Martin Cattalini
| Personal information | |
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| Born | 4 October 1973 Fremantle, Western Australia |
| Nationality | Australia |
| Listed height | 202 cm (6 ft 8 in) |
| Listed weight | 100 kg (220 lb) |
| Career information | |
| Playing career | 1993–2010 |
| Position | Forward |
| Career history | |
| 1993–1995 | Perth Wildcats |
| 1996–2000 | Adelaide 36ers |
| 2000–2002 | Caja San Fernando |
| 2002–2004 | Adelaide 36ers |
| 2004–2005 | DKV Joventut |
| 2006–2009 | Cairns Taipans |
| 2009–2010 | Perth Wildcats |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Martin Peter Cattalini (born 4 October 1973) is a retired Australian professional basketball player who won championships with both the Perth Wildcats and the Adelaide 36ers in the NBL.
Born in Fremantle, Cattalini began his NBL career for the Wildcats in 1993, where he competed in his first NBL grand final that year and won his first NBL championship in 1995. Struggling to find court-time with the Wildcats behind starting forwards Andrew Vlahov and Scott Fisher and centre James Crawford, Cattalini left the Wildcats to join the Adelaide 36ers in 1996.
Cattalini was instrumental in this Adelaide side, achieving another two NBL championships in 1998 and 1998-99. In 2000 while still playing for the 36ers, Cattalini made his Olympic debut for the Australian Boomers at the Sydney Olympics.
In 2001, Cattalini left the 36ers to compete in Spain initially for Deportivo Baloncesto Sevilla and then Caja San Fernando Sevilla in 2002. Cattalini returned to the 36ers in 2003 for two more seasons, before once again heading to Spain to play for DKV Joventut in 2004/2005.
Cattalini returned to Australia in 2006 and was rumoured to be in talks with multiple NBL clubs, including his two former teams, before signing with the Cairns Taipans. The 2007 season saw Cattalini average a career high 24.4 points per game and he was instrumental in numerous victories for the Taipans.[1]
In June 2009, it was announced that Cattalini would return to Perth, and again play for the Perth Wildcats.[2]
After a stellar NBL career in which he won 4 championships, Cattalini retired after playing in the Wildcats 2009–10 NBL championship having played 453 NBL games.[3][4]
Martin Cattalini is married to Trina and has two children, Zoe and Noah.
References
External links
- Profile at Eurobasket.com
- Spanish League profile
- Use dmy dates from October 2014
- Use Australian English from October 2014
- All Wikipedia articles written in Australian English
- Pages using infobox basketball biography with unsupported parameters
- 1973 births
- Living people
- Adelaide 36ers players
- Australian basketball players
- Australian people of Italian descent
- Basketball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Basketball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Cairns Taipans players
- CB Sevilla players
- Joventut Badalona players
- Liga ACB players
- People from Fremantle
- Perth Wildcats players
