{{Short description|Albanian basketball player}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Orion Garo | image = | image_size = | caption = | team = | position = | nationality = Albanian | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1980|3|30}} | birth_place = Durrës, Albania | death_date = | death_place = | height_m = 2.07 | weight = | college = St. Bonaventure Bonnies (2000–2002)<br>Dakota State Trojans (2003–2004) | career_start = 1995 | career_end = 2013 | coach_start = | coach_end = | years1 = 1995–1996 | team1 = Teuta | years2 = 1996–1998 | team2 = Partizani Tirana | years3 = 1998–2000 | team3 = Petriloli | years4 = 2004–2005 | team4 = Partizani Tirana | years5 = 2005–2006 | team5 = ENAD | years6 = 2006 | team6 = Tirana | years7 = 2006 | team7 = Aalborg Vikings | years8 = 2007–2012 | team8 = Tirana | years9 = 2012–2013 | team9 = Teuta | highlights = '''As player:''' *5× Albanian League champion (2008–2012) *4x Albanian Cup winner (2008, 2009, 2011, 2012) *5x Albanian Supercup winner (2008–2012) }}
'''Orion Garo''' (born 30 March 1980) is an Albanian basketball former basketball player.
==Career== He made his debut in the Albanian League at a very young age, playing one season at Teuta and two at Partizani Tirana. From 1998 to 2000 he played for the Italian Petritoli Basket before embarking on a journey in the NCAA with St. Bonaventure Bonnies and Dakota State Trojans.<ref>[https://www.dsuathletics.com/roster/25/1/6263.php Roster Dakota State] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211209194823/https://www.dsuathletics.com/roster/25/1/6263.php |date=9 December 2021 }} ''dsuathletics.com''</ref>
In 2004 he returned to Partizani Tirana. He later played for ENAD and Aalborg Vikings.<ref>[https://nordjyske.dk/nyheder/albansk-fyrtaarn-til-aab-basket/bf0d9ece-3b9e-436f-895c-fc495f83589e Albansk fyrtårn til AaB Basket] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211208075955/https://nordjyske.dk/nyheder/albansk-fyrtaarn-til-aab-basket/bf0d9ece-3b9e-436f-895c-fc495f83589e |date=8 dicembre 2021 }} ''nordjyske.dk''</ref> From 2007 until 2012 he played for Tirana. Garo ended his career in 2013 at his hometown club Teuta.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.zemrashqiptare.net/news/2662/gjiganti-i-madh-i-mire.html|title=Gjiganti i madh i mirë|work=zemrashqiptare.net|date=8 March 2003|language=sq}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{Eurobasket.com player|39030}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Garo, Orion}} Category:1980 births Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from Durrës Category:Albanian men's basketball players Category:Albanian expatriate basketball people in Italy Category:Albanian expatriate basketball people in the United States Category:Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Category:Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Category:St. Bonaventure Bonnies men's basketball players Category:KB Teuta players Category:KB Partizani Tirana players Category:KB Tirana players