Aldo Ossola
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Aldo Ossola is an Italian
former basketball
player who was a playmaker
with a great ability to set the rhythm for his team.
Ossola won with the great Ignis Varese team of the seventies 5 Euroleague
titles (1970, 1972, 1973, 1975 and 1976) and played in ten consecutive finals, a record that is almost impossible to be broken.
On 3 February 2008, Ossola was chosen as one of the 50 most influential personalities
to European Club Basketball over the last half-century by the Euroleague
Basketball Experts Committee.
His older brother Luigi Ossola
played football professionally in the Serie A
.
Italy
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former basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
player who was a playmaker
Playmaker
In association football, a playmaker is a player who controls the flow of the team's offensive play, and is often involved in passing moves which lead to goals....
with a great ability to set the rhythm for his team.
Ossola won with the great Ignis Varese team of the seventies 5 Euroleague
Euroleague
Euroleague Basketball, commonly known as the Euroleague, is the highest level tier and most important professional club basketball competition in Europe, with teams from up to 18 different countries, members of FIBA Europe. For sponsorship reasons, for five seasons starting with 2010–2011, it is...
titles (1970, 1972, 1973, 1975 and 1976) and played in ten consecutive finals, a record that is almost impossible to be broken.
On 3 February 2008, Ossola was chosen as one of the 50 most influential personalities
50 Greatest Euroleague Contributors
The 50 Greatest Contributors in Euroleague History were chosen on February 3, 2008, in Madrid, Spain. The occasion was the fiftieth anniversary since the founding of the FIBA European Champions Cup, officially recognized as the predecessor to today's Euroleague.The list was made up of the...
to European Club Basketball over the last half-century by the Euroleague
Euroleague
Euroleague Basketball, commonly known as the Euroleague, is the highest level tier and most important professional club basketball competition in Europe, with teams from up to 18 different countries, members of FIBA Europe. For sponsorship reasons, for five seasons starting with 2010–2011, it is...
Basketball Experts Committee.
His older brother Luigi Ossola
Luigi Ossola
Luigi Ossola is a retired Italian professional football player.He played for 4 seasons in the Serie A for A.S. Varese 1910 and A.S. Roma....
played football professionally in the Serie A
Serie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...
.