Attilio Caja

Attilio Caja (born 20 May 1961 in Pavia, Italy) is an Italian professional basketball coach who is head coach for Scafati Basket of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA).

Attilio Caja

Caja with Pallacanestro Varese in 2015.
Fortitudo Bologna
Position	Head coach
League	LBA2
Personal information
Born	(1961-05-20) 20 May 1961 (age 63) Pavia, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Career history
As coach:
1992–1994	Pallacanestro Pavia
1994–1999	Virtus Roma
1997	Italy national basketball team
1999–2000	Victoria Libertas Pesaro
2000–2002	Virtus Roma
2002–2004	Olimpia Milano
2004–2005	Basket Napoli
2005–2006	Roseto Sharks
2006	Aironi Basket Novara
2007–2008	Olimpia Milano
2008	Pallalcesto Amatori Udine
2010	Vanoli Cremona
2010–2011	Basket Rimini Crabs
2011–2012	Vanoli Cremona
2013–2014	Affrico Firenze
2015	Pallacanestro Varese
2015–2016	Virtus Roma
2016–2020	Pallacanestro Varese
2021–2022	Reggio Emilia
2022–2023	Scafati Basket
Career highlights and awards
As head coach: Italian League Best Coach (1996) Italian Supercup winner (2000)
Medals Men's Basketball Head Coach for  Italy Mediterranean Games 1997 Bari National Team

Coaching career

He was head-coach of the Italian national basketball team in 1997, and led them to the silver medal at the 1997 Mediterranean Games.

His first time as a head coach was with Pallacanestro Pavia in 1992.

Since 2016 he is the head-coach of the Italian basketball team Pallacanestro Varese.^[1]

In 2021 he signed a contract with Reggio Emilia to replace Antimo Martino.^[2]

On November 9, 2022, he signed with Scafati Basket of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA).^[3]

Honors and titles

Head coach

• Italian Supercup: 1

Virtus Roma: 2000

• LBA Best Coach: 1

Virtus Roma: 1996

References

1. "Attilio Caja è il nuovo allenatore della Openjobmetis Varese" [Attilio Caja is the new head-coach of Openjobmetis Varese]. Legabasket.it (in Italian). Archived from the original on 25 December 2016. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
2. "Attilio Caja è il nuovo allenatore della Pallacanestro Reggiana" (in Italian). pallacanestroreggiana.it. 16 March 2020.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
3. "Givova Scafati, è Attilio Caja il Nuovo Capo Allenatore". scafatibasket.com (in Italian). November 9, 2022. Retrieved December 6, 2022.

External links

• Attilio Caja at legabasket.it