María Araújo

María Araújo
No. 9 – Wisła Can-Pack Kraków
Position Power forward / Small forward
League BLK  Poland
Personal information
Born (1997-08-01) August 1, 1997
Vigo
Nationality Spanish
Listed height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Career history
2012-2015 Celta de Vigo Baloncesto (LF2)
2015-2018 Universitario de Ferrol
2018-present Wisła Can-Pack Kraków
Career highlights and awards

María Pérez Araújo (born August 1, 1997), known professionally as María Araújo is a Spanish basketball player for Universitario de Ferrol. She was the MVP[1] at the 2017 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women, where the Spain women's national under-20 basketball team won the gold medal. On November 2017 she received her first call-up for the senior national team.[2]. She will play the 2018-2019 in the Polish team Wisła Can-Pack Kraków.[3]

Club career

Araújo started in the youth levels of Celta de Vigo Baloncesto, where her mother had played professionally. She played her first game with the senior team in the Spanish second tier at 14, where she continued until 2015. She played the next three seasons for Universitario de Ferrol[4][5] in the Spanish top tier.[6]. In May 2018 she signed for the Polish team Wisła Can-Pack Kraków.

National team

She played in the youth teams of the Spanish national team from 2014 to 2017, reaching the final in all the tournaments that she played. She made her debut with the senior team in 2017 at 20 years of age, for the EuroBasket Women 2019 qualification games:[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Araujo crowned MVP after leading Spain to gold". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2017-10-02.
  2. ↑ "La #SelFem ya tiene 12 elegidas para su 'ventana' de noviembre". www.feb.es. Retrieved 2017-10-27.
  3. ↑ http://www.atlantico.net/articulo/deporte-local/maria-araujo-firma-wisla-canpack-polonia/20180510004302646297.html
  4. ↑ "María Araújo apuesta por el Uni Ferrol". www.feb.es. Retrieved 2017-10-02.
  5. ↑ "María Araújo, una progresión a pasos agigantados". www.feb.es. Retrieved 2017-10-02.
  6. ↑ "Federación Española de Baloncesto - Competiciones FEB". competiciones.feb.es. Retrieved 2017-10-02.
  7. ↑ "archive.fiba.com: Players". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 2017-10-02.
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