1. Ferdinando Gentile played with the senior Italian national team, with whom he won a silver medal at the EuroBasket 1991.
11 Facts About Ferdinando Gentile
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Ferdinando Gentile played in a few games, as the team earned promotion from the Italian second division Serie A2, to the Italian first division LBA, at the end of the season.
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Ferdinando Gentile's defining feat during his Caserta career was his participation in the 1991 Italian League Serie A championship that was won by the Campanians.
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Ferdinando Gentile scored 28 points in the finals game 5 against Olimpia Milano.
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Ferdinando Gentile moved to Stefanel Trieste in 1993, reuniting with head coach Bogdan Tanjevic.
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Ferdinando Gentile played in two other European-wide finals with Milan, the 1995 Korac Cup, and the 1998 EuroCup, but he lost both, whilst in 1997, he suffered a knee injury, as Milan lost in the EuroLeague quarterfinals.
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In 1998, with Milan on the verge of getting dismantled, Ferdinando Gentile signed with Panathinaikos, in Greece.
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Ferdinando Gentile returned to Italy in 2001, briefly playing with Snaidero Udine, before finishing the season with the Italian second division side Pallacanestro Reggiana.
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Ferdinando Gentile played with the Italian Under-18 junior national team at the 1986 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship and with the Italian Under-19 junior national team at the 1987 FIBA Under-19 World Cup.
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Ferdinando Gentile played at the 1993 Mediterranean Games, winning gold.
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Ferdinando Gentile joined Virtus Roma as an assistant coach in 2008.