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{{short description|Italian basketball player (born 1983)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name           = Angelo Gigli
| image          = Angelo Gigli.JPG
| image_size     = 200px
| caption        = 
| position       = [[Power forward (basketball)|Power forward]] / [[Center (basketball)|center]]
| height_ft      = 6
| height_in      = 10.25
| weight_lb      = 230
| league         = [[Serie A2 Basket]]
| team           = Basket Ferentino
| team_link      = 
| number         = 
| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|df=y|1983|6|4}}
| birth_place    = [[Pietermaritzburg, South Africa]]
| nationality    = Italian
| draft_year     = 2005
| career_start   = 2001
| career_end     = 2019
| years1         = 2001–2002
| team1          = Fortitudo Roma 
| years2         = 2003–2006
| team2          = [[Pallacanestro Reggiana|Reggiana]]
| years3         = 2006–2008
| team3          = [[Pallacanestro Treviso|Benetton Treviso]]
| years4         = 2008–2011
| team4          = [[Pallacanestro Virtus Roma|Virtus Roma]]
| years5         = 2011–2013
| team5          = [[Virtus Pallacanestro Bologna|Virtus Bologna]]
| years6         = 2013–2015
| team6          = [[Olimpia Milano]]
| years7         = 2014
| team7          = → Reggiana
| years8         = 2015–2017
| team8          = [[Basket Ferentino|Ferentino]]
| years9         = 2017–2019
| team9          = NPC Rieti
| years10         = 2019
| team10          = Libertas Ghepard
| highlights     = 
* [[EuroChallenge]] champion ([[2013–14 EuroChallenge|2014]])
* [[Italian Basketball Cup|Italian Cup]] champion (2007)
* [[Italian Basketball Supercup|Italian Supercup]] champion (2006)
}}
'''Angelo Gigli''' (born 4 June 1983) is an Italian former professional [[basketball]] player. He has also represented the [[Italy national basketball team|Italian national team]] internationally. Standing at {{height|m=2.09}}, he was a left-handed [[power forward (basketball)|power forward]] and [[center (basketball)|center]].

==Early life==
Gigli was born in [[South Africa]], where his father worked. He moved to Italy when he was two years old.

==Professional career==
He began his career with Fortitudo Roma. He then played for [[Reggio Emilia]], [[Pallacanestro Treviso]], and [[Lottomatica Roma]]. In July 2011 he signed with [[Virtus Bologna]].<ref>[http://www.sportando.com/en/italy/serie-a/87564/virtus-bologna-signs-angelo-gigli.html Virtus Bologna signs Angelo Gigli]</ref>

On 5 August 2013 Gigli signed a two-year contract with [[Olimpia Milano|Emporio Armani Milano]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Olimpia Milano officially sign Angelo Gigli|url=http://www.sportando.net/eng/italy/serie-a/60917/olimpia-milano-officially-sign-angelo-gigli.html|work=Sportando|accessdate=5 August 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=EA7 EMPORIO ARMANI lands Angelo Gigli|url=http://www.euroleague.net/euroleaguenews/transactions/2013-14-signings/i/115246/8177/ea7-emporio-armani-lands-angelo-gigli|work=Euroleague.net|accessdate=5 August 2013}}</ref> In February 2014, he was loaned to [[Pallacanestro Reggiana]] for the remainder of the season.<ref>{{cite news|title=Reggio Emilia announced Angelo Gigli|url=http://www.sportando.com/en/italy/serie-a/111484/reggio-emilia-announced-angelo-gigli.html|accessdate=11 August 2014|work=Sportando.com|date=12 February 2014}}</ref> In August 2014, he returned to Emporio Armani.<ref>{{cite news|title=Angelo Gigli is back in Milano|url=http://www.olimpiamilano.com/en/angelo-gigli-is-back-in-milano/|accessdate=11 August 2014|work=olimpiamilano.com}}</ref>

Gigli sign with the [[Serie A2 Basket|Serie A2]] club [[Basket Ferentino]] on 29 July 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sportando.com/m/en/italy/serie-a2-ovest/170939/angelo-gigli-inks-with-ferentino.html |title=Angelo Gigli inks with Ferentino |publisher=Sportando |date=2015-07-29 |accessdate=2015-07-29}}</ref>

==Italian national team==
Gigli was a member of the senior men's [[Italian national basketball team]] from 2005 to 2012 playing in [[FIBA EuroBasket 2005|EuroBasket 2005]], [[2006 FIBA World Championship]] and  [[FIBA EuroBasket 2007|EuroBasket 2007]].<ref>[http://www.fip.it/giocatori.asp?IDGiocatore=50&Tipo=M "Angelo Gigli"], ''[[Federazione Italiana Pallacanestro]]''. Retrieved on 24 February 2015.</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.euroleague.net/competition/players/showplayer?pcode=KWC Angelo Gigli] at euroleague.net
* [http://web.legabasket.it/player/?id=GIG-ANG-83 Angelo Gigli] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812210448/http://web.legabasket.it/player/?id=GIG-ANG-83 |date=12 August 2014 }} at legabasket.it {{in lang|it}}

{{Pallacanestro Reggiana 2013–14 EuroChallenge champions}}
{{Lega Basket Serie A blocks leader}}

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[[Category:2006 FIBA World Championship players]]
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[[Category:Centers (basketball)]]
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[[Category:Italian diaspora in South Africa]]
[[Category:Lega Basket Serie A players]]
[[Category:Olimpia Milano players]]
[[Category:Pallacanestro Reggiana players]]
[[Category:Pallacanestro Treviso players]]
[[Category:Virtus Roma players]]
[[Category:Power forwards]]
[[Category:South African men's basketball players]]
[[Category:South African people of Italian descent]]
[[Category:Virtus Bologna players]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Pietermaritzburg]]
[[Category:21st-century Italian sportsmen]]
[[Category:21st-century South African sportsmen]]