| Giampaolo Ricci | |
| Number: | 17 |
| Position: | Small forward / Power forward |
| Height M: | 2.02 |
| Weight Kg: | 100 |
| League: | Lega Basket Serie A EuroLeague |
| Team: | Olimpia Milano |
| Nationality: | Italian |
| Birth Date: | 27 September 1991 |
| Birth Place: | Rome, Italy |
| Career Start: | 2007 |
| Years1: | 2007–2009 |
| Team1: | Basket Chieti |
| Years2: | 2009–2011 |
| Team2: | Stella Azzurra Roma |
| Years3: | 2011–2015 |
| Team3: | Assigeco Casalpusterlengo |
| Years4: | 2015–2016 |
| Team4: | Scaligera Basket Verona |
| Years5: | 2016–2017 |
| Team5: | Basket Tortona |
| Years6: | 2017–2019 |
| Team6: | Vanoli Cremona |
| Years7: | 2019–2021 |
| Team7: | Virtus Bologna |
| Years8: | 2021–present |
| Team8: | Olimpia Milano |
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Giampaolo Ricci (born September 27, 1991) is an Italian basketball professional player for Olimpia Milano of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) and the EuroLeague. He plays at the power forward position.[1] Ricci has also represented the Italian national team in international competition.[2] [3]
Ricci started playing for Basket Chieti, moving in 2009 to Stella Azzurra Roma and then to Assigeco Casalpusterlengo until 2015. In the season 2014/2015 he performed 11.2 ppg and 5.5 rpg in 26 games[4] In 2016 he moved to Scaligera Basket Verona scoring 6 points and 3.8 rebounds of average and winning the price "Scaligero d'oro" as the most appreciated player of the year for the Scaligera Basket Verona team.[5] He then played in 2016/2017 38 games with Derthona Basket where he performed 9.5ppg, 6.2rpg and 1.7apg in average. Ricci contributed to his team ending the regular season as at the second position in the league. He reaches in 2017 the first Italian category (Serie A) LBA under the guidance of the Italian National team coach Romeo Sacchetti. Ricci won Italian Cup in 2019 with Guerino Vanoli Basket under the guidance of Coach Romeo Sacchetti.
On June 13, 2019, he has signed with Virtus Bologna of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). In September 2020, he was appointed team captain of the club[6] and he won the Italian Championship with Virtus Bologna under the guidance of Sasha Djordjevic.[7] [8]
After having knocked out 3–0 both Basket Treviso in the quarterfinals and New Basket Brindisi in the semifinals, on 11 June 2021 Virtus defeated 4–0 its historic rival Olimpia Milan in the national finals, winning its 16th national title and the first one after twenty years.[9]
On July 6, 2021, Ricci signed a two-year contract with Italian powerhouse Olimpia Milano.[10] On July 7, 2023, Ricci renewed his contract through 2025.
Ricci played for the Italian national team between 2018 and 2021 on eighteen occasions.[11] [12]
|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2021-22| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="3"| Olimpia Milano| 36 || 5 || 12.3 || .469 || .362 || .500 || 2.2 || .4 || .4 || .1 || 3.2 || 3.0|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2022-23| 29 || 5 || 10.3 || .452 || .324 || .700 || 2.3 || .3 || .4 || .2 || 2.6 || 2.6|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2023-24| 22 || 2 || 7.0 || .226 || .174 || || 1.1 || .1 || .3 || .1 || .8 || 0.0|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan=2| Career| 87 || 12 || 10.3 || .423 || .313 || .600 || 2.0 || .3 || .4 || .1 || 2.4 || 2.1
|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2019-20| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"| Virtus Bologna| 16 || 15 || 22.3 || .433 || .365 || .727 || 4.6 || 1.7 || .8 || .3 || 7.6 || 7.9|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2020-21| 21 || 20 || 19.4 || .481 || .359 || .714 || 3.8 || 1.4 || .4 || .1 || 6.4 || 2.1|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan=2| Career| 37 || 35 || 20.6 || .457 || .362 || .720 || 4.1 || 1.5 || .5 || .2 || 6.9 || 7.2
| Year | Team | League | ||||||||||
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| 34 | 19.9 | .459 | .435 | .718 | 7.1 | .7 | 1.0 | .3 | 7.0 | |||
| 26 | 30.0 | .421 | .333 | .722 | 5.9 | .5 | .9 | .5 | 10.5 | |||
| 29 | 27.8 | .437 | .375 | .837 | 5.3 | .7 | .9 | .4 | 10.4 | |||
| 32 | 16.4 | .376 | .321 | .560 | 3.8 | .5 | .6 | .1 | 6.0 | |||
| 35 | 24.5 | .435 | .290 | .614 | 6.3 | 1.8 | .7 | .3 | 9.7 | |||
| 32 | 12.0 | .340 | .269 | .667 | 2.9 | .6 | .5 | .1 | 4.5 | |||
| 39 | 17.6 | .405 | .293 | .688 | 4.4 | .7 | .4 | .2 | 9.5 | |||
| 20 | 23.8 | .483 | .438 | .824 | 4.9 | 1.8 | .9 | .1 | 9.2 | |||
| 38 | 20.2 | .440 | .370 | .818 | 4.5 | 1.5 | .5 | .2 | 6.8 | |||
| 41 | 14.6 | .437 | .329 | .800 | 3.3 | 1.0 | .6 | .2 | 4.5 | |||
| 44 | 14.3 | .492 | .406 | .846 | 2.2 | .6 | .4 | .2 | 3.7 | |||
| 34 | 10.6 | .430 | .322 | .833 | 2.1 | .5 | .2 | .1 | 3.4Player profileRicci is a player with great technical skills and court vision. He is renowned for his 3-point shots (307% shooting in seasons 2020–2021) and his defensive skills made him an appreciated player in the European panorama. External links
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