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My Take
Marco Belinelli is the kind of player I admire because his career rewrote what an Italian export could be in the NBA. Drafted 18th in 2007, he became the first Italian to win an NBA championship, taking the title with the 2014 San Antonio Spurs. That same All-Star weekend he won the Three-Point Contest, which fits the reputation perfectly: a pure shooter who could change a game in a single quarter. At 196 cm he had the size to play wing, but it was the stroke that traveled. I see him as a quiet pioneer who opened doors for European guards who followed.
Overview
Marco Stefano Belinelli (Italian pronunciation: [ˈmarko beliˈnɛlli]; born 25 March 1986) is an Italian former professional basketball player. He was selected 18th overall in the 2007 NBA draft by the Golden State Warriors. In 2014, he won the NBA championship with the San Antonio Spurs, becoming the first Italian player to do so. He won the Three-Point Contest during the 2014 NBA All-Star Weekend.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Marco Belinelli
- Name (Japanese)
- マルコ・ベリネッリ
- Reading
- まるこ・べりねっり
- Born
- March 25, 1986 (age 40)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aries / Tiger
- Origin
- San Giovanni in Persiceto, Province of Bologna, Italy
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 196 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- basketball player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.