Sigfredo Casero-Ortiz | |
Number: | 3 |
Height M: | 1.84 |
Weight Kg: | 78 |
Team: | Yoast United |
Birth Date: | 6 November 1997 |
Birth Place: | Havana, Cuba |
Nationality: | Belgian / Cuban |
Career Start: | 2018 |
Years1: | 2018 |
Years2: | 2018–2020 |
Years3: | 2020 |
Highlights: | |
Years4: | 2022–present |
Team4: | Yoast United |
Sigfredo "Tito" Casero-Ortiz (born 21 March 1997) is a Cuban-born naturalized Belgian professional basketball player for Yoast United. Standing at 1.84m (06.04feet), he usually plays as point guard.
A native of Havana, Cuba, Casero-Ortiz moved to Belgium in 2010.[1] Casero-Ortiz played for the under-21 team of Belgian club Spirou Charleroi, where he was considered one of its top players.[2] [1] During the end of the 2017–18 season, he signed with GET Vosges of the Nationale Masculine 1. In April 2018, he declared for the 2018 NBA draft.[3]
On 6 June 2018, Casero-Ortiz signed for Okapi Aalstar of the Belgian Pro Basketball League.[4] In the 2018–19 season, he won the PBL Rising Star Award.[5]
In 2020, he played for Spanish side CB Morón in the LEB Silver.
In the 2022–23 season, Casero-Ortiz played for Dutch club Yoast United.
Casero-Ortiz played for the U-16 and U-20 Belgian national basketball team. He participated at the 2017 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division.[6] He also has experience at the FIBA Europe Under-18 3x3 Championships.[7]