Giuseppe Poeta Explained

Giuseppe Poeta
Position:Head coach
Height M:1.90
Weight Kg:82
League:Lega Basket Serie A
Team:Pallacanestro Brescia
Nationality:Italian
Birth Date:12 September 1985
Birth Place:Battipaglia, Italy
Draft Year:2007
Career Start:2000
Career End:2022
Career Position:Point guard
Years1:2000–2005
Team1:Pallacanestro Salerno
Years2:2005–2006
Team2:Prima Veroli
Years3:2006–2010
Team3:Teramo Basket
Years4:2010–2013
Team4:Virtus Bologna
Years5:2014
Team5:Laboral Kutxa Vitoria
Years6:2014–2015
Team6:La Bruixa d'Or Manresa
Years7:2015–2016
Team7:Dolomiti Energia Trento
Years8:2016–2019
Team8:Auxilium Torino
Years9:2019–2020
Team9:Reggio Emilia
Years10:2020–2022
Team10:Vanoli Cremona
Cyears1:2022–2024
Cteam1:Olimpia Milano (assistant)
Cyears2:2022–present
Cteam2:Italy (assistant)
Cyears3:2024–present
Cteam3:Germani Brescia
Highlights:

Giuseppe "Peppe" Poeta (born September 12, 1985) is an Italian former professional basketball player and current head coach of Germani Brescia of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). During his professional career, he played the point guard position.

Professional career

Poeta joined local club Pallacanestro Salerno in the lower divisions, playing 5 seasons before joining Prima Veroli of the third division.With Veroli he scored 51 points in a 7 November 2005 114–105 victory against Forlì.

He moved to first division Serie A club Teramo Basket in 2006.During the 2008-09 season he led the team, coached by former Salerno coach Andrea Capobianco, to the league play-offs.

He then joined Virtus Bologna where he had two successful seasons, reaching the play-offs twice and being appointed captain.However, after a difficult 2012-13 season where the team finished two places above last place the management decided to change the side, appointing young Matteo Imbrò as the starting point guard. Poeta found himself frozen out of the team, rescinding his contract in November 2013.[1]

It was to prove a blessing in disguise as it allowed him to join Laboral Kutxa Vitoria, a team playing in the competitive Liga ACB and Europe's elite EuroLeague, as Thomas Heurtel's substitute.[2]

His debut for the side on 12 January 2014 saw him score 13 points in the last quarter against Gipuzkoa to earn a victory.[3]

He joined another Liga ACB side for the 2014–15 season, signing with La Bruixa d'Or Manresa.However, an injury that kept him sidelined for most of the season would see him play only six games.[4]

In July 2015, Poeta returned to Italy, signing a one-year deal with Dolomiti Energia Trento.

On 29 June 2016, Poeta signed with Auxilium Torino for the 2016–17 season.[5]

On February 18, 2018, Poeta went to win the 2018 edition of the Italian Basketball Cup with Fiat Torino by beating Germani Basket Brescia 69–67 in the Finals.[6]

On June 24, 2019, he has signed with Reggio Emilia of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA).[7]

However, at the end of the season Reggio Emilia and Poeta parted ways,[8] and on August 5, 2020, he signed a 1+1 contract with Vanoli Cremona.[9]

International career

After being called up for the first time in 2007, Poeta established himself in the Italian national team fold.[10]

He was part of the Italy squad for EuroBasket 2013 though he had a limited impact, with 4 points in less than 6 minutes on average.[11]

Poeta was called up to the preliminary Italy squad for EuroBasket 2015,[12] but he did not make the final cut.

Coaching career

From the summer of 2022 he joined Coach Ettore Messina's staff at Olimpia Milano with whom he won the scudetto in 2023 and 2024. As a coach, he is also assistant to the Italy with which he participated in the 2022 European Championships, at the 2023 World Cup and currently together with CT Pozzecco he is preparing the expedition that will take part in the Pre-Olympic which will be held in Puerto Rico from 2 to 7 July.

On June 17, 2024, he started his head coaching career by signing Germani Brescia of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA).[13]

Personal

His first participation in basketball was as a scorekeeper for home town club Polisportiva Battipagliese where his father Franco was a press officer. He later played for the team at youth level.[14]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Poeta-Virtus, c'è l'addio. Firmata la rescissione . Labanti . Daniele . 29 November 2013 . Corriere di Bologna . . Bologna . 22 July 2015 . Italian . Poeta-Virtus, it's goodye. The termitation is signed.
  2. Web site: El base italiano Giuseppe Poeta desvela su fichaje por Laboral Kutxa . . 1 January 2014 . Marca.com . . 22 July 2015 . Spanish . Italian point guard Giuseppe Poeta reveals his signing for Laboral Kutxa.
  3. Web site: Poeta, héroe desde el primer día . . 12 January 2014 . ACB.com . 22 July 2015 . Spanish . Poeta, hero from the first day.
  4. Web site: Trento puts Poeta at point . https://web.archive.org/web/20150722111337/http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/news/i/67pbp7cvnmtlejoo/trento-puts-poeta-at-point . dead . July 22, 2015 . . 20 July 2015 . EuroCupBasketball.com . 22 July 2015.
  5. News: LA NUOVA SFIDA DEL PLAY GIUSEPPE POETA . 29 June 2016 . auxiliumcustorino.com . 29 June 2016 . Italian .
  6. Web site: Basket, Final Eight: Torino-Brescia 69-67. Storica prima dell'Auxilium . . 18 February 2018 . gazzetta.it . 18 February 2018 . Italian . Basketball, Final Eight: Torino-Brescia 69-67. Historical first time for Auxilium.
  7. News: Pallacanestro Reggiana signs Peppe Poeta. June 24, 2019. Sportando. En. September 20, 2019.
  8. News: Risolto il contratto con Giuseppe Poeta . pallacanestroreggiana.it . 5 August 2020 . Italian .
  9. Web site: Giuseppe Poeta è un giocatore della Vanoli Cremona . vanolibasket.com . 5 August 2020 . Italian . 5 August 2020 . 15 September 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200915092205/https://www.vanolibasket.com/23287-2/ . dead .
  10. Web site: Giuseppe Poeta . . . 22 July 2015 . Italian.
  11. Web site: Giuseppe Poeta (Italy) . . . 22 July 2015.
  12. Web site: NBA quartet to lead Italy at EuroBasket . . 29 June 2015 . . 22 July 2015.
  13. Web site: Giuseppe Poeta è il nuovo allenatore della Germani Brescia - Pallacanestro Brescia. June 17, 2024. pallacanestrobrescia.it. it. June 19, 2024.
  14. Web site: Peppe Poeta, cuando las apariencias engañan . Melloni . Mirco . 7 January 2014 . . 22 July 2015 . Spanish . Peppe Poeta, when looks deceive.