# Meo Sacchetti
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{{Short description|Italian basketball player & coach (born 1953)}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Meo Sacchetti
| image = Meo Sacchetti.JPG
| image_size = 250px
| caption = Sacchetti, as [head coach](/source/head_coach) of [Dinamo Sassari](/source/Dinamo_Basket_Sassari).
| width =
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 6.5
| weight_lb = 247
| league =
| team =
| position = [Head coach](/source/Head_coach)
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1953|08|20}}
| birth_place = [Altamura](/source/Altamura), Italy
| high_school =
| college =
| draft_year =
| career_start = 1973
| career_end = 1992
| career_position = [Power forward](/source/Power_forward_(basketball))
| career_number = 14
| coach_start = 1993
| coach_end =
| years1 = 1973–1974
| team1 = [Libertas Asti](/source/Libertas_Pallacanestro_Asti)
| years2 = 1974–1975
| team2 = [Auxilium Torino](/source/Auxilium_Pallacanestro_Torino)
| years3 = 1975–1976
| team3 = [Libertas Asti](/source/Libertas_Pallacanestro_Asti)
| years4 = 1976–1979
| team4 = Sporting Club Gira Bologna
| years5 = 1979–1984
| team5 = [Auxilium Torino](/source/Auxilium_Pallacanestro_Torino)
| years6 = 1984–1992
| team6 = [Varese](/source/Pallacanestro_Varese)
| cyears1 = 1993–1996
| cteam1 = Auxilium Torino (assistant)
| cyears2 = 1996–1998
| cteam2 = Auxilium Torino
| cyears3 = 1998–2001
| cteam3 = Libertas Asti
| cyears4 = 2001–2002
| cteam4 = Celana Bergamo
| cyears5 = 2002–2005
| cteam5 = Castelletto Ticino
| cyears6 = 2005–2006
| cteam6 = [Fabriano Basket](/source/Fabriano_Basket)
| cyears7 = 2006–2007
| cteam7 = Castelletto Ticino
| cyears8 = 2007–2008
| cteam8 = [Orlandina Basket](/source/Orlandina_Basket)
| cyears9 = 2008–2009
| cteam9 = [Pallacanestro Udine](/source/Pallalcesto_Amatori_Udine)
| cyears10 = 2009–2015
| cteam10 = [Dinamo Sassari](/source/Dinamo_Basket_Sassari)
| cyears11 = 2016–2017
| cteam11 = [Enel Brindisi](/source/New_Basket_Brindisi)
| cyears12 = 2017–2020
| cteam12 = [Vanoli Basket](/source/Guerino_Vanoli_Basket)
| cyears13 = 2020
| cteam13 = [Fortitudo Bologna](/source/Fortitudo_Bologna)
| cyears14 = 2022–2023
| cteam14 = [Pallacanestro Cantù](/source/Pallacanestro_Cant%C3%B9)
| cyears15 = 2024
| cteam15 = [VL Pesaro](/source/VL_Pesaro)
| highlights =
'''As player:'''
* [Italian 2nd Division](/source/Serie_A2_Basket) champion (1977)
* [Italian Basketball Hall of Fame](/source/Italian_Basketball_Hall_of_Fame) (2016)
'''As head coach:'''
* [Italian League](/source/Lega_Basket_Serie_A) champion (2015)
* 3× [Italian Cup](/source/Italian_Basketball_Cup) winner (2014, 2015, 2019)
* [Italian Supercup](/source/Italian_Basketball_Supercup) winner (2014)
* 2× [Italian League Coach of the Year](/source/Lega_Basket_Serie_A_awards) (2012, 2019)
* [Italian 3rd Division](/source/Serie_B_Basket) champion (2004)
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalCountry | {{bk|ITA}} }}
{{MedalSport|Men's [basketball](/source/basketball)}}
{{MedalCompetition|[Summer Olympic Games](/source/Basketball_at_the_Summer_Olympics)}}
{{MedalSilver | [1980 Moscow](/source/Basketball_at_the_1980_Summer_Olympics) | }}
{{MedalCompetition|[FIBA EuroBasket](/source/FIBA_EuroBasket)}}
{{MedalGold| [1983 France](/source/EuroBasket_1983) | }}
{{MedalBronze | [West Germany 1985](/source/EuroBasket_1985) |}}
{{MedalCompetition|[Mediterranean Games](/source/Basketball_at_the_Mediterranean_Games)}}
{{MedalSilver| [1983 Casablanca](/source/Basketball_at_the_1983_Mediterranean_Games) | }}
}}
'''Romeo''' "'''Meo'''" '''Sacchetti''' (born August 20, 1953) is an Italian professional [basketball](/source/basketball) coach and former player, who is recently the [head coach](/source/head_coach) for [Pallacanestro Cantù](/source/Pallacanestro_Cant%C3%B9) of the [Serie A2](/source/Serie_A2_(basketball)).
