Gianluigi Porelli EuroLeague Executive of the Year explained

The Gianluigi Porelli EuroLeague Executive of the Year is an annual award of Europe's premier level men's basketball league, the EuroLeague. The award was introduced in the 2004–05 season. It is given to the league's best club CEO of each season. The winner receives the trophy after the end of the season, in recognition of their efforts to reach the highest levels of success with their club.

History

José Antonio Querejeta, of Baskonia, was the first recipient of the award, as his team reached the EuroLeague 2004–05 season's EuroLeague Final. In 2014, the award was officially named after Gianluigi Porelli,[1] long-time owner of Virtus Bologna and first president of ULEB.

EuroLeague Club Executive of the Year

Season Executive of the Year Nationality Team
José Antonio Querejeta[2] SpainTAU Cerámica
Sergey Kushchenko[3] CSKA Moscow
2006–07Juan Manuel Rodríguez[4] SpainUnicaja
2007–08Ferdinando Minucci[5] ItalyMontepaschi Siena
2008–09Marco Baldi[6] GermanyAlba Berlin
2009–10Przemysław Sęczkowski[7] PolandAsseco Prokom Gdynia
2010–11Pavlos & Thanasis Giannakopoulos[8] GreecePanathinaikos
2011–12Panagiotis & George Angelopoulos[9] GreeceOlympiacos
2012–13Tuncay Özilhan[10] TurkeyAnadolu Efes
2013–14Livio Proli[11] ItalyEA7 Emporio Armani Milan
2014–15Marco Baldi (2x)[12] GermanyAlba Berlin (2x)
José Antonio Querejeta (2x)[13] SpainLaboral Kutxa Vitoria-Gasteiz (2x)
Maurizio Gherardini[14] Italy
Paulius Motiejūnas[15] Lithuania
Paulius Motiejūnas (2x)[16] LithuaniaŽalgiris (2x)
Alper Yılmaz[17] TurkeyAnadolu Efes
Alper Yılmaz[18] TurkeyAnadolu Efes (2x)
Paulius Motiejūnas (3x)[19] LithuaniaŽalgiris (3x)

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.euroleague.net/euroleague-basketball/news/i/138246 Euroleague.net Euroleague Executive of the Year award named in memory of Gianluigi Porelli.
  2. http://www.euroleague.net/competition/awards/awards-2004-05 Euroleague Awards 2004-05
  3. Web site: CSKABasket.com Sergey Kuschenko received the Executive of the Year Award. . 2013-05-01 . 2020-07-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200703021237/https://cskabasket.com/news/?id=3464&lang=en . dead .
  4. http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/13706/180/euroleague-basketball-s-club-executive-of-the-year-juan-manuel-rodriguez-unicaja Euroleague.net Euroleague Basketball's Club Executive of the Year: Juan Manuel Rodríguez, Unicaja.
  5. http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/33528/180/euroleague-basketball-s-club-executive-of-the-year-ferdinando-minucci-montepaschi-siena Euroleague.net Euroleague Basketball's Club Executive of the Year: Ferdinando Minucci, Montepaschi Siena.
  6. http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/54850/180 Euroleague.net Club Executive of the Year: Marco Baldi, Alba Berlin.
  7. http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/72882/180 Euroleague.net Club Executive of the Year: Przemyslaw Seczkowski, CEO Asseco Prokom.
  8. http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/86348/180/executives-of-the-year-pavlos-and-thanassis-giannakopoulos-panathinaikos Euroleague.net Executives of the Year: Pavlos and Thanassis Giannakopoulos, Panathinaikos.
  9. Web site: Euroleague.net Executive of the Year award: Panayotis and George Angelopoulos, Olympiacos Piraeus. . 2013-05-01 . https://archive.today/20130703053408/http://nodo4.euroleague.net/news/i/98501/180/executive-of-the-year-award-panayotis-and-george-angelopoulos-olympiacos-piraeus . 2013-07-03 . dead .
  10. http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/114647/180/2012-13-executive-of-the-year-tuncay-ozilhan-anadolu-efes Euroleague.net 2012-13 Executive of the Year: Tuncay Özilhan, Anadolu Efes.
  11. http://www.euroleague.net/euroleague-basketball/news/i/138511 Euroleague.net 2013-14 Executive of the Year: Livio Proli, EA7 Emporio Armani Milan.
  12. http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/66lx67h3ehke4rpb/2014-15-executive-of-the-year-marco-baldi-alba-berlin Euroleague.net 2014-15 Executive of the Year: Marco Baldi, ALBA Berlin
  13. http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/73x53ekwvrif6tjv Laboral's Querejeta voted Executive of the Year
  14. http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/7xfoalird6cv5yhf/fenerbahce-s-gherardini-chosen-executive-of-the-year Euroleague.net Fenerbahce's Gherardini chosen Executive of the Year
  15. http://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague-basketball/news/i/8uoxlxqyyppy7svs/zalgiris-s-paulius-motiejunas-is-euroleague-executive-of-the-year Euroleague.net Zalgiris's Paulius Motiejunas is EuroLeague Executive of the Year
  16. https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague-basketball/news/i/9sk73a8xwpbu64ea/gianluigi-porelli-euroleague-executive-of-the-year-paulius-motiejunas-zalgiris-kaunas Euroleague.net Zalgiris's Gianluigi Porelli EuroLeague Executive of the Year: Paulius Motiejunas, Zalgiris Kaunas
  17. https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/news/alper-yilmaz-of-efes-named-euroleague-executive-of-the-year/
  18. https://www.eurohoops.net/en/euroleague/1366155/efes-gm-alper-yilmaz-wins-second-consecutive-euroleague-executive-of-the-year-award/
  19. https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/news/paulius-motiejunas-chosen-as-euroleagues-top-exec-for-record-third-time/ Paulius Motiejunas chosen as EuroLeague's top Exec for record third time