Alexander Möller leaves BG Göttingen: Change to Pro A!

Alexander Möller leaves BG Göttingen: Change to Pro A!

Göttingen, Deutschland - Alexander Möller leaves the BG Göttingen and moves to Pro A at his own request. The basketball Bundesliga club announced on Wednesday. The 27-year-old player uses an exit clause in his contract and the change takes place against payment of a transfer fee. The new second division club to which Möller changes was not mentioned.

BG coach Mikko Riipinen showed understanding for Möller's decision. The player had switched to BG Göttingen in the summer of 2024 and completed eight competitive games this season with an average season of around three minutes per game. Previously, he played at the Art Giants Düsseldorf, where he played 33 games last season and was on the field on average 18 minutes per game, 6.3 points and 3.6 rebounds per game.

career and background

Möller was born on January 22, 1998 and is 207 cm tall and 104 kg. He grew up in Xanten and moved to the basketball boarding school Hagerhof at the age of 13. From 2015 to 2019 he was part of the second division squad of the Dragons Rhöndorf (ProA and ProB) and from 2016 at the EasyCredit BBL squad of Telekom Baskets Bonn, where he had four first division missions. In 2019 he switched to the Art Giants Düsseldorf (PROG) and then played two seasons at the Iserlohn Kangaroos (ProB) before returning to the Art Giants Düsseldorf in the summer of 2022, which had risen to the ProA. Möller's move to the BG Göttingen was part of the cadre expansion for the EasyCredit BBL season 2024/25, such as bggoettingen.de reported.

The BG Göttingen sees a player with the right profile and valuable experience from Pro A. The coach Olivier Foucart was convinced that he can give the team depth in the big positions.

In addition, the situation at the BG Göttingen coaching bank has changed: Telekom Baskets Bonn separated from coach Roel Moors, who had previously trained BG Göttingen for three years and led the team to the playoffs in 2023, like goettinger-teglatt.de reported.