Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Matteo Spagnolo was born 10 January 2003 in Brindisi, Italy. He is a shooting guard in the NBA.

Spagnolo started playing basketball at the age of four and began his youth career with Aurora Brindisi. At age 12, he scored 78 points and 77 points in the semifinal and final of the regional under-14 championship, respectively. At 13 years of age, Spagnolo moved to Rome to join Stella Azzurra. He made his Serie B debut at age 14, becoming the youngest Italian to play at the senior level.^[2] On 2 May 2018, he moved to Real Madrid in Spain, where he became the first Italian to join the club's youth academy. At Adidas Next Generation Tournament Munich in January 2020, Spagnolo averaged 9.5 points, 4.3 rebounds, and 3.3 assists per game, helping Real Madrid's under-18 team win the title.

On 8 March 2020, Spagnolo made his senior debut for Real Madrid, playing 36 seconds in a Liga ACB loss to Zaragoza. In 2021–22 season Spagnolo was transferred on loan to Vanoli Cremona in the Italian Serie A. 

Sapgnolo was drafted with the 50th overall pick by the Minnesota Timberwolves.