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Ettore Messina

1959 - Today

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Ettore Messina (born 30 September 1959) is an Italian professional basketball coach who is the head coach of Olimpia Milano of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). He has won four EuroLeague championships as a head coach. Messina is regarded as one of the best European basketball coaches of all time, having been named one of the 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors in 2008. He was named the Italian League's Best Coach three times, in the years 1998, 2001, and 2005. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Ettore Messina is the 87th most popular basketball player (down from 77th in 2024), the 3,164th most popular biography from Italy (down from 3,133rd in 2019) and the most popular Italian Basketball Player.

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Ettore Messina ranks 87 out of 1,757. Before him are Zoran Slavnić, Charles Barkley, Patrick Ewing, Maurice Cheeks, Allen Iverson, and Nate Thurmond. After him are Dirk Nowitzki, A. C. Green, JJ Redick, Bobby Jones, Charlie Scott, and Yao Ming.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Ettore Messina ranks 201. Before him are Carlos Vila Nova, Lee Haney, Toshihiko Okimune, Dominique Dunne, Wavel Ramkalawan, and Pete Burns. After him are Naoji Ito, Antonio Pappano, Cindy Blackman Santana, Blixa Bargeld, Marcus Miller, and Daniel Sturla.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Ettore Messina ranks 3,165 out of 5,161. Before him are Giancarlo De Sisti (1943), Vittorio Adorni (1937), Sempronia (-200), Nicola Piovani (1946), Giancarlo Ferrari (1942), and Ottavio Bianchi (1943). After him are Lucius Marcius Philippus (-141), Lino Banfi (1936), Bruno Ruffo (1920), Nilde Iotti (1920), Carlo Ubbiali (1929), and Prince Thomas, Duke of Genoa (1854).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In Italy

Among basketball players born in Italy, Ettore Messina ranks 1. After him are Dino Meneghin (1950), Cesare Rubini (1923), Sergio Scariolo (1961), Pierluigi Marzorati (1952), Reggie Jackson (1990), Danilo Gallinari (1988), Marco Belinelli (1986), Antonello Riva (1962), Andrea Bargnani (1985), Nicolò Melli (1991), and Gianluca Basile (1975).

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