Davide Moretti (born 25 March 1998) is an Italian professional

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player for

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of the Italian

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(LBA). He played

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for the

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Early life and career

In addition to basketball, Moretti grew up in

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, Italy playing

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, and

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. In the 2013–14 season, he played for prominent Italian amateur club Stella Azzurra. In 2013, Moretti joined Stella Azzurra at the Città di Roma regional tournament for the

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. On 9 July 2014 he signed with

(LBA) club

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, where his father

Paolo Moretti Paolo Moretti (born 30 June 1970 in Arezzo) is a former professional basketball player, and current basketball coach from Italy, who won the silver medal with his national team at the Eurobasket 1997 in Spain. Standing at a height of , he played ...

was head coach. Through 12 games, Moretti averaged 1.3 points in 6.9 minutes per game. For the next two seasons, he joined

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of the

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. In the 2016–17 season, Moretti was named the best under-22 player in the Serie A2 after averaging 12.6 points, 2.3 assists, and 0.9 steals per game.

College career

Moretti took his father's advice to improve as a basketball player through college basketball. On 12 June 2017 he signed an Athletic Scholarship Agreement to play for

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in the

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. Moretti was drawn to the program in part because head coach

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had experience coaching the Swiss national team and was familiar with European styles of play. He chose Texas Tech over

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, and

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. Moretti mainly came off the bench in his freshman season, averaging 3.5 points, 1.1 assists and 0.8 rebounds per game. He was named to the 2018 All-

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Academic Rookie Team. Moretti became a regular starter as a sophomore. On 26 January 2019 he scored a career-high 21 points in a 67–64 win over

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. By the end of the regular season, he was shooting 92.2 percent on

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s, which ranked second in the NCAA Division I. Moretti won the Elite 90 Award for academic excellence and earned third-team All-Big 12 recognition. He averaged 11.5 points, 2.4 assists, and 1.1 steals per game. Coming into his junior season, Moretti was named to the Bob Cousy Award Watch List. He was named Honorable Mention All-Big 12. As a junior, Moretti averaged 13 points, 2.3 assists, 1.7 rebounds and 1.2 steals per game and started all 31 games. On May 23, 2020, he decided to forego his senior season at Texas Tech to pursue a professional career in Europe, signing with

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Miško Raznatović of BeoBasket.

Professional career

On 26 May 2020 Moretti signed a multi-year contract with

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of the

and the

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. In the season 2021–22, he plays on a loan contract for V.L. Pesaro. On 4 July 2023 he signed with

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of the

(LBA). On 29 June 2024 he signed with

of the Italian

(LBA).

National team career

Moretti has often represented Italy in

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junior tournaments. He averaged 10.4 points per game at the

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, leading the Italian national under-17 team to ninth place. Moretti guided the Italian under-19 team to a bronze medal at the

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, after averaging 14.8 points and five assists per game.

Career statistics

College

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Personal life

Moretti is the son of

, who had a 15-year professional career in Europe and won a silver medal with the Italian national team at

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. After retiring from playing during Davide's childhood, Paolo began coaching professionally and won the LBA Coach of the Year award with Pistoia in 2014. Moretti has a younger brother Niccolò, who plays basketball in Italy at the junior level.

Footnotes

References

External links

Texas Tech Red Raiders bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Moretti, Davide 1998 births Living people Basketball players from Bologna Italian expatriate basketball people in the United States Italian men's basketball players Lega Basket Serie A players Olimpia Milano players Pistoia Basket 2000 players Point guards Reyer Venezia players Texas Tech Red Raiders basketball players Universo Treviso Basket players Victoria Libertas Pallacanestro players 21st-century Italian sportsmen