Ricky Mendizábal Explained

Ricky Mendizábal
Position:Power forward, center[1] [2]
Height M:2.00
League:Liga EBA
Number:12
Team:CB Virgen de la Concha
Birth Date:21 October 1997[3]
Birth Place:Zumarraga, Spain
Years1:2016–2017
Team1:Ointxe! Arrasateko SKE
Years2:2017–2018
Team2:Club Ourense Baloncesto
Years3:2018–2019
Team3:Araberri BC
Years4:2020–
Team4:CB Virgen de la Concha

Diosdado Mendizábal Mifumu[4] (born 21 October 1997), known as Ricky Mendizábal, is a basketball player who plays as a power forward for Liga EBA club CB Virgen de la Concha. Born in Spain, he plays for the Equatorial Guinea national team.

Early life

Mendizábal was born in Zumarraga and is of Equatorial Guinean descent.[5]

Club career

Mendizábal is a Saski Baskonia product. After four youth seasons there, he moved to Ointxe! Arrasateko SKE, where he made his Liga EBA debut.[6]

International career

Mendizábal has played for the Equatorial Guinea national basketball team in January 2020 at the AfroBasket 2021 qualification (pre-qualifiers group C).[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ricky Mendizabal. eurobasket. 16 March 2020.
  2. Web site: Diosdado Mendizabal. Club Ourense Baloncesto. es. 16 March 2020.
  3. Web site: Diosdao MENDIZABAL MIFUMU. 16 March 2020. FIBA.
  4. Web site: MENDIZABAL MIFUMU, DIOSDADO. FEB. es. 16 March 2020.
  5. Web site: El ala-pívot Ricky Mendizabal, nuevo jugador del Caja Rural - Virgen de la Concha. es. 16 March 2020. Isabel. de la Calle. 23 January 2020. Tribuna Valladolid.
  6. Web site: Sáenz Horeca Araberri ficha a Riky Mendizabal. es. ACB.COM. 23 August 2018. 16 March 2020.