Michael Carrera


Michael Carrera is a Venezuelan professional basketball player for Hamburg Towers in the Basketball Bundesliga.

College career

Carrera played college basketball for South Carolina. During his time there he averaged 14.5 points, 7.7 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game.

Professional career

In the 2016-2017 basketball season, Carrera played for the Russian side BC Avtodor Saratov where he averaged 7 points, 4.6 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game. He moved to the Australian side Cairns Taipans in 2017 where he averaged 14.3 points, 3.6 rebounds and 1 assists per contest. He moved to the NBA G League side Oklahoma City Blue in late 2017 where he averaged 7 points, 4.2 rebounds and 0.6 assists per game. He moved to the Argentine side Obras Sanitarias in 2018 where he averaged 6.9 points, 4.9 rebounds and 0.4 assists per game.
On September 19, 2019, he has signed with Brose Bamberg of the Basketball Bundesliga.
On November 26, 2019, he signed with another club BBL club, Hamburg Towers. Carrera averaged 13.3 points and 5.0 rebounds per game for the Towers in 2019-20.

Venezuela National team

Carrera represents the Venezuela national basketball team. He represented the team at 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup where he averaged 10 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist at the tournament.