Nuria Martínez

Nuria Martínez
No. 1 – Spar CityLift Girona
Position Guard
League EuroCup Women, LF
Personal information
Born (1984-02-29) February 29, 1984
Mataró, Barcelona
Nationality Spanish
Listed height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Listed weight 167 lb (76 kg)
Career information
WNBA draft 2004 / Round: 3 / Pick: 36th overall
Selected by the Sacramento Monarchs
Playing career 2002–present
Career history
2002–03 UB-Barça
2003–06 Perfumerías Avenida
2005 Minnesota Lynx
2007–08 Dynamo Moscow
2008–09 Famila Wüber Schio
2009–10 Bracco Geas
2010 Minnesota Lynx
2010–11 Ros Casares Valencia
2011–12 Liomatic Umbertide
2012–14 Kayseri Kaski Spor
2014–16 Galatasaray
2016–17 Famila Wüber Schio
2017–present Spar CityLift Girona
Career highlights and awards
Stats at NBA.com
Medals
Representing  Spain
World Championships
2014 Turkey
2010 Czech Republic
EuroBasket
2007 Italy
2003 Greece
2005 Turkey
2015 Hungary/Romania

Nuria Martínez Prat (born February 29, 1984) is a Spanish professional basketball player for Spar CityLift Girona. She spent most of her career in

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]

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]

References

  1. ↑ "ACB.COM - Núria Martínez: La aventurera del baloncesto". www.acb.com. Retrieved 2017-10-04.
  2. ↑ "Stats in Italy".
  3. ↑ "NÚRIA MARTÍNEZ: "ME HACE MUCHA ILUSIÓN VOLVER A JUGAR EN CASA"". lokosxelbaloncestofemenino.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-10-04.
  4. ↑ "El Spar CityLift Girona ficha a la base Nuria Martínez". www.feb.es. Retrieved 2017-10-04.
  5. ↑ "Federación Española de Baloncesto - Competiciones FEB". competiciones.feb.es. Retrieved 2017-10-04.
  6. ↑ "Selección Española Absoluta Femenina de Baloncesto". seleccionfemenina.feb.es. Retrieved 2017-10-04.
  7. ↑ "Nuria Martínez Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2017-10-04.
  8. ↑ "archive.fiba.com: Players". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 2017-10-04.
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