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Nuria Martínez
No. 1 – Spar CityLift Girona
PositionGuard
LeagueEuroCup Women, LF
Personal information
Born (1984-02-29) February 29, 1984 (age 40)
Mataró, Barcelona
NationalitySpanish
Listed height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Listed weight167 lb (76 kg)
Career information
WNBA draft2004: 3rd round, 36th overall pick
Selected by the Sacramento Monarchs
Playing career2002–present
Career history
2002–03UB-Barça
2003–06Perfumerías Avenida
2005Minnesota Lynx
2007–08Dynamo Moscow
2008–09Famila Wüber Schio
2009–10Bracco Geas
2010Minnesota Lynx
2010–11Ros Casares Valencia
2011–12Liomatic Umbertide
2012–14Kayseri Kaski Spor
2014–16Galatasaray
2016–17Famila Wüber Schio
2017–presentSpar CityLift Girona
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Representing  Spain
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2014 Turkey
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Czech Republic
EuroBasket
Silver medal – second place 2007 Italy
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Greece
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Turkey
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Hungary/Romania

Nuria Martínez Prat (born February 29, 1984) is a Spanish professional basketball player for Spar CityLift Girona. She spent most of her career in

Club career

Martínez made her debut in the Spanish top tier Liga Femenina in hometown club UB-Barça in 2002, soon signing for powerhouse CB Avenida, where she won the 2005-06 Spanish League and Cup. She played one game for WNBA team Minnesota Lynx in 2005. Martínez spent the following ten seasons mostly playing abroad[1] in Russia (Dynamo Moscow, Turkey (Kayseri Kaski, Galatasaray S.K.) and Italy[2] (Liomatic Umbertide, PF Schio, with just one season in Spain at Ros Casares Valencia and a second summer at Minnesota Lynx, playing 15 games in the 2010 WNBA season.

In 2017 she returned to Spain to play at Spar CityLift Girona.[3][4][5]

National team

She made her debut with Spain women's national basketball team at the age of 17. She played with the senior team for 15 years, from 2001 to 2015, with a total of 145 caps and 4 PPG.[6] She participated in two Olympic Games[7], three World Championships and in four European Championships:[8]

References

  1. ^ "ACB.COM - Núria Martínez: La aventurera del baloncesto". www.acb.com. Retrieved 2017-10-04.
  2. ^ "Stats in Italy". {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  3. ^ "NÚRIA MARTÍNEZ: "ME HACE MUCHA ILUSIÓN VOLVER A JUGAR EN CASA"". lokosxelbaloncestofemenino.com (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2017-10-04.
  4. ^ "El Spar CityLift Girona ficha a la base Nuria Martínez". www.feb.es. Retrieved 2017-10-04.
  5. ^ "Federación Española de Baloncesto - Competiciones FEB". competiciones.feb.es. Retrieved 2017-10-04.
  6. ^ "Selección Española Absoluta Femenina de Baloncesto". seleccionfemenina.feb.es. Retrieved 2017-10-04.
  7. ^ "Nuria Martínez Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2017-10-04.
  8. ^ "archive.fiba.com: Players". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 2017-10-04.

External links

Template:Spain Women Basketball Squad 2004 Summer Olympics Template:Spain Women Basketball Squad 2008 Summer Olympics

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