Carlo Recalcati

Carlo Recalcati

Recalcati, in 2010.
Personal information
Born	(1945-09-11) September 11, 1945 (age 79) Milan, Italy
Listed height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight	175 lb (79 kg)
Career information
Playing career	1962–1981
Position	Shooting guard / small forward
Coaching career	1980–2018
Career history
As player:
1962–1979	Cantù
1979–1981	Pallacanestro Parma
As coach:
1980–1981	Pallacanestro Parma
1981–1984	Alpe Bergamo
1984–1990	Cantù
1990–1995	Viola Reggio Calabria
1995	Teorematour Milano
1996–1997	Celana Bergamo
1997–1999	Varese
1999–2001	Fortitudo Bologna
2001–2009	Italy
2003–2006	Montepaschi Siena
2010–2012	Varese
2012–2014	Sutor Montegranaro
2014–2016	Reyer Venezia
2017	Cantù
2018	Auxilium Torino
Career highlights and awards
As player: FIBA World Club Cup champion (1975) 3× FIBA Saporta Cup champion (1977–1979) 3× FIBA Korać Cup champion (1973–1975) 2× Italian League champion (1968, 1975) As head coach: 2× FIBA EuroStar (1999, 2007) 3× Italian League champion (1999, 2000, 2004) 2× Italian Supercup winner (2000, 2005) 2× Italian League Best Coach (1999, 2004) 2× Italian 2nd Division champion (1983, 1992) Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (2004) Italian Basketball Hall of Fame (2007)
Career statistics
Medals Representing  Italy Men's Basketball Summer Olympic Games 2004 Athens FIBA EuroBasket 1971 West Germany 1975 Yugoslavia 2003 Sweden Mediterranean Games 2005 Spain European Championship for Juniors 1964 Italy Under-18 Team

Carlo Recalcati (born September 11, 1945, in Milan, Italy) is an Italian professional basketball coach, and a former player.

He was the head coach of the senior Italian national basketball team, from 2001 to 2009, and led them to the silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympic Games, and the bronze medal at the EuroBasket 2003.

As a player on the club level, Recalcati played for Pallacanestro Cantù (1962–1979, winning the Italian League championship in 1968 and 1975), and Pallacanestro Parma (1979–1981). He also played for the senior Italian national team, from 1967 to 1975 (winning the bronze at EuroBasket 1971 and EuroBasket 1975).

As a basketball coach, Recalcati coached Pallacanestro Parma (1980–81), Alpe Bergamo (1982–84), Pallacanestro Cantù (1984–90, reached the final in the FIBA Korać Cup in the 1988–89 season), Viola Reggio Calabria (1990–95), Teorematour Milano (1995), Pallacanestro Varese (1997–1999, won the Italian League championship in the 1998–99 season), Fortitudo Bologna (1999–01, won the Italian League championship in the 1999–00 season), and Montepaschi Siena (2003–06, won the Italian League championship in the 2003–04 season, and the Italian Supercup, in the 2004–05 season.

On January 16, 2018, Recalcati became the new head coach of Fiat Torino.^[1]

Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, 4th Class: 2004

• Recalcati page on the official Serie A website Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine (in Italian)
• Carlo Recalcati at Olympics.com