Aldo Ossola

Aldo Ossola

Personal information
Born	(1945-03-13) 13 March 1945 (age 76) Varese, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Listed height	6 ft 3.75 in (1.92 m)
Listed weight	190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
Playing career	1964–1980
Position	Point guard
Number	10
Career history
1964–1965	Varese
1965–1968	Milano 1958
1968–1980	Varese
Career highlights and awards
2× FIBA Intercontinental Cup champion (1970, 1973) 5× EuroLeague champion (1970, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976) 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors (2008) FIBA Saporta Cup champion (1980) 7× Italian League champion (1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1978) 4× Italian Cup winner (1969, 1970, 1971, 1973) Italian Basketball Hall of Fame (2008)
Medals European Championship for Juniors 1964 Italy Team

Aldo Ossola (born 13 March 1945) is an Italian former basketball player. At a height of 1.92 m (6'3 3⁄4"), he was a point guard with a great ability to set the offensive rhythm and game tempo for his team. He is a member of the Italian Basketball Hall of Fame, inducted in 2008. His older brother, Luigi Ossola, played football professionally, in the Serie A, and another older half-brother Franco Ossola, was one of the highest all-time scorers of the Torino F.C..

On 3 February 2008, Ossola was chosen as one of the 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors, over the previous half-century, by the EuroLeague Basketball Experts Committee.^[1]

Club playing career[]

Ossola won, with the great Italian League club Ignis Varese of the 1970s, 5 FIBA European Champions Cup (EuroLeague) titles (1970, 1972, 1973, 1975, and 1976), and he also played in ten consecutive EuroLeague Finals (1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, and 1979), a record that is almost impossible to be broken.

Italian national team[]

Ossola was a member of the senior Italian national basketball team. With Italy's senior national team, he played at the EuroBasket 1969.^[2]

Awards and accomplishments[]

• 7× Italian League Champion: (1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1978)
• 4× Italian Cup Winner: (1969, 1970, 1971, 1973)
• 5× FIBA European Champions Cup (EuroLeague) Champion: (1970, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976)
• FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup (Saporta Cup) Champion: (1980)
• 2× FIBA Intercontinental Cup Champion: (1970, 1973)

References[]

External links[]

• FIBA Archive Profile
• Euroleague.net 50 Greatest Contributors