Stefano Tonut

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Stefano Tonut
Stefano Tonut.jpg
Tonut with Reyer Venezia in 2017
No. 7 – Reyer Venezia Mestre
PositionPoint guard / Shooting guard
LeagueLBA
EuroCup
Personal information
Born (1993-11-07) 7 November 1993 (age 28)
Cantù, Italy
NationalityItalian
Listed height1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Listed weight100 kg (220 lb)
Career information
NBA draft2015 / Undrafted
Playing career2010–present
Career history
2010–2011Monfalcone
2012–2015Trieste
2015–presentReyer Venezia
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing Italy Italy
FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship
Gold medal – first place 2013 Tallinn

Stefano Tonut (born 7 November 1993) is an Italian professional basketball player for Reyer Venezia of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) and the EuroCup Basketball. Standing at 1.94 m (6 ft. 4 in.), he plays at the shooting guard and point guard positions.

Professional career[]

Tonut came through the youth ranks of Monfalcone and Pallacanestro Trieste, before transferring again to Monfalcone, where he made his debut for the club’s men’s team in the amateur Italian third division during the 2010–11 campaign.

Tonut later returned to Pallacanestro Trieste where he played for the first time in the Serie A2 during the 2012-13 season. During the next two seasons, he was ranked as the fourth-best scorer in the league and the best Italian player of Serie A2 with averaging 19.2 points per game.

Tonut then joined Reyer Venezia of the professional Italian top-flight level league LBA in July 2015. In his first season with the team, he saw the court in 34 games in the LBA, scoring 2.8 points per outing. In the 2015–16 season, he marked his debut on the European club stage, participating in the European second tier EuroCup competition with Venezia.

In 2017 and 2019, Tonut won the LBA championship with Reyer.

In the 2020–21 season, Tonut won the LBA Most Valuable Player Award after averaging 15.6 points, 3.9 rebounds and 2.9 assists.[1]

International career[]

Tonut made his debut with the under-20 Italian national basketball team during FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship on 9 July 2013, scoring 10 points with 2 steals in the winning game against Lithuania Under-20 Team.[2]

In 2015 he officially entered into the Italian senior national basketball team.

References[]

  1. ^ "LBA Awards: Stefano Tonut named MVP and Best Italian Player, Kyle Hines is the Best Defender". Sportando. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Stefano Tonut". fibaeurope.it. Retrieved 29 May 2016.

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