Marco Ceron

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Marco Ceron
No. 17 – Virtus Bologna
PositionShooting guard
LeagueLBA
EuroCup
Personal information
Born (1992-06-16) June 16, 1992 (age 29)
Mirano, Venice, Italy
NationalityItalian
Listed height1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Listed weight100 kg (220 lb)
Career information
Playing career2009–present
Career history
2009–2013Reyer Venezia
2011–2012→Basket Recanati
2012→Basket Napoli
2012–2013→Lago Maggiore
2013–2014Azzurro Basket Napoli
2014–2015Reyer Venezia
2015–2018VL Pesaro
2018–2020Brescia Leonessa
2020Scaligera Verona
2021Pallacanestro Mantovana
2021–presentVirtus Bologna
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Representing Italy Italy
FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship
Silver medal – second place 2010 Spain

Marco Ceron (born June 16, 1992) is an Italian professional basketball player for Virtus Bologna of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) and the EuroCup Basketball. He is a 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) shooting guard.

Professional career[]

Clubs[]

Since 2009 Marco Ceron was owned by Reyer Venezia, where he played in the first two seasons.[1] In 2011 he was sent on loan to Basket Recanati in Serie A2 Basket, and later to Basket Napoli.[2] Due to the exclusion from the 2012-13 A2 season of Napoli, the basketball club and Ceron officially parted ways.[3] So in 2012, he went to Pallacanestro Lago Maggiore, where he won the 2013 Italian LNP Cup and named MVP of the competition.[4]

On June 25, 2013, he came back to Napoli in the Azzurro Napoli Basket club, again in Serie A2.[5]

In 2014 Marco Ceron came back to his original club (Reyer Venezia) where he played in the 2014–15 LBA season, the highest professional basketball league in Italy.[6]

Since 2015 he is a player for VL Pesaro,[7] and in 2016 he signed a two-year contract extension with the club.[8] For the 2017–18 LBA season he became team captain.[9] In July 2018, Ceron left Pesaro after 3 years.[10]

On July 11, 2018, Ceron signed a two-year deal with Basket Brescia Leonessa.[11] He played one game due to a skull injury in November 2018. On August 4, 2020, Ceron parted ways with the team.[12]

On October 4, 2020, after a long period of inactivity, Ceron returned to play and joined Scaligera Verona with a short contract just for the Supercoppa LNP, summer trophy of Serie A2, the second tier Italian national league. He ended the 2021-21 season at Stings Mantova in the Serie A2.

On August 13, 2021, Ceron returned to the highest level of the Italian basketball, signing with Virtus Bologna in the Serie A and EuroCup Basketball.[13] On September 21, the team won its second Supercup, defeating Olimpia Milano 90–84.[14]

Italy national basketball team[]

Marco Ceron played many years with the U-20 Italy national basketball team winning silver at the 2011 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship.[15]

References[]

  1. ^ "Umana Reyer Venezia: confermato il giovane Marco Ceron" [Umana Reyer Venezia: Marco Ceron confirmed]. sportando.com (in Italian). Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  2. ^ "Napoli-Sant'Antimo, ufficiali gli arrivi di Ceron e Zacchetti" [Napoli-Sant'Antimo, official the arrival of Ceron and Zacchetti]. sportando.com (in Italian). Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  3. ^ "UFFICIALE: Nuovo Napoli Basket escluso dal campionato di LegaDue per mancati pagamenti!" [Official: Nuovo Napoli Basket excluded from LegaDue championship for missed payments!]. sportando.com (in Italian). Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  4. ^ "La SBS Castelletto completa l'opera, la Coppa Italia è sua" [SBS Castelletto completes the work, they won the Italian Cup]. dailybasket.it (in Italian). Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  5. ^ "Azzurro Napoli Basket, il primo acquisto è Marco Ceron" [Azzurro Napoli Basket, the first purchase is Marco Ceron]. napolitoday.it (in Italian). Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  6. ^ "Reyer Venezia tabs Marco Ceron". sportando.com. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  7. ^ "Vuelle Pesaro inks Marco Ceron". sportando.com. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  8. ^ "Pesaro signs Marco Ceron to a two-year contract extension". sportando.com. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  9. ^ "Vuelle Pesaro sceglie il capitano: è Marco Ceron" [Vuelle Pesaro has chosen the team captain: he is Marco Ceron]. sportando.com (in Italian). Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  10. ^ "La Vuelle risolve con Marco Ceron" [Vuelle and Marco Ceron part ways]. sportando.basketball (in Italian). 10 July 2018. Retrieved 11 July 2018.[permanent dead link]
  11. ^ "Leonessa Brescia signs Marco Ceron to a two-year contract". sportando.basketball. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
  12. ^ "Germani Brescia, Marco Ceron part ways". Sportando. August 4, 2020. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
  13. ^ "MARCO CERON IS A NEW PLAYER OF VIRTUS SEGAFREDO BOLOGNA". virtus.it. 13 August 2021.
  14. ^ Basket, la Virtus Bologna vince la Supercoppa: Milano ancora ko, la Repubblica
  15. ^ "SPAIN STAY PERFECT TO BECOME CHAMPIONS". sportando.com. Retrieved 18 October 2017.

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