Gregory Alexander Renfroe (born May 23, 1986) is an American-born Bosnian professional
basketball player for
Covirán Granada of the
Liga ACB
The Liga ACB, known as Liga Endesa for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional basketball division of the Spanish basketball league system. Administrated by the Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto (ACB), Liga ACB is contested by 18 teams, wi ...
.
College career
Renfroe played
college basketball at
Belmont University. He was named
Atlantic Sun Conference Player of the Year in 2009.
Professional career
After going undrafted in the
2009 NBA draft
The 2009 NBA draft was held on June 25, 2009, at the WaMu Theatre at Madison Square Garden in New York City. In this draft, the National Basketball Association (NBA) teams took turns selecting amateur U.S. college basketball players and other eli ...
, Renfroe signed his first professional contract with
BK VEF Rīga
VEF Rīga is a Latvian professional basketball team that is based in Riga, Latvia. VEF Rīga is a nine-time Latvian Basketball League champion.
History
Early years
The club name VEF came from the radio manufacturing company VEF which created th ...
of Latvia for the 2009–10 season on July 11, 2009.
In August 2010, he signed with the Croatian club
Zagreb for the 2010–11 season. On July 18, 2011 he signed with
New Basket Brindisi of the Italian
Legadue Basket for the 2011–12 season.
On September 24, 2012, he signed with
CB Valladolid
Club Baloncesto Valladolid, S.A.D. was a professional basketball team based in Valladolid, Castile-León, Spain. CB Valladolid was member of the Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto (ACB). Famous players that have played for the team include Arvydas ...
of Spain for the 2012–13 season. He left them in February 2013, and signed with
Brose Baskets of Germany for the rest of the season.
On August 21, 2013, he signed with
Yenisey Krasnoyarsk of Russia.
On May 12, 2014, he signed with
Laboral Kutxa Vitoria of Spain for the rest of the 2013–14 season.
On September 24, 2014, Renfroe signed a four-month contract with the German team
Alba Berlin
Alba Berlin is a German professional basketball club that is based in Berlin, Germany. The club was founded in 1991, and is today the largest German national basketball club by membership figures. Alba Berlin hosts its home games at the Mercedes ...
. On January 30, 2015, he signed a contract extension with Alba Berlin until June, 2015.
On June 28, 2015, Renfroe signed a two-year contract with the German club
Bayern Munich
Fußball-Club Bayern München e. V. (FCB, ), also known as FC Bayern (), Bayern Munich, or simply Bayern, is a German professional sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional men's football team, which pla ...
.
On November 29, 2016, he parted ways with Bayern, and signed a contract with the Spanish club
FC Barcelona for the rest of the season. On June 8, 2017, Barcelona announced the end of their contract with Renfroe.
On July 24, 2017, Renfroe signed with Turkish club
Galatasaray for the 2017–18 season.
On July 18, 2018, Renfroe signed a one-year deal with
Baxi Manresa
Baxi is part of BDR Thermea, one of Europe's largest manufacturers and distributors of domestic and commercial water and space heating systems.
Baxi employs 6,400 people throughout Europe, with a turnover exceeding €1.2 billion. The gr ...
of the
Liga ACB
The Liga ACB, known as Liga Endesa for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional basketball division of the Spanish basketball league system. Administrated by the Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto (ACB), Liga ACB is contested by 18 teams, wi ...
.
On December 26, 2018, Renfroe signed with Serbian club
Partizan Partizan may refer to:
Sport
* JSD Partizan, a sports society from Belgrade, Serbia, which includes the following clubs:
** AK Partizan, athletics
**Biciklistički Klub Partizan, cycling
**Džudo Klub Partizan, judo
** FK Partizan, association fo ...
for the rest of the 2018–19 season.
On June 19, 2019, Renfroe signed a one-year contract with the Russian club
Zenit Saint Petersburg.
On July 3, 2020, Renfroe signed with
San Pablo Burgos
Club Baloncesto San Pablo Burgos, S.A.D., previously known as Club Baloncesto Miraflores and also known as Hereda San Pablo Burgos by sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball team based in Burgos, Spain and plays in the Coliseum Burgos. ...
of the
Liga ACB
The Liga ACB, known as Liga Endesa for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional basketball division of the Spanish basketball league system. Administrated by the Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto (ACB), Liga ACB is contested by 18 teams, wi ...
. With Burgos, he won the
2019–20 Basketball Champions League
The 2019–20 Basketball Champions League is the fourth season of the Basketball Champions League (BCL), a European-wide professional basketball competition for clubs, that was launched by FIBA. The competition began in September 2019, with the qu ...
.
On August 24, 2022, he signed with
Covirán Granada of the Spanish
Liga ACB
The Liga ACB, known as Liga Endesa for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional basketball division of the Spanish basketball league system. Administrated by the Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto (ACB), Liga ACB is contested by 18 teams, wi ...
.
National team
In 2015, Renfroe received a Bosnian-Herzegovinian passport and represented the
Bosnia and Herzegovina national basketball team at
EuroBasket 2015.
Career statistics
EuroLeague
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2014–15
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Alba Berlin
Alba Berlin is a German professional basketball club that is based in Berlin, Germany. The club was founded in 1991, and is today the largest German national basketball club by membership figures. Alba Berlin hosts its home games at the Mercedes ...
, 24 , , 8 , , 26.5 , , .480 , , .457 , , .824 , , 4.5 , , 5.3 , , 1.4 , , .1 , , 9.8 , , 15.0
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2015–16
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Bayern
, 10 , , 10 , , 27.0 , , .531 , , .440 , , .800 , , 4.2 , , 4.2 , , .6 , , .2 , , 10.1 , , 11.5
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2016–17
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Barcelona
, 17 , , 2 , , 17.4 , , .444 , , .387 , , 1.000 , , 2.1 , , 1.6 , , 1.0 , , .0 , , 4.0 , , 4.4
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, 51 , , 20 , , 21.5 , , .480 , , .417 , , .856 , , 3.4, , 3.6 , , 1.1 , , .1 , , 8.0 , , 10.1
References
External links
Alex Renfroeay acb.com
Alex Renfroe at beko-bbl.de
Alex Renfroeat eurobasket.com
Alex Renfroeat euroleague.net
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1986 births
Living people
20th-century African-American people
21st-century African-American sportspeople
African-American basketball players
Alba Berlin players
ABA League players
American expatriate basketball people in Croatia
American expatriate basketball people in Germany
American expatriate basketball people in Italy
American expatriate basketball people in Latvia
American expatriate basketball people in Russia
American expatriate basketball people in Serbia
American expatriate basketball people in Spain
American expatriate basketball people in Turkey
American men's basketball players
Basketball League of Serbia players
Basketball players from Tennessee
Bàsquet Manresa players
BC Enisey players
BC Zenit Saint Petersburg players
Belmont Bruins men's basketball players
BK VEF Rīga players
Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate basketball people in Germany
Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate basketball people in Serbia
Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate basketball people in Spain
Bosnia and Herzegovina men's basketball players
Bosnia and Herzegovina people of African-American descent
Brose Bamberg players
CB Valladolid players
FC Barcelona Bàsquet players
FC Bayern Munich basketball players
Galatasaray S.K. (men's basketball) players
KK Partizan players
KK Zagreb players
Liga ACB players
Naturalized citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina
New Basket Brindisi players
People from Hermitage, Tennessee
Point guards
Saski Baskonia players
Shooting guards
Trevecca Nazarene University alumni