Bastian Doreth (born 8 June 1989) is a German

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appro ...

player for Nürnberg Falcons of the German

ProA The ProA is the German basketball league system, second-tier Sports league, league of professional club basketball in Germany. The league comprises 16 teams. Officially the ProA is part of the ''2. Basketball Bundesliga'', which consists of the t ...

. He is a former member of the

German national basketball team The Germany men's national basketball team ( or ''Die Mannschaft'') represents Germany in international basketball competition. The team is directed by the German Basketball Federation (''Deutscher Basketball Bund''), the governing body for b ...

Career

Born in the city of

Nürnberg Nuremberg (, ; ; in the local East Franconian dialect: ''Nämberch'' ) is the largest city in Franconia, the second-largest city in the German state of Bavaria, and its 544,414 (2023) inhabitants make it the 14th-largest city in Germany. ...

, Doreth played his first professional seasons with

Falke Nürnberg Falke Nürnberg was a professional basketball club that was based in Nuremberg, Germany. The club was also known as Dimplex Falke Nürnberg for sponsorship reasons, and was previously known as Baskets Nürnberg, or Sellbytel Baskets Nürnberg, for ...

and

Nürnberger BC Nürnberger may refer to: Places near Nuremberg, Germany * Nürnberger Land, a district in Bavaria, Germany * Nürnberger Burg or Nuremberg Castle * Nürnberger Reichswald, the location of Nuremberg Zoo Other uses * Albert Nürnberger (1854–193 ...

. In 2010, Doreth signed with

Bayern Munich Fußball-Club Bayern München e. V. (FCB, ), commonly known as Bayern Munich (), FC Bayern () or simply Bayern, is a German professional sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. They are most known for their men's professional football team, ...

but played one season on loan with

TBB Trier Gladiators Treves, for sponsorship reasons known as Römerstrom Gladiators Trier, is a professional basketball club based in Trier, Germany. The club plays in the ProA. Its home arena is Trier Arena, which has a capacity of 5,495 people. From 1990 ...

. Since 2015, Doreth plays with

Medi Bayreuth Medi Bayreuth, official stylized as medi bayreuth, is a German professional basketball club that is based in Bayreuth, Germany. It was re-founded as BBC Bayreuth in 1999. The team plays in the ProA, the second-highest division of basketball in Ge ...

. On 9 July 2020, he extended his contract until 2022. After the relegation of

in the 2022/23 season, Doreth announced the signing of a contract with the

Nürnberg Falcons BC Nürnberg Falcons BC, formerly called Nürnberger BC (abbreviated as NBC) is a basketball club based in Nuremberg, Germany. The club currently plays in the ProA, the German professional second division. In 2010–11 Nürnberg was promoted from t ...

. Doreth was born in the city of

and is co-founder of the Falcon e. V., which engages in promoting and developing young players.

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Eurobasket profile
1989 births Living people Artland Dragons players FC Bayern Munich basketball players German men's basketball players Medi Bayreuth players Nürnberg Falcons BC players Point guards Sportspeople from Nuremberg 21st-century German sportsmen {{Germany-basketball-bio-stub