Patrick Oliver Femerling (born 4 March 1975) is a German former professional

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who played as a center.

Professional career

Femerling was born in

Hamburg Hamburg (, ; nds, label=Hamburg German, Low Saxon, Hamborg ), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (german: Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg; nds, label=Low Saxon, Friee un Hansestadt Hamborg),. is the List of cities in Germany by popul ...

. He played for

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in Germany and with them he won three German League championships (1999, 2000, 2008). From 2000 to 2002, he played for Olympiacos and with them he won the

Greek Cup The Greek Football Cup ( el, Κύπελλο Ελλάδος Ποδοσφαίρου), commonly known as the Greek Cup or Kypello Elladas is a Greek football competition, run by the Hellenic Football Federation. The Greek Cup is the second most i ...

(2002). In 2003, Femerling won the EuroLeague championship while playing for

FC Barcelona Futbol Club Barcelona (), commonly referred to as Barcelona and colloquially known as Barça (), is a professional Football team, football club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top flight of Spanish footb ...

. He also won two Spanish League championships (2003, 2004), one Spanish King's Cup (2003), and one Spanish Supercup with FC Barcelona. He also played for Panathinaikos and with them he won two Greek League championships and two Greek Cups (2005, 2006).

German national team

Femerling won the bronze medal at the

2002 FIBA World Championship The 2002 FIBA World Championship was the 14th edition of the competition now known as the FIBA Basketball World Cup, the international world championship for men's basketball teams. The tournament held by the International Basketball Federation i ...

and the silver medal at the 2005 FIBA European Championship while playing with the

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