Joseph Mobio returns to Brescia
Joseph Mobio returns to Brescia
Pallacanestro Brescia has announced that it has reached an agreement with Joseph Yantchoue Mobio, a 199-cm Italian wing, but with Ivorian citizenship, who last season wore the jersey of the Trapani Shark (A2 Series), with which he crossed the finish line of the A Series.
A complete player, ductile and with a winning mentality, Joseph Mobio, in his career, has taken part in 5 A2 Series playoff finals, winning 3 consecutive promotions to the top series.
Joseph Mobio, born in Guidonia Montecelio (Rome) on May 26, 1998, moves his first steps in the ball at the youth sector of Basket Brescia Leonessa, with which he completes the entire path of training and basketball maturation, making his debut, in the 2015/2016 season, in Serie A2, aggregated by coach Andrea Diana to the first team, which will getà a magical promotion to Serie A against Fortitudo Bologna.
Closed the long experience under the colors biancoblu, is sold on loan Stella Azzurra Roma, one of the youth sectors più florid and prestigious of the entire national panorama, proving to be a key pawn in both the Under 20 Eccellenza training, and among the seniors in Serie B.
The 2017/2018 season, still far from Brescia, saw him at the starting ribbons with the jersey of Val di Ceppo Perugia (Serie B), when he wrote10.7 points on average with an excellent 55% in two-point shooting.
The figures accrued with the Umbrian club, earned him the call dell’Orlandina Basket (A2 Series). Joseph Mobio married the Paladin cause along a two-year period, touching a promotion to Serie A and becoming a crucial piece in the chessboard of coach Marco Sodini.
He starts again, in the 2020/2021 championship, from Udine (A2 Series), an ambitious formation built for important goals and led by coach Matteo Boniciolli. Joseph Mobio earns the trust of the coaching staff and teammates, making a valuable contribution, coming off the bench, with a personal haul of 3.8 average points combined with 2.4 rebounds captured. However, the epilogue of the Friulian team will be bitter: two defeats in as many finals, promotion and Italian Cup, at the hands, on both occasions, of Gevi Napoli.
Follows a fleeting appearance with Derthona Basket (Serie A), with which he debuts in the Supercup against Pallacanestro Trieste, before continuing from October 2021, due to the null minutes, the season in Scafati (Serie A2),where he contributes to the return of the Campani in Serie A, billing 6.1 points average topped by 3.7 rebounds.
During the summer of 2022, he signed for Vanoli Cremona (A2 Series), coming off a dismal relegation, but determined to play a starring role. Under the command of coach Demis Cavina, the Torrazzo club won the Coppa Italia and immediately climbed the ladder back to Serie A. Joseph Mobio è among the main architects of the Gialloblu’s successes, putting on the scoreboard 8.1 points and5.0 rebounds per shoelace.
Joseph Mobio, starting in 2022, è part of Côte d’Ivory Coast’s senior national team, with which he played in the World Cup qualifying competitions in Japan, Philippines and Indonesia (2023) and the Africa Cup of Nations 2025.
