After 17 seasons and more than 600 missions in the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL), the 36-year-old stops at the end of the season.
Karsten Tadda won the Champions League, five championship titles and celebrated three cup wins, now the team captain of the Bamberg Baskets is over. After 17 seasons and more than 600 missions in the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL), the 36-year-old ended his career at the end of the season.
“For me, the moment has come to hang your shoes on the nail. An incredible journey with many great moments, many championships and titles is behind me,” said Tadda: “It was always my wish to end my career here in Bamberg and I think the right time is now.”
The 89-time international, EM participant in 2013, 2015 and 2017, played for Bamberg from 2007 to 2015. After the Stations Giessen, Ratiopharm Ulm, EWE Baskets Oldenburg and Telekom Baskets Bonn, Tadda returned to his hometown in 2023. The defensive specialist won the Champions League (2023) with Bonn, and he won all other titles with Bamberg. There, the Guard also completed its last international match in February 2019. In the future, Tadda will work as a young coordinator in the Freak City Bamberg EV.
“When Bamberger Junge won five titles plus one international with Bonn, it is excellent and actually his jersey has to be hung under the hall corner,” said Managing Director Philipp Höhne: “What he has done for Bamberg and as a international for the German Basketball is difficult to describe with words.