Rafa Martínez
 Rafael Martínez with Valencia BC. | |||||||||||||
| No. 17 – Valencia Basket | |||||||||||||
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| Position | Shooting guard | ||||||||||||
| League |
Liga ACB Eurocup | ||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||
| Born |
March 3, 1982 Santpedor, Barcelona, Spain | ||||||||||||
| Nationality | Spanish | ||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 2.75 in (1.90 m) | ||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 180 lb (82 kg) | ||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 2004 / Undrafted | ||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1999–present | ||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||
| 1998–2000 | Manresa | ||||||||||||
| 2000–2001 | Vic | ||||||||||||
| 2001–2003 | Valls | ||||||||||||
| 2003–2008 | Manresa | ||||||||||||
| 2008–present | Valencia Basket | ||||||||||||
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Rafael Martínez Aguilera (born March 3, 1982), known as Rafa Martínez, is a Spanish professional basketball player who currently plays for Valencia Basket of the Liga ACB. He also represented the Spanish national basketball team internationally. He plays the shooting guard position.
Professional career
Rafa Martínez started playing basketball for Basquet Manresa eventually rising from clubs junior team ranks. The team previously played in the Spanish second division LEB but was promoted to the ACB for the 1999-2000 season where on October 9, 1999 he made his professional debut in the top Spanish league against FC Barcelona. The following season he spent in the Basketball team CB Vic. After spending two years in the Valls Felix Hotel in LEB-2, he returned to the Basquet Manresa in 2003. In 2008 he joined Valencia Basket that later won the Eurocup in 2010. In the 2009-10 season he had the best three-point percentage in the Liga ACB.
Spanish national team
He has been with the Spanish national basketball team from the youth level. With the U-20 he won the silver medal at the U-20 European Basketball Championship 2002 played in Vilnius (Lithuania), and won the bronze medal with the B-team at the Mediterranean Games 2005 played in Almería (Spain).
In June 2010 he was included on the list of 24 candidates for the Spanish national basketball team,[1] but did not make the final 12-man roster for 2010 FIBA World Championship.
Career statistics
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| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game | ||
| FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage | ||
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game | ||
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | PIR | Performance Index Rating | ||
| Bold | Career high | ||||||
Note: The Euroleague is not the only competition in which the player participated for the team during the season, he also played in domestic competition.
Euroleague
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | PIR |
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| 2010–11 | Valencia | 21 | 21 | 29.0 | .416 | .375 | .769 | 2.1 | 1.5 | .8 | .0 | 10.7 | 8.4 |
| 2014–15 | Valencia | 10 | 6 | 13.1 | .242 | .136 | .714 | .8 | .7 | .5 | .0 | 2.4 | 1.0 |
| Career | 31 | 27 | 23.9 | .388 | .331 | .763 | 1.7 | 1.3 | .7 | .0 | 8.0 | 6.0 |
References
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rafa Martínez. |
- Rafa Martínez at acb.com (Spanish)
- Rafa Martínez at draftexpress.com
- Rafa Martínez at eurobasket.com
- Rafa Martínez at euroleague.net
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