Alex Renfroe facts for kids
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Renfroe with Galatasaray in 2018
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| No. 12 – Surne Bilbao Basket | |
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| Point guard / shooting guard | |
| Personal information | |
| Born | May 23, 1986 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 | |
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| 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 | |
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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
In Spanish: Alex Renfroe para niños
