Alex Renfroe
![]() Renfroe with Galatasaray in 2018 | |
No. 12 – Covirán Granada | |
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Position | Point guard / Shooting guard |
League | Liga ACB |
Personal information | |
Born | Hermitage, Tennessee | May 23, 1986
Nationality | American / Bosnian |
Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
Listed weight | 175 lb (79 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Hume-Fogg (Nashville, Tennessee) |
College |
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NBA draft | 2009: undrafted |
Playing career | 2009–present |
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–present | Covirán Granada |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Gregory Alexander Renfroe (born May 23, 1986) is an American-born Bosnian professional basketball player for Covirán Granada of the Liga ACB.
College career
Renfroe played college basketball at Belmont University. He was named Atlantic Sun Conference Player of the Year in 2009.[1]
Professional career
After going undrafted in the 2009 NBA draft, Renfroe signed his first professional contract with BK VEF Rīga of Latvia for the 2009–10 season on July 11, 2009.[2]
In August 2010, he signed with the Croatian club Zagreb for the 2010–11 season.[3] On July 18, 2011 he signed with New Basket Brindisi of the Italian Legadue Basket for the 2011–12 season.[4]
On September 24, 2012, he signed with CB Valladolid of Spain for the 2012–13 season.[5] He left them in February 2013, and signed with Brose Baskets of Germany for the rest of the season.[6]
On August 21, 2013, he signed with Yenisey Krasnoyarsk of Russia.[7] On May 12, 2014, he signed with Laboral Kutxa Vitoria of Spain for the rest of the 2013–14 season.[8]
On September 24, 2014, Renfroe signed a four-month contract with the German team Alba Berlin.[9] On January 30, 2015, he signed a contract extension with Alba Berlin until June, 2015.[10]
On June 28, 2015, Renfroe signed a two-year contract with the German club Bayern Munich.[11]
On November 29, 2016, he parted ways with Bayern, and signed a contract with the Spanish club FC Barcelona for the rest of the season.[12] On June 8, 2017, Barcelona announced the end of their contract with Renfroe.[13]
On July 24, 2017, Renfroe signed with Turkish club Galatasaray for the 2017–18 season.[14]
On July 18, 2018, Renfroe signed a one-year deal with Baxi Manresa of the Liga ACB.[15]
On December 26, 2018, Renfroe signed with Serbian club Partizan for the rest of the 2018–19 season.[16]
On June 19, 2019, Renfroe signed a one-year contract with the Russian club Zenit Saint Petersburg.[17]
On July 3, 2020, Renfroe signed with San Pablo Burgos of the Liga ACB.[18] With Burgos, he won the 2019–20 Basketball Champions League.[19]
National team
In 2015, Renfroe received a Bosnian-Herzegovinian passport and represented[20] the Bosnia and Herzegovina national basketball team at EuroBasket 2015.[21]
Career statistics
GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | PIR | Performance Index Rating |
Bold | Career high |
EuroLeague
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | PIR |
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2014–15 | Alba Berlin | 24 | 8 | 26.5 | .480 | .457 | .824 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 1.4 | .1 | 9.8 | 15.0 |
2015–16 | Bayern | 10 | 10 | 27.0 | .531 | .440 | .800 | 4.2 | 4.2 | .6 | .2 | 10.1 | 11.5 |
2016–17 | Barcelona | 17 | 2 | 17.4 | .444 | .387 | 1.000 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 1.0 | .0 | 4.0 | 4.4 |
Career | 51 | 20 | 21.5 | .480 | .417 | .856 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 1.1 | .1 | 8.0 | 10.1 |
References
- ^ "Alex Renfroe Named Atlantic Sun Player of the Year". belmont.prestosports.com. March 3, 2009. Retrieved May 13, 2014.
- ^ "VEF Riga inks Renfroe". Sportando.com. July 11, 2009. Archived from the original on May 14, 2014. Retrieved May 13, 2014.
- ^ "KK Zagreb inks Alex Renfroe and Mario Kasun". Sportando.com. August 13, 2010. Archived from the original on May 14, 2014. Retrieved May 13, 2014.
