Frédéric Forte (basketball player)

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Frédéric Forte (born January 27, 1970 in Caen , † December 31, 2017 in Limoges ) was a French basketball player and official.

Life

Continued basketball career began at the Caen Basket Calvados club , and when he was 16 he made the leap to the professional team. The 1.92 meter tall player, whose father was Italian , was under contract with BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque from 1989 to 1991 and then moved to CSP Limoges . There he stayed until 1997, then he played for a year at the capital club PSG-Racing and also for a year at the Greek club Irakleio Kreta. From 1999 to 2003 Forte was in the service of Strasbourg IG . In the 2003/04 season he played for the Italian first division side Air Avellino and 2004/05 briefly at Eurorida Scafati in the second division of Italy.

Forte gained notoriety beyond the basketball scene in 1993, when he succeeded in taking the ball from Treviso's Toni Kukoc in the final of the European Cup against Benetton Treviso in a two-point lead for the French , which secured the victory and thus Limoges' title win. In 1993 and 1994 he was also French champion with Limoges.

He played 75 full international matches for France and took part in the European Championships in 1991, 1993 and 1995.

From 2004 he was President of Limoges CSP. At that time, the team only played in the third highest division in France. Under his leadership as club president, Limoges returned to the top of the country and became French champions in 2014 and 2015.

Forte died of a heart attack. At the beginning of February 2020, Limoges CSP posthumously honored him by deciding not to give his shirt number 4 in the future, and a mural showing Forte was unveiled on the club's arcade.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Basket. Le Caen BC pleure Frédéric Forte. Retrieved September 22, 2019 (fr-fr).
  2. ↑ Homage to Frédéric Forte. In: CANAL + Sport on youtube.com. Retrieved July 6, 2020 .
  3. ^ Forte Frederic | LNB.fr. Retrieved September 22, 2019 (long iso).
  4. ^ CSP Limoges, le coup parfait. Retrieved September 22, 2019 .
  5. ↑ a b Mort de Frédéric Forte, ancien joueur et président de Limoges - Basket. Retrieved September 22, 2019 (French).
  6. ^ Basket: mort du président du club de Limoges Frédéric Forte. Retrieved September 22, 2019 .
  7. ^ Frédéric Forte profile, European Championship for Men 1997. Accessed September 22, 2019 .
  8. ↑ CAEN BASKET CALVADOS - Actu ProB 17-18 - jan17-proB-frederic-forte. Retrieved September 22, 2019 .
  9. ^ Frédéric Forte, ancien joueur du BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque, est mort. Retrieved September 22, 2019 (French).
  10. ^ Limoges: l'hommage de Beaublanc à Fred Forte, son éternel n ° 4. Retrieved March 6, 2020 (French).
personal data
SURNAME Forte, Frédéric
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French basketball player and official
DATE OF BIRTH January 27, 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Caen
DATE OF DEATH December 31, 2017
Place of death Limoges