torino . https://web.archive.org/web/20150806023811/http://auxiliumcustorino.com/Article.Detail/?UserKey=LA-MANITAL-TORINO-PROGETTA-IL-FUTURO . dead . 2015-08-06 . 2022-11-28 .
  3. Web site: 2016-03-06 . Auxilium Cus Torino . https://web.archive.org/web/20160306130742/http://www.auxiliumcustorino.com/Article.Detail/?UserKey=MASCOLO-AD-AGRIGENTO-CON-DOPPIO-TESSERAMENTO . dead . 2016-03-06 . 2022-11-28 .
  4. https://bologna.repubblica.it/sport/2023/09/24/news/una_virtus_esagerata_stravince_la_supercoppa-415671857/ Una Virtus esagerata stravince la Supercoppa
  5. https://www.ilrestodelcarlino.it/bologna/sport/cuore-virtus-batte-in-rimonta-il-barca-lundberg-da-spettacolo-e-punti-dal-pubblico-arriva-la-spinta-in-piu-e776f40c Cuore Virtus: batte in rimonta il Barça. Lundberg dà spettacolo e punti. Dal pubblico arriva la spinta in più
  6. Web site: FIBA World Cup 2023 Qualifiers. La long list del CT Sacchetti per la prima finestra. Aperto il ticketing per la sfida ai Paesi Bassi (Milano, 29 novembre). Promozioni per i tesserati FIP . 2022-11-28 . Federazione Italiana Pallacanestro.
  7. Web site: Bruno Mascolo, primo napoletano nell’Italbasket dopo 37 anni: "Una soddisfazione immensa" . 2022-11-28 . . it.

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