Nuria Martínez Explained

Nuria Martínez
Number:1
Position:Guard
Height Ft:5
Height In:9
Weight Lbs:167
League:EuroCup Women
LF
Birth Date:29 February 1984
Nationality:Spanish
Draft League:WNBA
Draft Year:2004
Draft Round:3
Draft Pick:36
Draft Team:Sacramento Monarchs
Career Start:2002
Years1:2002–2003
Team1:UB-Barça
Years2:2003–2006
Team2:Perfumerías Avenida
Years3:2005
Team3:Minnesota Lynx
Years4:2007–2008
Team4:Dynamo Moscow
Years5:2008–2009
Team5:Famila Wüber Schio
Years6:2009–2010
Team6:Bracco Geas
Years7:2010
Team7:Minnesota Lynx
Years8:2010–2011
Team8:Ros Casares Valencia
Years9:2011–2012
Team9:Liomatic Umbertide
Years10:2012–2014
Team10:Kayseri Kaski Spor
Years11:2014–2016
Team11:Galatasaray
Years12:2016–2017
Team12:Famila Wüber Schio
Years13:2017–present
Team13:Spar CityLift Girona
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Nuria Martínez Prat (born February 29, 1984) is a Spanish professional basketball player for Spar CityLift Girona.

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]

WNBA career statistics

Regular season

|-| align="left" | 2005| align="left" | Minnesota| 1 || 0 || 2.0 || .000 || .000 || .000 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0|-| align="left" | 2010| align="left" | Minnesota| 15 || 0 || 8.5 || .182 || .150 || .667 || 0.7 || 0.7 || 0.3 || 0.0 || 0.8 || 1.8|-| align="left" | Career| align="left" | 2 years, 1 team| 16 || 0 || 8.1 || .176 || .143 || .667 ||| 0.7 || 0.7 || 0.3 || 0.0 || 0.8 || 1.7

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]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ACB.COM - Núria Martínez: La aventurera del baloncesto. www.acb.com. 2017-10-04.
  2. Web site: Stats in Italy.
  3. Web site: NÚRIA MARTÍNEZ: "ME HACE MUCHA ILUSIÓN VOLVER A JUGAR EN CASA". lokosxelbaloncestofemenino.com. 20 September 2017 . es-es. 2017-10-04.
  4. Web site: El Spar CityLift Girona ficha a la base Nuria Martínez. www.feb.es. 2017-10-04.
  5. Web site: Federación Española de Baloncesto - Competiciones FEB. competiciones.feb.es. 2017-10-04.
  6. Web site: Selección Española Absoluta Femenina de Baloncesto. seleccionfemenina.feb.es. 2017-10-04.
  7. Web site: Nuria Martínez Bio, Stats, and Results. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418095413/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/nuria-martinez-1.html. dead. 2020-04-18. Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. en. 2017-10-04.
  8. Web site: archive.fiba.com: Players. archive.fiba.com. 2017-10-04.