Davide Pascolo

Davide Pascolo (born December 14, 1990) is an Italian professional basketball player for Aquila Basket Trento of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) and the EuroCup. At a height of 2.03 m (6'8") tall,[1] his primary position is power forward, but he can also be used as a small ball center, if needed.

Davide Pascolo
Pascolo with Olimpia Milano in 2017
No. 7 – Aquila Basket Trento
PositionPower forward
LeagueLBA
EuroCup
Personal information
Born (1990-12-14) December 14, 1990
Udine, Italy
NationalityItalian
Listed height2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)
Listed weight88 kg (194 lb)
Career information
NBA draft2012 / Undrafted
Playing career2008–present
Career history
2008–2011Snaidero Cucine Udine
2011–2016Aquila Basket Trento
2016–2018Olimpia Milano
2018–presentAquila Basket Trento
Career highlights and awards

Professional career

Pascolo began his professional career with his home town team of Snaidero Cucine Udine, in the Italian First Division, in the 2008–09 season. Pascolo initially struggled to become a regular rotation player in the team. That continued even after the club was relegated to the Italian Second Division, where Pascolo played with the team for the 2009–10 and 2010–11 seasons.

Pascolo then left Udine, and he then joined Aquila Basket Trento, which was playing in the Italian 3rd Division, for the 2011–12 season.[2] That proved to be a wise move for Pasdcolo, as the club moved up in the ranks of the Italian basketball league system. They achieved that by first gaining a promotion to the Italian 2nd Division, where they also won the Italian 2nd-tier national cup, in 2012–13; and by then gaining a promotion to the top-tier level Italian league, the LBA, after the 2013–14 season, in which Pascolo was named the league MVP of the Italian 2nd-tier level.[3] He was named to the European 2nd-tier level EuroCup's All-EuroCup First Team, for the 2015–16 season.

On June 17, 2016, Pascolo signed a multi-year deal with the Italian European top-tier level EuroLeague club Olimpia Milano.[4]

On July 1, 2018, Pascolo left Olimpia Milano after 2 seasons, where he won one Supercup, one Italian Cup and one Scudetto.[5]

On July 24, 2018, Pascolo officially announced the return to Aquila Basket Trento with a three-year deal.[6] On June 17, 2020, he extended his contract until 2023.[7]

International career

Pascolo was called up to the senior men's Italian national basketball team in 2014, and he played a marginal part in the team's EuroBasket 2015 qualification tournament, in which they qualified for the actual main tournament, the EuroBasket 2015.[8]

References
  1. PASCOLO, DAVIDE HEIGHT: 2.03.
  2. "Davide Pascolo in Bitumcalor's jersey!", 'Aquila Basket Trento. 6 August 2011. Retrieved on 26 February 2015.
  3. "Dada Pascolo and coach Buscaglia "The best of the year" for the LNP!", 'Aquila Basket Trento. 13 May 2014. Retrieved on 26 February 2015.
  4. "Olimpia Milano lands Davide Pascolo". Sportando.com. 17 June 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
  5. "Davide Pascolo è free agent" [Davide Pascolo is free agent]. Sportando.basketball (in Italian). 1 July 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  6. "Aquila Basket Trento signs Davide Pascolo to a three-year deal". Sportando.basketball. 24 July 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  7. "Trento signs Davide Pascolo to contract extension". Sportando. June 17, 2020. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
  8. "Davide Pascolo", Federazione Italiana Pallacanestro. Retrieved on 26 February 2015.
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