Stefano Gentile
Stefano Gentile is an Italian professional basketball player for Napoli Basket of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A. At a height of tall, he plays at the point guard position.
Professional career
Gentile started his club career at his father Nando's last team, Juvecaserta Basket, in the LegaDue. He then went to Andrea Costa Imola, of the same division, where his father was the head coach. With Andrea Costa Imola, he caught the eye of Serie A side Armani Jeans Milano, a club in which his father had previously been a star player.With Milano, he played in the Italian first division, and also the European-wide top-tier level EuroLeague. However, he struggled to get any meaningful playing time, and he then dropped down to the Italian fourth division level, first with Assi Ostuni, and then with Aquila Basket Trento. After a good season with Aquila Basket Trento, in which the club gained a league promotion to the LegaDue, he reentered the Italian top division, with Junior Casale, before later joining his former team, Juvecaserta Basket, also in the Italian first division.
With Caserta, he flourished under head coach Stefano Sacripanti, and earned a selection to the 2012–13 Italian All-Star Game, where he played alongside his brother, Alessandro, and he was awarded MVP. When the club's head coach Sacripanti, moved to the ambitious club Pallacanestro Cantù, he quickly recruited Gentile to join him. With Cantù, Gentile contributed to the team's good season, as they finished in 3rd place in the 2013–14 Italian League season, and reached the last 32 stage of Europe's second-tier level competition, the EuroCup.
In July 2015, he joined Pallacanestro Reggiana, signing a two-year contract with the club. In April 2017, he became a player of Virtus Pallacanestro Bologna.
On March 31, 2024, he signed with Trapani Shark of the Serie A2.
On June 28, 2025, he signed with Napoli Basket of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A.