Riccardo Moraschini (born January 8, 1991) is an Italian professional basketball player for Pallacanestro Cantù of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). Standing at , he can play as a combo guard, as well as a small forward.

Professional career After working his way through the youth ranks of Virtus Bologna he made his Serie A, and Euroleague, debut in 2007–2008, however he only started to play consistent minutes from 2009 to 2010. Struggling to break into a strong team, he was loaned to fellow Serie A side Angelico Biella for the second part of the 2010–11 season and then to Legadue side Sant'Antimo the following season in order to play more."Virtus loans Moraschini to Sant'Antimo"Corriere dello Sport, Bologna, 28 October 2011. Retrieved on 28 February 2015.

After still not holding a starting place following these loans and the 2012–13 season he moved on to rival Acea Virtus Roma on a 1-year contract."Virtus Roma even more blue, Riccardo Moraschini comes"Virtus Roma, 26 August 2013. Retrieved on 28 February 2015. With Virtus he would play in the Eurocup and reach the play-off semifinals, however he did not convince the team to extend his contract and became a free agent.

He then moved to Serie A2 side Dinamica Mantova."Official: Big deal for Mantova, who sign Riccardo Moraschini!"Basketinside, 9 August 2014. Retrieved on 28 February 2015.

On July 20, 2016, Moraschini signed with the Italian team Aquila Basket Trento.

On July 13, 2018, Moraschini signed a deal with New Basket Brindisi.

On July 16, 2019, Moraschini signed a three-year contract with Olimpia Milano of the EuroLeague. On January 3, 2022, Moraschini received a one-year suspension by the Italian National Anti-Doping Tribunal (TNA), after testing positive for clostebol metabolite, an anabolic steroid.

On July 2, 2022, he has signed with Reyer Venezia Mestre of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA).

On November 11, 2023, he signed with Pallacanestro Cantù.

Italian national team He started in the under age categories of the Italian national basketball team, most notably winning the silver medal at the 2011 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship where he was a starter, before joining the senior team first in 2011 and then on a regular basis from 2013, playing a marginal part in FIBA EuroBasket 2015 qualification in which they qualified for FIBA EuroBasket 2015."Riccardo Moraschini", Federazione Italiana Pallacanestro. Retrieved on 28 February 2015."Adidas Eurocamp 2012: the next generation."European Prospects, 24 June 2012. Retrieved on 28 February 2015.

Career statistics

Euroleague Source:" Moraschini, Riccardo - Current Stats", Euroleague. Retrieved on 27 February 2015.

| style="text-align:left;"| 2007–08 | style="text-align:left;"| VidiVici Bologna | 2 || 2 || 17.33 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 1.0 || 0.0 || 1.5 || 0.0 || 0.0 || -1.0 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:left;"| Career | style="text-align:left;"| | 2 || 2 || 17.33 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 1.0 || 0.0 || 1.5 || 0.0 || 0.0 || -1.0

Eurocup Source:"Moraschini, Riccardo - Current Stats", Eurocup. Retrieved on 27 February 2015.

| style="text-align:left;"| 2013–14 | style="text-align:left;"| Acea Virtus Roma | 10 || 0 || 14.28 || 50.0 || 27.3 || 77.8 || 1.9 || 1.1 || 0.5 || 0.1 || 4.4 || 4.4 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:left;"| Career | style="text-align:left;"| | 10 || 0 || 14.28 || 50.0 || 27.3 || 77.8 || 1.9 || 1.1 || 0.5 || 0.1 || 4.4 || 4.4

Lega Basket Serie A Source:"Riccardo Moraschini - Statistiche totali" , Legabasket. Retrieved on 28 February 2015. Regular season

| style="text-align:left;"| 2007-08 | style="text-align:left;"| Virtus Bologna | 12 || 5 || 3.2 || 0.0 || 100.0 || 0.0 || 0.4 || 0.0 || 0.4 || 0.0 || 0.6 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2008-09 | style="text-align:left;"| Virtus Bologna | 5 || 2 || 1.5 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 1.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2009-10 | style="text-align:left;"| Virtus Bologna | 26 || 20 || 9.9 || 29.2 || 35.7 || 66.7 || 0.8 || 0.6 || 0.5 || 0.1 || 2.1 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2010-11 | style="text-align:left;"| Virtus Bologna | 15 || 12 || 10.6 || 31.3 || 16.7 || 60.0 || 1.3 || 0.3 || 0.4 || 0.0 || 1.6 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2010-11 | style="text-align:left;"| Angelico Biella | 14 || 13 || 11.4 || 56.5 || 25.0 || 80.0 || 0.8 || 0.6 || 0.6 || 0.0 || 3.2 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2012-13 | style="text-align:left;"| Virtus Bologna | 25 || 22 || 14.3 || 45.8 || 10.0 || 70.5 || 2.0 || 0.9 || 0.5 || 0.1 || 4.1 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2013-14 | style="text-align:left;"| Acea Virtus Roma | 30 || 27 || 10.8 || 41.5 || 20.8 || 92.9 || 1.4 || 0.6 || 0.5 || 0.0 || 2.7 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:left;"| Career | style="text-align:left;"| | 127 || 101 || 8.81 || 29.18 || 29.74 || 52.87 || 1.01 || 0.42 || 0.41 || 0.02 || 1.95

Playoffs

| style="text-align:left;"| 2008-09 | style="text-align:left;"| Virtus Bologna | 2 || 1 || 1.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2009-10 | style="text-align:left;"| Virtus Bologna | 5 || 5 || 14.0 || 25.0 || 40.0 || 0.0 || 1.4 || 0.2 || 0.6 || 0.2 || 1.6 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2013-14 | style="text-align:left;"| Acea Virtus Roma | 8 || 7 || 10.9 || 50.0 || 50.0 || 0.0 || 1.1 || 0.1 || 0.1 || 0.0 || 1.4 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:left;"| Career | style="text-align:left;"| | 15 || 13 || 8.63 || 25.0 || 30.0 || 0.0 || 0.83 || 0.1 || 0.23 || 0.06 || 1.0

References

External links

Riccardo Moraschini at euroleague.net Riccardo Moraschini at RealGM.com