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Veroli Basket was an Italian professional
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team based in
Veroli Veroli () is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Frosinone, Lazio, central Italy, in the Latin Valley. History Veroli (''Verulae'') became a Ancient Rome, Roman municipium in 90 BC. It became the seat of a bishopric in 743 AD, and was occupi ...
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Lazio Lazio ( , ; ) or Latium ( , ; from Latium, the original Latin name, ) is one of the 20 Regions of Italy, administrative regions of Italy. Situated in the Central Italy, central peninsular section of the country, it has 5,714,882 inhabitants an ...
. It ceased operations in February 2015 after financial problems.


History

After taking part in Centro Sportivo Italiano (a Christian sports association) competitions, the club was officially created as società Basket Veroli in 1968. The club was promoted to the national Serie C in 1974–75. In 2002-03 it moved up to the Serie B1, the third division, at the end of the 2006–07 season the side was promoted to the
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. The club would win the 2009 LegaDue Cup, and the next two editions as well. After suffering from financial problems and being unable to pay its players, Veroli withdrew from the Serie A2 Gold (the renamed second division) in February 2015, later ceasing activities.


Notable players

* Gerald Lee 1 season: '11-'12 *
Jarrius Jackson Jarrius Jackson (born June 18, 1985) is an American-born naturalised-Italian professional basketball player who last played for Umana Reyer Venezia of the I High school career The Monroe, Louisiana native played for local Ouachita Parish High S ...
2 seasons: '10-'12 *
Kyle Hines Kyle Terrel Hines (born September 2, 1986) is an American former professional basketball player. He played at the power forward and center (basketball), center positions. Hines played college basketball with the UNC Greensboro Spartans men's bask ...
2 seasons: '08-'10 *
Afik Nissim Afik Haim Nissim (; born 31 January 1981) is an Israeli former professional basketball player. Standing at , he played at the point guard and shooting guard positions.Currently, he serves as the founder and CEO of theWin Assist non-profit organi ...
2 seasons: '08-'10


Notable coaches

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Andrea Trinchieri Andrea Trinchieri (born August 6, 1968) is an Italian professional basketball coach. Coaching career Clubs Trinchieri was the assistant head coach with the Italian League club Olimpia Milano from 1998 to 2004. He then became the head coach of ...
1 season: '08-'09 *
Fernando Gentile Ferdinando Gentile, commonly known as Nando Gentile (born 1 January 1967), is an Italian former professional basketball player and coach. Playing as a point guard, Gentile had a successful pro club playing career, amassing a slew of team trophies ...
1 season: '11-'12


References


External links


Eurobasket.com profile
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