Club Playing Career
He was one of the key players of the Cantù team (in which he played from 1969 to 1991), winning 2 Italian Championships (in 1975, and 1981), 2 European Champions' Cup (Euroleague) titles (1982 and 1983), 4 Korać Cups (1973, 1974, 1975, and 1991), 2 Intercontinental Cups (1975 and 1982), and 4 Cup Winners' Cups (1977, 1978, 1979, and 1981).
In July 2006, Marzorati decided to come back at age 54, to top class competitions with Cantù, for the 70th anniversary of the team. On October 6, 2006, he finally appeared in an official match for Cantù, playing two minutes in a Lega Basket Serie A game, against the Italian national champions Benetton Treviso. Cantù won 70-69. This way, he became the first basketball player in history, to have played official games in five different decades, as well as the oldest professional basketball player to have ever taken part in an official game.
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