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Alex Renfroe
American-Bosnian basketball player
Gregory Alexander Renfroe (born May 23, 1986) is an American-born naturalized Bosnian professional basketball player for Covirán Granada of the Spanish Liga ACB.
Renfroe with Galatasaray in 2018 | |
| No. 12 – Surne Bilbao Basket | |
|---|---|
| Position | Point guard / shooting guard |
| League | Liga ACB |
| Personal information | |
| Born | (1986-05-23) May 23, 1986 (age 37) Hermitage, Tennessee |
| 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 |
| 2022–2023 | Covirán Granada |
| 2023–present | Bilbao Basket |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Renfroe played college basketball at Belmont University. He was named Atlantic Sun Conference Player of the Year in 2009.[1]
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]
On August 24, 2022, he signed with Covirán Granada of the Spanish Liga ACB.[20]
In 2015, Renfroe received a Bosnian-Herzegovinian passport and represented[21] the Bosnia and Herzegovina national basketball team at EuroBasket 2015.[22]
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
- "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. Archived from the original on July 27, 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.
- "Alex Renfroe, experiencia, anotación y polivalencia para el Coviran Granada". fundacioncbgranada.es (in Spanish). August 24, 2022. Retrieved December 19, 2022.
- "Alex Renfroe will get Bosnian passport, play at Eurobasket". Sportando.com. June 8, 2015. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
- 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