Brindisi, the first market hit is Mark Ogden

Ogden in Brindisi

Valtur Brindisi has announced with satisfaction that it has acquired the services of the American athlete Mark Ogden, wing/center class 1994 in the last season great protagonist in Italy in SerieA2 with Fortitudo Bologna until the promotion playoff final played.

The player binds to the biancoazzurra company with an agreement valid until June 30, 2025.

A native of Spring Valley, California, after completing the collegiate path at Grossmont & Utah Tech he decided to start his European career, interspersed with a season in the G-League in the Atlanta Hawks affiliated franchise. From 2016 to the present, he has played in the top leagues of Luxembourg, Georgia (15.6 points and 10 rebounds average in two years), Germany (11.3 points), Israel, Romania (10.9 points and 5.6 rebounds) and Poland, a country where he won the national title with BM Slam Stal Ostrow in the 2020/21 season at an average of 8.3 points and 5.9 rebounds per game.

The’last sports season è was marked by a move to SerieA2 at Fortitudo Bologna, a year as a team leader and star player in the entire league averaging 16.8 points, 8.9 rebounds and 1.7 assists. In the 46 total games è went into double-figure scoring 40 times, including ten for 20+ points and in the match against Chiusi he set a career high of 30 points and 35 rating. Fifteen of the season’s double-doubles for points/rebounds. Ogden has accumulated important experience in European competitions as well: three FIBA Europe Cup appearances, in his two-year stint in Oradea (12.7 points and 6.4 rebounds in 2022/23) and with the Polish team of Stal Ostrow (57% from two in seven games); a participation in the FIBA BCL at the’Hapoel Holon in 2020/21, crossing Brindisi’s path in the Israeli team’s wide victory at PalaPentassuglia to score 6 points and 7 rebounds in 17 minutes of play.