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Andrea Forti

Professional Athletes Manager

Professional italian players' manager. Official registered Italian Basketball Federation players' agent since 2002. F.I.B.A. agent since 2007. Born in Venezia May 14th, 1962. He is married and has two sons.

He played for 22 years, 19 of which in the top italian professional league (Serie A). In his early career he won a cadet's title (MVP of the tournament and, with the Junior Italian National Team, he classified second in Europe and champion in Italy. He has played in more than 600 games as a professional, scoring a total amount of 7.544 points in his career. He played with Mestre Basketball Club, Benetton Basket Treviso, Pistoia, Montecatini, Fabriano and Livorno, in which he played the Finals. He founded the Players Group together with Giorgio Montano and Vittorio Gallinari.

Andrea Forti

Vittorio Gallinari

Professional Athletes Manager

Professional men and women players' manager. Officially licensed Italian Basketball Federation players' agent since 1996.F.I.B.A. agent since 2007. Born in Sant'Angelo Lodigiano on October 22nd, 1958. He graduated in Economics from the prestigious "Bocconi" University in Milan. He is married and has two sons, Federico and Danilo who is actually playing with the Atlanta Hawks in NBA.

Has played 18 years in the top Italian professional League (Serie A) with Olimpia Milan, Pavia, Verona, Livorno and Virtus Bologna. He has an impressive career record and is one of only three Italian players who won everything at a club level in Italy and Europe. He has won 4 Italian Championships, 4 Italian Cups, 1 Champions League, 1 Korac Cup, 1 Euro Cup, 1 Super Cup and 1 Intercontinental Cup. Among others, he has been coached by Dan Peterson, Ettore Messina and Bob Hill. He began his career working for Interperformances with Luciano Capicchioni and left the agency in 1999. He started working for the GVC Sports Agency, developing international relashionships in the sports' world, especially in Europe. He then founded the Players Group together with Giorgio Montano and Andrea Forti.

Vittorio Gallinari

Giorgio Montano

Legal Affairs and Administration Office

Agency's office and pubblic relations coordinator. Scouting manager. Officially licensed Italian Basketball Federation players' agent since 2002. F.I.B.A. agent since 2007. Born in Rome on September 17th, 1956. He is married and has a daughter. He graduated in Architecture.

He gained his official Federation coaching license in 1976. He has coached for 20 years, 13 of which were at a professional level: A1 and A2 in Fabriano; B1 in Latina, Ravenna e Parma; B2 in Parma; C1 in Campobasso; A2 women in Napoli e Ottaviano. He was the General Manager of Fabriano Basketball Club from 1998 to 2001. He then worked for Data Project, a company specializing in software products for the sports industry; first as an analyst, then in 2001, as Project Manager for programs and applications relating to basketball. He then founded the Players Group together with Andrea Forti and Vittorio Gallinari.

Giorgio Montano

Massimo Raseni

Foreign Athletes Manager

International Operations FIBA agent since 2007. Officially licensed Italian Basketball Federation players' agent since 2002. He speaks Italian, English, Slovenian, Croatian and Serbian. Born in Trieste on November 10th, 1962. He is married and has two daughters.

He gained his official Federation coaching license in 1982. He is also qualified to coach at a youth level in Slovenia and he is member of the "Board of Coaches" in Serbia. He coached for 18 years at professional for Verona, Torino and Biella. He worked with Coach Dick Motta and the Dallas Mavericks. He also cooperated with top level American colleges like Notre Dame, Penn State, Princeton and Southern Methodist. He has been the only European Coach to partecipate in the first African Basketball Camp in 2000.

Massimo Raseni

Alessandro Michelon

Professional Athletes Manager

Professional italian players' manager. Official registered Italian Basketball Federation players' agent since 2002. CONI Agent since 2019. Born in Treviso on May 8th, 1962.

He started his basketball career in Treviso then he played for 16 years in many teams: Padova, Bisceglie, Potenza, Firenze, Soresina, Rieti, Vigevano, Lumezzane Forlì, San Severo, Reggio Calabria, Castelfiorentino, Bottegone, Udine.

Alessandro Michelon

Fabio Spinella

International Operations

Born in Reggio Calabria on June 5th, 1967. Speaks italian, spanish, portuguese and english. Graduated in Economics and Commerce from the University of Messina, qualification to practice as an accountant and official auditor.

Correspondent of “Superbasket” and “Giganti del Basket” from Spain since 1995. Founder of Assist Sport Agency in 1999 in Seville, he has been working for over 20 years on the Spanish and international market, boasting a great deal of seriousness, reputation and professionalism. Joined Players Group in 2002 and he is responsible of the spanish office located in Sevilla. He brought in ACB several international players like Alessandro Abbio, Marco Carraretto, Giorgio Sigalas, Roberto Chiacig, Curtis Borchardt.

Fabio Spinella

David Conduant

International Operations

Former player (U21 National Team), he has a great knowledge of the whole French market. His 20 years of career as professional basketball player (He is been MVP ProB in 1997, and several times the best French rebounder) have brought to David a large network in France.

Agent since 2013, David joined Octagon Europe agency in 2017, where he was director of France. This experience has given him a large European and international network. In 2021, he decided to create his own agency, DaNextStep, which is part of the international agency, Players Group.

David Conduant

Luca Mascarin

Import Players Personnel and Director of Scouting Office

Born in Fondi in 1988. Graduated in "Human Sciences, Society and Health" (Sports University) in Italy at University of Cassino and Southern Lazio where he got a master degree as well. He speaks Italian, fluent english and basic swedish.

He started his basketball career in Virtus Basket Fondi (Italy), where he played at all youth levels up to making his debut in Italian Serie B. In his hometown club he had various roles as coach, scout until he assumed the position of Sports Director. He has done scouting and market consultancy for many basketball clubs across Italy and Europe bringing numerous International players overseas. He worked with Be Side Management and Carlton Myers before join Players Group in 2018. He is director of Imports Player personnel and of the scouting office and responsible of the agency's international network as well.

Luca Mascarin