Marta Xargay
No. 10 – Dynamo Kursk | |
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Position | Shooting guard |
League | ![]() |
Personal information | |
Born | Girona, Spain | December 20, 1990
Nationality | Spanish |
Listed height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
Listed weight | 156 lb (71 kg) |
Career information | |
Playing career | 2009–present |
Career history | |
1996–2003 | C.E. Vedruna |
2003–2005 | C.E.S.E.T. |
2005–2009 | Uni Girona CB |
2009–2015 | CB Avenida |
2015–2016 | Phoenix Mercury |
2015–2018 | USK Praha |
2018–present | Dynamo Kursk |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Marta Xargay Casademont (born December 20, 1990) is a Spanish professional basketball player. She plays for Phoenix Mercury of the WNBA, USK Praha and Spain women's national basketball team. She has represented national team since EuroBasket Women 2011 competition.[1] She won EuroLeague Women 2010–11 with Perfumerías Avenida Baloncesto. She left Spain in 2015, joining both USK Praha of the Czech League in 2015 and the Phoenix Mercury of the WNBA on February 11, 2015.[2] In September 2018 she signed for Dynamo Kursk of the Russian Premier League.[3]
Club career
Xargay started playing basketball from a young age in clubs in her hometown Girona, entering the youth levels of Uni Girona CB at 14 and making it to the senior team and the Spanish second tier. In 2009 she signed for CB Avenida from Salamanca, where in the following six seasons she won two leagues, three cups and one EuroLeague.
During 2015 and 2016 she played both in the WNBA[4] with Phoenix Mercury and the European season with USK Praha, where she won the 2016, 2017 and 2018 Czech League.[5] Due to her commitment to the Spain national team, she opted not to play in the WNBA in 2017 or 2018. In 2018 she signed for Russian team Dynamo Kursk.
Career stats
WNBA
Season | Team | GP | MPP | PPP | RPP | APP |
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2015 | Phoenix Mercury | 20 | 17.5 | 3.9 | 1.8 | 2.4 |
2016 | Phoenix Mercury | 15 | 19.8 | 5.7 | 1.7 | 2.7 |
EuroLeague
EuroLeague winner |
Season | Team | GP | MPP | PPP | RPP | APP |
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2009-10 | ![]() |
13 | 10.5 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.2 |
2010-11 | ![]() |
17 | 13.7 | 3.5 | 1.3 | 0.9 |
2011-12 | ![]() |
14 | 25.1 | 6.0 | 3.0 | 2.7 |
2012-13 | ![]() |
14 | 26.1 | 7.9 | 3.1 | 2.9 |
2013-14 | ![]() |
13 | 30.9 | 8.5 | 4.2 | 4.7 |
2014-15 | ![]() |
16 | 28.1 | 8.1 | 3.6 | 3.3 |
2015-16 | ![]() |
17 | 19.7 | 4.9 | 2.1 | 2.0 |
2016-17 | ![]() |
19 | 30.8 | 11.0 | 3.3 | 3.4 |
2017-18 | ![]() |
15 | 36.0 | 11.6 | 4.0 | 6.6 |
2018-19 | ![]() |
National team
Xargay started playing with Spain's youth teams at 16, winning a total of five medals from 2006 to 2010. She made her debut with the senior team in 2011. Up to 2017, she had 107 caps and 8 PPG,[6] participating in the Rio 2016 Olympics, one World Championships and four European Championships:[7]
2006 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (youth)
2007 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship (youth)
- 5th 2008 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship (youth)
2009 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship (youth)
2009 FIBA Under-19 World Championship (youth) (MVP)
2010 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship (youth)
- 9th 2011 Eurobasket
2013 Eurobasket
2014 World Championship
2015 Eurobasket
2016 Summer Olympics
2017 Eurobasket
2018 World Championship
References
- ^ FIBA Europe profile
- ^ Mercury Sign Guard Marta Xargay Archived 2015-02-14 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Marca.com (in Spanish)
- ^ "Marta Xargay Casademont - WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA". WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA. Retrieved 2017-10-03.
- ^ "ZBL_2016-2017 Basketball League CZECH-REPUBLIC - eurobasket". www.eurobasket.com. Retrieved 2017-10-03.
- ^ "Selección Española Absoluta Femenina de Baloncesto". seleccionfemenina.feb.es. Retrieved 2017-10-03.
- ^ "archive.fiba.com: Players". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 2017-10-03.
External links
- 1990 births
- Living people
- Shooting guards
- People from Girona
- Phoenix Mercury players
- Spanish expatriate basketball people in the United States
- Spanish women's basketball players
- Basketball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic basketball players of Spain
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for Spain
- Olympic medalists in basketball
- Spanish basketball biography stubs