Alex Abreu
No. 1 – Santeros de Aguada | |||||||||||||||
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Position | Point guard | ||||||||||||||
League | Baloncesto Superior Nacional | ||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
Born | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | August 14, 1991||||||||||||||
Nationality | Puerto Rican | ||||||||||||||
Listed height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 180 lb (82 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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High school | Bayamón Military Academy (Bayamón, Puerto Rico) | ||||||||||||||
College |
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NBA draft | 2015: undrafted | ||||||||||||||
Playing career | 2015–present | ||||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||||
2015 | Maratonistas de Coamo | ||||||||||||||
2015–present | Santeros de Aguada | ||||||||||||||
2016–2017 | Panteras de Aguascalientes | ||||||||||||||
2017 | Guaros de Lara | ||||||||||||||
2017–2018 | Orléans Loiret Basket | ||||||||||||||
2018–2019 | Champagne Châlons-Reims | ||||||||||||||
2019 | Gießen 46ers | ||||||||||||||
2019–present | Santeros de Aguada | ||||||||||||||
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Alexander Abreu Vázquez (born August 14, 1991) is a Puerto Rican professional basketball player for Santeros de Aguada of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional. He formerly played in the German Basketball Bundesliga.[1][2] Standing at a height of 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m), he plays at the point guard position. Internationally, Abreu represents and plays for the Puerto Rican national team.[3]
College career
Prior to his drug arrest, he played for The University of Akron, which was on track for one of the best seasons in program history. But, after having drugs shipped in from Puerto Rico, he was arrested and the team was quickly eliminated from the NCAA playoffs in the round of 64.[1]
Professional career
Orléans Loiret Basket
On June 16, 2017, Abreu signed a one-year deal with Orléans Loiret Basket of the LNB Pro B.[4]
National team career
Abreu represented Puerto Rico at the 2016 Centrobasket where he won a gold medal.[5] Abreu also played at the 2017 FIBA AmeriCup where he averaged 4.7 points, 2.7 rebounds and 4.3 assists per game in two games.[5]
References
- ^ a b Former drug dealer, Akron standout Alex Abreu wants players to learn from his past
- ^ Alex Abreu débarque à l'OLB (in French)
- ^ Álex Abreu está comprometido con el Equipo Nacional rumbo a Colombia (in Spanish)
- ^ Abreu signs with Orleans[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b Alexander Abreu's profile | FIBA
- 1991 births
- Living people
- Panteras de Aguascalientes players
- Akron Zips men's basketball players
- Champagne Châlons-Reims Basket players
- Guaros de Lara (basketball) players
- Maratonistas de Coamo players
- Orléans Loiret Basket players
- People from Bayamón, Puerto Rico
- Point guards
- Puerto Rican men's basketball players
- Puerto Rican people of Dominican Republic descent
- Puerto Rican expatriate basketball people in France
- Puerto Rican expatriate basketball people in Germany
- Puerto Rican expatriate basketball people in Mexico
- Santeros de Aguada basketball players
- West Georgia Wolves men's basketball players