Alessandro Gentile returns to basketball following horrific fall in summer / News - Basketnews.com

Alessandro Gentile signed a new contract with the Italian second-division club -- APU Udine -- after suffering fractures in his neck in July.

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Following the bad fall in Spain in the summer of 2022,Alessandro Gentile is ready to return to basketball action.

Alessandro Gentile

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The 30-year-old swingman restarts his basketball career, signing with APU Udine, the Italian second-division (Serie A2) club.

Gentile suffered fractures in his neck and had to undergo surgery to fix the damage after falling off a wall while on holiday in the Balearics in July.

Luckily, the surgery and recovery process went well.

Gentile played in Olimpia Milano from 2011 to 2016, winning two championships (2014 and 2016), an Italian Cup (2016), and an Italian Super Cup (2016).

Later on, he wore the shirts of Panathinaikos (2016), Hapoel Jerusalem (2017), Virtus Bologna (2017-2018), Estudiantes Madrid (2018-2019), Aquila Trento (2019-2020), before re-joining Estudiantes Madrid (2020-21), Pallacanestro Varese (2021-22) and finally New Basket Brindisi last season.

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