Ricky Mendizábal

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

Ricky Mendizábal
No. 12 – CB Virgen de la Concha
PositionPower forward, center[1][2]
LeagueLiga EBA
Personal information
Born (1997-10-21) 21 October 1997[3]
Zumarraga, Spain
NationalityEquatoguinean, Spanish
Listed height2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
Career history
2016–2017Ointxe! Arrasateko SKE
2017–2018Club Ourense Baloncesto
2018–2019Araberri BC
2020–CB Virgen de la Concha
This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Mendizábal and the second or maternal family name is Mifumu.

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

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