Nuria Martínez
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| No. 1 – Spar CityLift Girona | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Guard | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | EuroCup Women LF | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | February 29, 1984 Vilassar de Mar, Barcelona | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Spanish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 167 lb (76 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| WNBA draft | 2004: 3rd round, 36th overall pick | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Selected by the Sacramento Monarchs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2002–present | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career history | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2003 | UB-Barça | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2006 | Perfumerías Avenida | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005 | Minnesota Lynx | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Dynamo Moscow | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Famila Wüber Schio | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Bracco Geas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Minnesota Lynx | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Ros Casares Valencia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Liomatic Umbertide | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2014 | Kayseri Kaski Spor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2016 | Galatasaray | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Famila Wüber Schio | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–present | Spar CityLift Girona | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career highlights and awards | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Stats at Basketball Reference | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nuria Martínez Prat (born February 29, 1984) is a Spanish professional basketball player for Spar CityLift Girona.
Club career
[edit]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
[edit]| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game | RPG | Rebounds per game |
| APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game | BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game |
| TO | Turnovers per game | FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
| Bold | Career best | ° | League leader |
Regular season
[edit]| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
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| 2005 | Minnesota | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 | Minnesota | 15 | 0 | 8.5 | .182 | .150 | .667 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 1.8 |
| Career | 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
[edit]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]
1999 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (youth)- 6th 2000 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship (youth)
- 5th 2002 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship (youth)
2003 Eurobasket- 6th 2004 Summer Olympics
- 2005 Eurobasket
- 8th 2006 World Championship
2007 Eurobasket- 5th 2008 Summer Olympics
2010 World Championship
2014 World Championship- 2015 Eurobasket
References
[edit]- ^ "ACB.COM - Núria Martínez: La aventurera del baloncesto". www.acb.com. Retrieved 2017-10-04.
- ^ "Stats in Italy".
- ^ "NÚRIA MARTÍNEZ: "ME HACE MUCHA ILUSIÓN VOLVER A JUGAR EN CASA"". lokosxelbaloncestofemenino.com (in European Spanish). 20 September 2017. Retrieved 2017-10-04.
- ^ "El Spar CityLift Girona ficha a la base Nuria Martínez". www.feb.es. Retrieved 2017-10-04.
- ^ "Federación Española de Baloncesto - Competiciones FEB". competiciones.feb.es. Retrieved 2017-10-04.
- ^ "Selección Española Absoluta Femenina de Baloncesto". seleccionfemenina.feb.es. Retrieved 2017-10-04.
- ^ "Nuria Martínez Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2017-10-04.
- ^ "archive.fiba.com: Players". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 2017-10-04.
External links
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- 1984 births
- Living people
- Abdullah Gül Üniversitesi basketball players
- Basketball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Basketball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Basketball players from Catalonia
- Guards (basketball)
- Minnesota Lynx players
- Olympic basketball players for Spain
- Sportspeople from Mataró
- Spanish expatriate basketball people in Turkey
- Spanish expatriate basketball people in the United States
- Spanish expatriate basketball people in Russia
- Spanish expatriate basketball people in Italy
- Spanish women's basketball players
- Sportswomen from Catalonia
- 21st-century Spanish sportswomen