Riccardo Visconti, market coup for Dinamo Banco di Sardegna
Dinamo Banco di Sardegna strengthens its Italian department with the arrival in Sassari of Riccardo Visconti, a 197-centimeter wing, a talented player with a polite hand and great energy. The class of 1998 lands in biancoblùafter a season lived between Virtus Bologna with whom he debuted in the Euroleague, and Coviran Granada, a Liga ACB formation in which he ended the year with a 9-point average in 10 games. Born in Turin on Oct. 8, 1998, Riccardo Visconti approached basketball at a very young age, going through the youth sectors of Kolbe Torino, L.A. San Mauro Basket and Don Bosco Crocetta. In 2013 he lands in the nursery of Reyer Venezia, the context that definitively forms him and launches him into professionalism. With Reyer he makes his debut in Serie A on April 19, 2015 in the victory against Trento, while in the youth he lives seasons full of successes: he reaches the Under 17 Scudetto semifinal in 2014/15 being included in the best quintet of the finals, participates in the Euroleague Adidas Next Generation Tournament and triumphs in the prestigious tournament in Lissone with MVP award. In 2015/16 he leads as captain the Under 18 to the scudetto, is vice champion of Italy with the Under 20 and is again included in the best quintet of the Cantù finals. In the same year he also scores his first points in Serie A.
In 2016 he signed a five-year contract with Venice and was part of the roster that won the Scudetto in 2017. To complete his growth, Reyer then sends him on loan to Serie A2. In 2017/18 he wears Verona’s jersey, and then spends two years in Mantua where he definitely explodes: he travels in double-figure averages, becomes one of the Stings’ offensive references and shows off with 16.6-point playoffs and 43% from three. At the 2019 LNP Supercup he still stands out, while in the 2019/20 season he maintains 10.9 points and 3.4 rebounds, leading the team to third place in the East round before the championship suspension. On July 21, 2020, he returns to Serie A by signing for Brindisi, with which he plays two seasons and also enters the Basketball Champions League, ending his second year with a 5.3-point average. In 2022 he moved to VL Pesaro, where he experienced a further step of maturation and finished his second season with 7.3 points, 1.7 rebounds and 1 assist in 17 minutes. In summer 2024 he then signs for Virtus Bologna, with which he collects five league appearances, makes his Euroleague debut on January 10, 2025 in the match against Baskonia and scores his first European points on January 31 against Fenerbahce. In March 2025 he terminated his contract with the Black Vs and flew to Spain, to Coviran Granada in Liga ACB, where he finished with a 9-point average in ten games. Finally, in August 2025, he joins Breogán Lugo, with whom he plays preseason and Supercup.
Visconti’s path with the national team is just as rich: he wore the blue in all youth categories, earning a fifth-place finish at the Under-16 European Championship in Riga in 2014, bronze at the 2016 Under-18 European Championship and silver at the 2017 Under-19 World Championship in Egypt. He also boasts four appearances with the senior national team in his career. Now Riccardo Visconti is ready for a new adventure in Sardinia, to the satisfaction of Mauro Sartori, Dinamo Banco di Sardegna’s sporting director: “Riccardo has made himself appreciated during his experiences, both in Italy and in Spain last year. He is a shooter on offloads and from the dribble, he brings energy on both ends of the court and, even defensively, he always knows where to position himself. He is smart, helps with rebounding, runs well and can be a very good team player. He does not back down when there is a need to raise the level of competitiveness on the court. His clean face also hides a combativeness that will do us a lot of good, both in the game and in our weekly work. We are happy to have him with us”.
