Nuria Martínez Prat (born February 29, 1984) is a Spanish professional basketball player for 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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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Club career
editMartínez 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
editShe 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.