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Ettore Messina

Italian professional basketball coach

  • Fame54.8
  • Momentum4.6
  • Wikipedia8.3K
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  • Age
    67
    Born 1959
  • Awards
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Updated 2026-06-25

Ettore Messina is an Italian professional basketball executive and former coach who last coached 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.

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  • PBC CSKA Moscow
    2012
  • Los Angeles Lakers
    2011–2012
  • Real Madrid Baloncesto
    2009–2011
  • PBC CSKA Moscow
    2005–2009
  • Pallacanestro Treviso
    2002–2005
  • Virtus Pallacanestro Bologna
    1997–2002
  • Italy men's national basketball team
    1993–1997
  • Virtus Pallacanestro Bologna
    1989–1993
19892012
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  • FIBA Hall of Fame
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54.8
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Momentum4.6
Historical17.4
Now attention17.4
Source confidence60.0
Completeness70.0
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