Giordan Watson (born 24 October 1985) is an American-Romanian professional

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player for

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of the Romanian Liga Națională. Standing at 178 cm (5 ft 10 in), Watson primarily plays as

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. A naturalized Romanian, he also plays for the

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Professional career

Watson spent the 2011–2012 season with Úrvalsdeild karla club

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, helping them win the Icelandic Supercup, the Icelandic Company Cup, and the Icelandic championship. On 27 June 2017, Watson signed with

U BT Cluj-Napoca CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca is a Romanian professional basketball club based in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. The club, for sponsorship reason under the name U-Banca Transilvania Cluj-Napoca, competes in the Liga Națională (men's basketball), Liga Na� ...

of the Romanian Liga Națională. He signed with

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in 2018. Watson averaged 11.3 points and 3.7 assists per game in 2019-20. He re-signed with the team on June 29, 2020. On July 16, 2021, he has signed with

of the Romanian Liga Națională.

International career

In June 2017, Watson was selected for the first selection of players for the

, to play at

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References

External links

RealGM.com profileÚrvalsdeild profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Watson, Giordan 1985 births Living people American emigrants to Romania American expatriate basketball people in Finland American expatriate basketball people in France American expatriate basketball people in Germany American expatriate basketball people in Iceland American expatriate basketball people in Romania American expatriate basketball people in Turkey American men's basketball players Basketball players from Detroit Central Michigan Chippewas men's basketball players CS Energia Rovinari players CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca (men's basketball) players CSM Oradea (basketball) players Eisbären Bremerhaven players Giants Nördlingen players Grindavík men's basketball players Kauhajoen Karhu players Le Mans Sarthe Basket players Njarðvík men's basketball players Point guards Romanian men's basketball players Romanian people of African-American descent Úrvalsdeild karla (basketball) players Uşak Sportif players