- ^ "Enel Brindisi lands Alex Renfroe". Sportando.com. July 18, 2011. Archived from the original on May 14, 2014. Retrieved May 13, 2014.
- ^ "CB Valladolid officially signs Alex Renfroe". Sportando.com. September 24, 2012. Archived from the original on May 14, 2014. Retrieved May 13, 2014.
- ^ "Bamberg officially signs Alex Renfroe". Sportando.com. February 27, 2013. Archived from the original on May 14, 2014. Retrieved May 13, 2014.
- ^ "Alex Renfroe signs with Enisey Krasnoyarsk". Sportando.com. August 21, 2013. Archived from the original on May 14, 2014. Retrieved May 13, 2014.
- ^ "Laboral Kutxa se refuerza hasta final de temporada con el base Alex Renfroe". Baskonia.com (in Spanish). May 12, 2014. Retrieved May 13, 2014.
- ^ "Alba Berlin signs big man Banic, guard Renfroe". Euroleague.net. September 24, 2014. Retrieved September 24, 2014.
- ^ "Alba Berlin signs Alex Renfroe to a contract extension till June". Archived from the original on 2015-11-17. Retrieved 2015-01-31.
- ^ "Alex Renfroe signs a two-year deal with Bayern Munich". Sportando.com. June 28, 2015. Archived from the original on July 1, 2015. Retrieved June 28, 2015.
- ^ "Barcelona signs Alex Renfroe". Sportando.com. November 29, 2016. Retrieved November 29, 2016.
- ^ "Alex Renfroe i Xavier Munford no seguiran al Barça Lassa". fcbarcelona.cat (in Spanish). June 8, 2017. Retrieved June 8, 2017.
- ^ "Galatasaray lands playmaker Renfroe". Eurocupbasketball.com. July 24, 2017. Retrieved July 24, 2017.
- ^ "ACB.COM - El BAXI Manresa tiene un nuevo director de juego: Alex Renfroe". www.acb.com (in European Spanish). 18 July 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
- ^ "ZVANIČNO: Renfro je novi igrač Partizana". mozzartsport.com. October 23, 2018. Retrieved December 26, 2018.
- ^ "Zenit adds guard Renfroe". euroleague.net. 19 June 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
- ^ "Burgos signs Alex Renfroe". Sportando. July 3, 2020. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
- ^ "Hereda San Pablo Burgos crowned 2020 Basketball Champions League winners". Basketball Champions League. 4 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
- ^ American Alex Renfroe trying to find his way in Bosnia
- ^ "Alex Renfroe will get Bosnian passport, play at Eurobasket". Sportando.com. June 8, 2015. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
External links
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- Alex Renfroe ay acb.com (in Spanish)
- Alex Renfroe Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine at beko-bbl.de
- Alex Renfroe at eurobasket.com
- Alex Renfroe at euroleague.net
- 1986 births
- Living people
- 20th-century African-American people
- 21st-century African-American sportspeople
- African-American basketball players
- Alba Berlin players
- ABA League players
- American expatriate basketball people in Croatia
- American expatriate basketball people in Germany
- American expatriate basketball people in Italy
- American expatriate basketball people in Latvia
- American expatriate basketball people in Russia
- American expatriate basketball people in Serbia
- American expatriate basketball people in Spain
- American expatriate basketball people in Turkey
- American men's basketball players
- Basketball League of Serbia players
- Basketball players from Tennessee
- Bàsquet Manresa players
- BC Enisey players
- BC Zenit Saint Petersburg players
- Belmont Bruins men's basketball players
- BK VEF Rīga players
- Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate basketball people in Germany
- Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate basketball people in Serbia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate basketball people in Spain
- Bosnia and Herzegovina men's basketball players
- Bosnia and Herzegovina people of African-American descent
- Brose Bamberg players
- CB Valladolid players
- FC Barcelona Bàsquet players
- FC Bayern Munich basketball players
- Galatasaray S.K. (men's basketball) players
- KK Partizan players
- KK Zagreb players
- Liga ACB players
- Naturalized citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- New Basket Brindisi players
- People from Hermitage, Tennessee
- Point guards
- Saski Baskonia players
- Shooting guards
- Trevecca Nazarene University alumni