Brindisi, Tommaso Fantoma signs for two years

New face for the White and Blue.

Valtur Brindisi announces that it has signed the athlete Tommaso Fantoma, a 197 cm Italian outside player born in Trieste on 23/10/2003. The player, as can be read on the website of his new club, binds to the biancoazzurra company until June 30, 2026, with an agreement that includes bilateral exit options at the end of the first sports season.

"Fantoma – Brindisi recalls on its official website – è back from a year in Serie A2 lived side by side in Monferrato with Calzavara, another new entry in the Valtur Brindisi household. Twenty-one years old yet to be turned, he è earned a 20'minute per game with 7.7 points, 1.7 rebounds and 1.3 assists on average. In the sixth round of the regular season è he was elected MVP of the day as a result of a star performance of 14 points, 9 rebounds, 2 recoveries and a stoppage".

"Raised in the youth ranks of Azzurra and Pallacanestro Trieste – continued the Brindisi note on Fantoma -, he made his debut in the 2021/22 season in the Italian Supercup and Serie A for a total of 15 total first team appearances. MVP of the LBA Under-19 All Star Game, an event in which he scored the winning basket and averaged more than 20 points at the Next Gen Cup, in the 2022/23 season he accrues his first experience on loan in A2 in Udine".

"Last summer he wore the Italian national team’s blue jersey at the Under-20 European Championship in Crete, setting a career high of 22 points (3/4 from two, 4/5 from three and 4/4 at the free throws) in the match won against Iceland. Last summer, he donned the blue jersey of the Italian national team at the Under-20 European Championship in Crete, highlighting himself with a 22-point career high (3/4 from two, 4/5 from three and 4/4 at the free throws) in the match won against Iceland. Welcome to Brindisi, Tommaso!", the statement concluded.