Sandra Ygueravide Explained

Sandra Ygueravide
Position:Point guard
Birth Date:28 December 1984
Birth Place:Valencia, Spain
Nationality:Spain
Height Ft:5
Height In:8
Career Start:2001
Years1:2001–2004
Team1:Ros Casares
Years2:2004–2005
Team2:Avenida
Years3:2005–2006
Team3:Ciudad de Burgos
Years4:2007–2011
Team4:Estudiantes
Years5:2011–2013
Team5:Txingudi
Years6:2013
Team6:Pays d'Aix Basket 13
Years7:2013–2014
Team7:Botaş
Years8:2016–2017
Team8:Wisła Kraków
Years9:2017–2019
Team9:Nadezhda Orenburg
Years10:2019–2020
Team10:UNI Győr
Years11:2020–2022
Team11:Villeneuve-d'Ascq
Years12:2022–2023
Team12:Gernika
Years13:2023–
Team13:Uni Girona
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Sandra Ygueravide Viana (born 28 December 1984) is a Spanish basketball player who plays as a point guard for Uni Girona and the Spanish 3x3 team.

Professional career

Ygueravide competed with the Spanish club Ros Casares in which she made her debut in the Liga Femenina at the age of seventeen. With the Valencian club, she won three Copa de la Reina (2002, 2003, 2004) titles and a league title (2003–04). In the 2004–05 season she signed for Avenida, winning her fourth Copa de la Reina trophy. Later, she played in several teams in the Liga Femenina, Ciudad de Burgos (2005–06), Estudiantes (2006–2011), and Txingudi (2011–13), among others.[1] Ygueravide has also competed in the Turkish League, French clubs Pays d'Aix Basket 13, Villeneuve-d'Ascq, Polish club Wisła Kraków, where she won a Cup title (2017) and achieved a league runner-up (2016–17), and with Nadezhda Orenburg of the Russian League, winning their first European title, the EuroCup Women (2018–19).[2] [3] In the 2022–23 season, she returned to the Liga Femenina playing for Gernika and the following year, she signed with Uni Girona.[4] [5]

National team career

Ygueravide played internationally with the Spanish senior national team. She has also competed internationally with the 3x3 team, winning the Europe Cup (2021, being MVP of the tournament),[6] [7] together with Vega Gimeno, Marta Canella and Aitana Cuevas, and runner-up twice (2019, 2023).[8] In September 2022, she reached number 1 in the FIBA 3x3 ranking, becoming the first Spanish player to do so.[9]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ygueravide: "Hoy nos empujan a salir fuera". 24 October 2012. 16 October 2023. es. As. A.. Herrán.
  2. Web site: EuroCup Women 2018-19. 2021-09-23. FIBA.basketball.
  3. Web site: El Nadezhda de Lapeña, Ygueravide y Nicholls, campeón de la EuroCup 2018/19. 2019-04-12. 2023-10-18. es. Gigantes.
  4. Web site: Sandra Ygueravide: "Que exjugadoras que están preparadas den el paso a los banquillos me parece fenomenal". 2023-09-20. 2023-10-13. es. Gigantes.
  5. Web site: Sandra Ygueravide, la mejor jugadora de baloncesto 3x3. 2022-08-13. 2023-10-18. es. Marca. Nacho. Duque.
  6. Web site: Serbia and Spain win FIBA 3x3 Europe Cup 2021, presented by Caisse d'Epargne. 2021-09-23. FIBA.
  7. Web site: MVP Ygueravide shines in FIBA 3x3 Europe Cup 2021, presented by Caisse d'Epargne Team of The Tournament. 2021-09-23. FIBA.
  8. Web site: Vega Gimeno y Sandra Ygueravide, subcampeonas de Europa. 2023-09-07. 2023-10-18. es. Redacción. SD. Super Deporte.
  9. Web site: Sandra Ygueravide, la mejor jugadora de baloncesto 3x3. 2022-08-13. 2023-10-18. es. Marca. Nacho. Duque.