Standing at a height of {{convert|1.99|m|ftin|frac=2|abbr=on}}, he played at the [power forward](/source/Power_forward_(basketball)), during his playing career. As a player, he won the silver medal with the [Italian national team](/source/Italian_men's_national_basketball_team), at the [1980 Summer Olympic Games](/source/Basketball_at_the_1980_Summer_Olympics), in [Moscow](/source/Moscow).
==Playing career==
===Club playing career===
At the pro [club](/source/sports_club) level, Sacchetti played with several Italian teams, and he competed in [Italy's top-tier level](/source/Italian_basketball_league_system), the [Lega Basket Serie A](/source/Lega_Basket_Serie_A) (Italian First Division). He played with [Saclà Asti](/source/Libertas_Pallacanestro_Asti), during the 1973–74 season. He them moved to [Saclà Torino](/source/Auxilium_Pallacanestro_Torino), where he spent the 1974–75 season. He then played with [Fernet Tonic Bologna](/source/Sporting_Club_Gira) (also known as Amaro Harrys Bologna), from 1976 to 1979. In his first season with Bologna, the 1976–77 season, Sacchetti played in the Italian Second Division competition, the [Serie A2](/source/Serie_A2_Basket).
After that, Sacchetti again played with [Torino](/source/Auxilium_Pallacanestro_Torino) (also known as Grimaldi Torino and Berloni Torino), from 1979 to 1984. He finished his playing career with [Ciao Crem Varese](/source/Pallacanestro_Varese) (also known as Divarese Varese and Ranger Varese), where he played from 1984 to 1992.[[http://195.56.77.208/player/?id=SAC-ROM Official Italian league page on Sacchetti.]]
===National team career===
Sacchetti was a member of the senior men's [Italian national team](/source/Italian_national_basketball_team). With Italy's senior national team, he won a silver medal at the [1980 Moscow Summer Olympics](/source/Basketball_at_the_1980_Summer_Olympics). He also won a gold medal at the [1983 FIBA EuroBasket](/source/1983_FIBA_EuroBasket), and a bronze medal at the [1985 FIBA EuroBasket](/source/1985_FIBA_EuroBasket).
Sachetti also represented Italy at the [1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympics](/source/Basketball_at_the_1984_Summer_Olympics), and at the [1986 FIBA World Championship](/source/1986_FIBA_World_Championship).
==Coaching career==
===Clubs===
Sacchetti began his [basketball coaching](/source/basketball_coach) career in 1993. While he was the [head coach](/source/head_coach) of [Dinamo Sassari](/source/Dinamo_Basket_Sassari), he was named the [Italian League Coach of the Year](/source/Lega_Basket_Serie_A_awards), in 2012. He won the [Italian Cup](/source/Italian_Basketball_Cup) title in 2014 and 2015. He also won the [Italian Supercup](/source/Italian_Basketball_Supercup) title in 2014, and the [Italian League](/source/Lega_Basket_Serie_A) championship in 2015.
===Italian senior national team===
In 2017, Sacchetti was named the [head coach](/source/head_coach) of the senior men's [Italian national team](/source/Italian_national_basketball_team),[[http://www.eurohoops.net/en/national-teams/489273/meo-sachetti-is-messinas-heir/ Meo Sachetti is Messina’s heir.]] replacing [Ettore Messina](/source/Ettore_Messina) in that role. In 2022, he was replaced in the role by [Gianmarco Pozzecco](/source/Gianmarco_Pozzecco).
==Personal life==
Sacchetti's son, [Brian Sacchetti](/source/Brian_Sacchetti), is a professional basketball player. Sacchetti coached his son Brian, while Brian was a player of the [Italian League](/source/Lega_Basket_Serie_A) club [Dinamo Sassari](/source/Dinamo_Basket_Sassari).
==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.meosacchetti.it/ Official website] {{in lang|it}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150925095307/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/rpp//q/Romeo%20Sacchetti/pid//_//players.html FIBA Profile]
*[http://www.fibaeurope.com/compID_qMRZdYCZI6EoANOrUf9le2.season_1985.roundID_2260.teamID_307.playerID_8279.html FIBA Europe Profile]
*[http://www.euroleague.net/competition/coaches/showcoach?pcode=004383&seasoncode=E2015 Euroleague.net Coach Profile]
*[http://web.legabasket.it/player/?id=SAC-ROM Italian League Player Profile] {{in lang|it}}
*[http://web.legabasket.it/coach/coach.phtml?id=SAC-ROM Italian League Coach Profile] {{in lang|it}}
*{{Olympics.com|romeo-sacchetti}}
{{Italy Men Basketball Squad 1980 Summer Olympics}}
{{Italy national basketball team roster}}
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