Nkechinyelu Peter Ezugwu is an English business person and former professional basketball player.

Playing career

In 2000, he played in the Italian squad of Aurora Jesi of the Serie A2 where he came off the bench. After two years in Spain where he played for

Melilla Melilla (, ; ) is an autonomous city of Spain on the North African coast. It lies on the eastern side of the Cape Three Forks, bordering Morocco and facing the Mediterranean Sea. It has an area of . It was part of the Province of Málaga un ...

Joventut Badalona Club Joventut Badalona, S.A.D. () is a Spanish professional basketball club based in Badalona, Catalonia, Spain, playing in the Liga ACB and the EuroCup. Known to their fans as ''La Penya'' (in English, ''The Club''), it is one of only two team ...

and

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, in 2002 he returned to the Seria A2 where he joined Robur Osimo, but ended the season with

Scafati Scafati () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the province of Salerno, in the Italy, Italian region of Campania. Geography Scafati is situated on the river Sarno. Under the bridge over the river into the village, the Sarno divides into a primary ...

. Then again he went to Spain where he played for

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in the LEB. In the 2004–05 Lega Basket Serie A season, Ezugwu made his debut in Italy's top division when he was a permanent member of

Air Avellino S.S. Felice Scandone was an Italian professional basketball club based in Avellino, Campania. Founded in 1948, the team has been a regular in the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA), the first tier of basketball in Italy, for 19 years (2000/01 to 2018/19). ...

's starting lineup. From here, after a brief interlude at

Zaragoza Zaragoza (), traditionally known in English as Saragossa ( ), is the capital city of the province of Zaragoza and of the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Aragon, Spain. It lies by the Ebro river and its tributaries, the ...

, he played another three seasons in Italy's Serie A2, two with

Pavia Pavia ( , ; ; ; ; ) is a town and comune of south-western Lombardy, in Northern Italy, south of Milan on the lower Ticino (river), Ticino near its confluence with the Po (river), Po. It has a population of c. 73,086. The city was a major polit ...

and one with

Andrea Costa Imola Andrea Costa Imola is an Italian professional basketball team based in Imola, Emilia-Romagna. The side is playing in the second division Serie A2 as of the 2015-16 season. History Andrea Costa Basket was founded on 4 October 1967, with the name a ...

. In April 2008 he has a brief stunt with experience with Široki of Bosnia and Herzegovina, then he returned to the Serie A2 at

Dinamo Sassari Polisportiva Dinamo, commonly known as Dinamo Sassari and currently known as Dinamo Banco di Sardegna Sassari for sponsorship reasons, is an Italian professional basketball club that is based in Sassari, Sardinia. They are the 2018–19 European ...

, with which he reaches the final of the play-offs with a personal contribution of 9.9 points and 6.9 rebounds. The following year he returned to Andrea Costa Imola, playing again in the Serie A2. In January 2011, after a brief engagement in the 2009–10 Liga Nacional season with 9 de Julio de Río Tercero and

Boca Juniors Club Atlético Boca Juniors () is an Argentine professional sports club based in La Boca, a neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. The club is best known for its men's professional Association football, football team which, since its promotion in 1913 ...

, he returned once again to the Serie A2 where he played for

Unione Cestistica Casalpusterlengo Unione Cestistica Casalpusterlengo, since 2016 known as Assigeco Piacenza, is an Italian professional basketball club based in Codogno, Lombardy. History The team was founded in 1977 by Franco Curioni, who remains its president to this day. In 20 ...

. In the summer of 2012 he played with La Banda Olympic Cyclist.

External links

Peter Ezugwu
at Eurobasket.com
Peter Ezugwu
at Proballers.com * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ezugwu, Peter 1976 births Living people 9 de Julio de Río Tercero basketball players A.S. Junior Pallacanestro Casale players Andrea Costa Imola players Aurora Basket Jesi players Boca Juniors basketball players CB Breogán players CB Inca players CB Zaragoza players Ciclista Olímpico players Eastern Michigan Eagles men's basketball players Joventut Badalona players Melilla Baloncesto players Pallacanestro Pavia players Scafati Basket players S.S. Felice Scandone players English expatriate sportspeople in Argentina English expatriate sportspeople in Italy English expatriate sportspeople in Spain English expatriate sportspeople in the United States English expatriates in Bosnia and Herzegovina English men's basketball players Sportspeople from Shrewsbury English people of Igbo descent Unione Cestistica Casalpusterlengo players