Stefano Tonut (born 7 November 1993) is an Italian professional basketball player for Olimpia Milano of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) and the EuroLeague. Standing at 1.94 m (6 ft. 4 in.), he plays at the shooting guard and point guard positions.
Professional career
Tonut came through the youth ranks of Monfalcone and Pallacanestro Trieste, before transferring again to Monfalcone, where he made his debut for the club’s men’s team in the amateur Italian third division during the 2010–11 campaign.
Tonut later returned to Pallacanestro Trieste where he played for the first time in the Serie A2 during the 2012-13 season. During the next two seasons, he was ranked as the fourth-best scorer in the league and the best Italian player of Serie A2 with averaging 19.2 points per game.
Tonut then joined Reyer Venezia of the professional Italian top-flight level league LBA in July 2015. In his first season with the team, he saw the court in 34 games in the LBA, scoring 2.8 points per outing. In the 2015–16 season, he marked his debut on the European club stage, participating in the European second tier EuroCup competition with Venezia.
In 2017 and 2019, Tonut won the LBA championship with Reyer.
In the 2020–21 season, Tonut won the LBA Most Valuable Player Award after averaging 15.6 points, 3.9 rebounds and 2.9 assists.[1]
On 25 June 2022, Tonut signed with Olimpia Milano of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) and the EuroLeague.[2] On 28 June 2024, he renewed his contract with the Italian powerhouse.
International career
Tonut made his debut with the under-20 Italian national basketball team during FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship on 9 July 2013, scoring 10 points with 2 steals in the winning game against Lithuania Under-20 Team.[3]
In 2015 he officially entered into the Italian senior national basketball team.
Career statistics
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | PIR | Performance Index Rating |
| Bold | Career high |
EuroLeague
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | PIR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022–23 | Milano | 24 | 3 | 15.2 | .532 | .387 | .688 | 2.0 | 1.0 | .5 | — | 4.5 | 5.6 |
| 2023–24 | 29 | 7 | 17.1 | .512 | .492 | .647 | 1.8 | 1.2 | .6 | .0 | 5.8 | 5.8 | |
| Career | 53 | 10 | 16.2 | .520 | .457 | .667 | 1.9 | 1.1 | .6 | .0 | 5.2 | 5.7 | |
References
- ^ "LBA Awards: Stefano Tonut named MVP and Best Italian Player, Kyle Hines is the Best Defender". Sportando. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
- ^ Carchia, Emiliano (June 25, 2022). "Olimpia Milano signs Stefano Tonut". Sportando. Retrieved June 25, 2022.
- ^ "Stefano Tonut". fibaeurope.it. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
External links
- Stefano Tonut at fiba.com
- Stefano Tonut at eurocupbasketball.com
- Stefano Tonut at fibaeurope.com
- Stefano Tonut at eurobasket.com
- Stefano Tonut at legabasket.it (in Italian)
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