After hanging up his sneakers this past summer, the former captain will continue his association with the Italian club
Marco Belinelli returns to Virtus as Brand Ambassador and Basketball Advisor
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For Marco Belinelli, he has not been out of the basketball universe for long.
Having called time on his 23-year professional career in mid-August, the legendary Italian player has accepted a role to return to Virtus Bologna as Brand Ambassador and Basketball Advisor.
His responsibilities will see him serve as an advisor for the institutional, commercial, and sporting areas of the club.
“It feels strange, but it was time. In this new role I will try to be important,” Belinelli said at the presentation of Virtus’s new jersey on Tuesday. “I'm just starting out; it's a new world to discover. I'll try to bring my experience. With Virtus, it's an ambitious project.”
Belinelli began his playing career with Virtus in the 2002-03 season, spending just one campaign with the team, and returned to the club in 2020 following a 13-year career in the NBA. The 2014 NBA champion captained Virtus as it returned to the EuroLeague by winning the BKT EuroCup in 2021-22, and his final act was to lift the club’s 17th Italian League title in June.
Now, Belinelli will continue to represent Virtus on the global stage – but this time away from the court.