Position Small forward Listed weight 217 lb (98 kg) Weight 100 kg League Lega Basket Serie A Name Jeffrey Viggiano Career start 2006 | Nationality Italian / American Role Basketball player Pro career 2006 Listed height 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Height 1.98 m | |
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Born July 24, 1984 (age 39)
Hartford, Connecticut ( 1984-07-24 ) High school Suffield (West Suffield, Connecticut) Current team Mens Sana 1871 Basket (#4 / Small forward) Education University of Massachusetts Amherst | ||
Jeffrey Donald "Jeff" Viggiano (born July 24, 1984) is an American-born Italian professional basketball player for Umana Reyer Venezia of the Lega Basket Serie A.
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High school and college career
Viggiano played high school basketball at Suffield, in West Suffield, Connecticut. In high school, Viggiano won the 2000 Gatorade Player of the Year in the state of Connecticut, as well as the State Championship alongside teammate Dan Presser. He then played 4 seasons of college basketball at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, with the UMass Minutemen.
Club career
After he played in Sweden and Hungary with Norrköping Dolphins and Soproni Sördögök KC, in 2008 Jeff was signed by Italian LegADue team Nuova Pallacanestro Pavia. That year he averaged 14.1 points and 4.2 rebounds per game and gained the call of powerhouse Armani Jeans Milano. In August 2010, he goes on one-year loan to Angelico Biella. In December 2011 he signed with Benetton Treviso. In July 2012, he signed a one-year deal with Enel Brindisi.
On August 30, 2013, he signed with Montepaschi Siena for the 2013–14 season. On July 1, 2014, he signed with Umana Reyer Venezia for the 2014–15 season. On July 16, 2015, he re-signed with Venezia for one more season. On July 1, 2016, he again re-signed with Venezia.