Nathaniel Andrew Linhart (born November 14, 1986) is an American professional

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player who is currently a free agent. He played college basketball for the

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before playing professionally in Austria, Germany, Italy, Israel, Spain and Belgium.

College career

After playing high school basketball at

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, in Gahanna, Ohio, Linhart played 4 seasons of

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at the

, with the

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Professional career

Linhart went undrafted in the 2009 NBA draft. For the 2009–10 season he signed with

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of Austria. For the 2010–11 season he signed with Erie BayHawks of the NBA D-League. From 2011 to 2013 he played 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. Their home arena is Trier Arena, which has a capacity of 5,495 people. From 19 ...

of the German

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. In July 2013, he signed with

Reyer Venezia Mestre S.S.P. Reyer Venezia Mestre, commonly known as Reyer Venezia or simply Reyer, is an Italian professional basketball club that is based in Venice, Veneto. The club currently plays in the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA), the highest tier of basketball in ...

of the Italian

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. In August 2014, Linhart signed a three-year deal with the Israeli powerhouse

Maccabi Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel Aviv ( he, מכבי תל אביב) is one of the largest sports clubs in Israel, and a part of the Maccabi association. Many sports clubs and teams in Tel Aviv are in association with Maccabi and compete in a variety of sports, such ...

. He also competed in the EuroLeague with Maccabi, averaging 5.8 points per contest. On July 4, 2015, he left Maccabi and signed a one-year deal with

CAI Zaragoza Basket Zaragoza 2002 S.A.D., more commonly referred to as Basket Zaragoza and as Casademont Zaragoza for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in Zaragoza, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB. Their home arena is t ...

of Spain. On July 4, 2016, Linhart signed 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 Basketball Bundesliga (BBL), the highest division of ...

for the 2016–17 season. On July 31, 2018, Linhart was announced by

Spirou Basket Spirou Charleroi, commonly known simply as Spirou, is a Belgian professional basketball club that is located in Charleroi. The club competes in the BNXT League, the highest tier of basketball in Belgium. The club's home arena is the Spiroudome wh ...

of the Belgian

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(PBL). In early February 2019, he moved back to Germany, signing with the

Telekom Baskets Bonn Telekom Baskets Bonn, also known as Baskets Bonn, is a German professional basketball club that is based in Bonn, Germany. The club plays in the Basketball Bundesliga, which is the highest level pro basketball league in Germany. The club's spon ...

. On August 29, 2019, Linhart signed with Hapoel Be'er Sheva of the

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. On October 6, 2019, he parted ways with Be'er Sheva after appearing in one pre-season tournament game. On October 20, 2019, Linhart returned to

for a second stint, signing for the 2019–20 season.

Career statistics

Euroleague

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References

External links

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