Ottone Olivieri Explained

Ottone Olivieri
Birth Date:1917
Birth Place:Fiume, City of Fiume and its District, Austria-Hungary
Nationality:Yugoslav
Career Number:5, 14
Years1:1940–1942
Team1:CRDA Monfalcone
Years2:1946
Team2:Kvarner

Ottone Olivieri, also credited as Otone Olivijeri, was an Italian-Yugoslav basketball player. He represented the Yugoslavia national basketball team internationally.

Playing career

Olivieri played for the CRDA Monfalcone of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A in the beginning of 1940s.[1] After the end of Second World War, he was one of the founders of the club Kvarner in Rijeka. Later he moved to Split where he took a part in development of KK Split.[2]

National team career

Olivieri was a member of the Yugoslavia national team which participated at the 1947 FIBA European Championship. Over five tournament games, he averaged 5.2 points per game.[3]

Personal life

His older brother Albano was a basketball player.

Notes and References

  1. http://pearlbasket.altervista.org/IT42.htm Italian League, Season 1941-42
  2. https://carsica.wordpress.com/2013/08/26/linternazionale-del-canestro/ L’internazionale del canestro
  3. Web site: Olivieri Player Profile at the 1947 FIBA European Championship. FIBA.com. 22 August 2017.