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Alex Renfroe
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Renfroe with Galatasaray in 2018
No. 12 – Surne Bilbao Basket
Point guard / shooting guard
Personal information
Born (1986-05-23) May 23, 1986 (age 39)
Hermitage, Tennessee
Nationality American / Bosnian
High school Hume-Fogg (Nashville, Tennessee)
Listed height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight 175 lb (79 kg)
Career information
College
  • Trevecca Nazarene (2004–2006)
  • Belmont (2007–2009)
NBA Draft 2009 / Undrafted
Pro career 2009–present
League Liga ACB
Career history
2009–2010 VEF Rīga
2010–2011 Zagreb
2011–2012 Brindisi
2012–2013 Valladolid
2013 Bamberg
2013–2014 Enisey
2014 Baskonia
2014–2015 Alba Berlin
2015–2016 Bayern Munich
2016–2017 Barcelona
2017–2018 Galatasaray
2018 Manresa
2018–2019 Partizan
2019–2020 Zenit Saint Petersburg
2020–2022 San Pablo Burgos
2022–2023 Covirán Granada
2023–present Bilbao Basket
Career highlights and awards
  • FIBA Champions League champion (2020)
  • All-VTB United League Second Team (2014)
  • Croatian League champion (2011)
  • German Bundesliga champion (2013)
  • Croatian Cup winner (2011)
  • Serbian Cup winner (2019)
  • Baltic League MVP (2010)
  • All-German Bundesliga First Team (2015)
  • BBL All-Star (2016)
  • Serbian Cup MVP (2019)
  • Atlantic Sun Player of the Year (2009)
  • First-team All-Atlantic Sun (2009)
  • AP Honorable mention All-American (2009)

Gregory Alexander Renfroe (born May 23, 1986) is a professional basketball player from the United States. He also has Bosnian citizenship. He plays as a point guard or shooting guard. Currently, he plays for Covirán Granada in Spain's top basketball league, the Liga ACB.

Playing in College

Alex Renfroe played college basketball at Belmont University. He was a really good player there. In 2009, he was named the Atlantic Sun Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year. This award goes to the best player in his college league.

Professional Basketball Journey

After college, Alex Renfroe was not chosen in the 2009 NBA draft. But that didn't stop him! He signed his first professional contract in Latvia with BK VEF Rīga in 2009.

He then moved to play for different teams in many countries. He played in Croatia for KK Zagreb in 2010. Then he went to Italy to play for New Basket Brindisi in 2011.

In 2012, he joined CB Valladolid in Spain. Later that season, he moved to Germany to play for Brose Baskets.

Alex also played in Russia for Yenisey Krasnoyarsk in 2013. He returned to Spain in 2014 to play for Laboral Kutxa Vitoria.

He spent time with the German team Alba Berlin from 2014 to 2015. After that, he signed a two-year deal with another German club, Bayern Munich, in 2015.

In 2016, he moved to Spain again to play for FC Barcelona. He then played for Galatasaray in Turkey in 2017.

In 2018, he joined Baxi Manresa in Spain. Later that year, he signed with Partizan in Serbia.

In 2019, Alex played for Zenit Saint Petersburg in Russia.

A big moment came in 2020 when he signed with San Pablo Burgos in Spain. With this team, he helped them win the 2019–20 Basketball Champions League. This is a major European basketball championship!

Since 2022, he has been playing for Covirán Granada in Spain.

Playing for His Country

In 2015, Alex Renfroe became a citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina. This allowed him to play for the Bosnia and Herzegovina national basketball team. He represented them in a big tournament called EuroBasket 2015.

See also

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