Ana Belén Álvaro Explained

Ana Belén Álvaro
Position:Point guard
Height Cm:168
League:Spanish League
Birth Date:April 24, 1969
Birth Place:Cuenca
Nationality:Spanish
Career Start:1984
Career End:2002
Highlights:
Years1:1984-1986
Team1:Mecalux Hospitalet
Years2:1986-1988
Team2:Natural Cusí
Years3:1988-1989
Team3:Caja Toledo
Years4:1989-1992
Team4:BEX Banco Exterior
Years5:1992-1996
Team5:Dorna Godella / Costa Naranja
Years6:1996-1997
Team6:Pool Getafe
Years7:1998-2001
Team7:Valenciennes Olympic
Years8:2001-2002
Team8:Esportiu Universitari

Ana Belén Álvaro Bascuñana (born April 24, 1969) is a former Spanish basketball player, representing Spain from 1988 to 2002 and winning a gold medal at the 1993 European Championship. At club level, she won the 1993 FIBA European Champions Cup and 6 Liga Femenina titles.[1] [2] [3]

Club career

After playing in her childhood club at Mollet del Vallès, she went to Hospitalet to play for Mecalux in 1984, thus making her debut in Liga Femenina at 15. After Mecalux resigned its position in the top tier, she played for Natural Cusí in nearby El Masnou, where she spent two seasons. As one of the most promising young players of her time, she got transferred to the Caja Toledo - BEX Banco Exterior project, with other young Spanish prospects in order to prepare for the 1992 Summer Olympics. After the Olympic tournament, she won back-to-back leagues with Dorna Godella and Pool Getafe. With Dorna Godella she went to win the 1992-93 FIBA European Champions Cup. She had another successful spell at French club Union Sportive Valenciennes Olympic, where she won one French league, one French cup and became runner-up of the 2000-2001 Euroleague.[4]

National team

She made her debut with Spain women's national basketball team at the age of 19. She played with the senior team for 14 years, from 1988 to 2002, with a total of 204 caps and 8.5 PPG. She participated in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, 2 World Championships and in three European Championships:

Coaching career

She became assistant coach in the French club St. Amaund Leseau in 2003. Back in Spain she continued her coaching career in clubs of the Valencian Community, including her old club Dorna Godella (renamed Ros Casares) and other male and female clubs.

References

  1. Web site: Search page FIBA Europe. www.fibaeurope.com. 2017-09-17.
  2. Web site: Selección Española Absoluta Femenina de Baloncesto. seleccionfemenina.feb.es. 2017-09-16.
  3. Web site: Ana Belén Álvaro Bascuñana enciclopèdia.cat. www.enciclopedia.cat. ca. 2017-09-17.
  4. Web site: ACB.COM - Ana Belén Álvaro Bascuñana: Un repaso a su carrera. www.acb.com. 2017-09-17. 2017-09-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20170918064416/http://www.acb.com/redaccion.php?id=74679. dead.