Nuria Martínez

For the footballer, see Nuria Martínez (footballer).
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Martínez and the second or maternal family name is Prat.
Nuria Martínez
No. 1 – Spar CityLift Girona
PositionGuard
LeagueEuroCup Women
LF
Personal information
Born (1984-02-29) February 29, 1984 (age 40)
Vilassar de Mar, Barcelona
NationalitySpanish
Listed height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Listed weight167 lb (76 kg)
Career information
WNBA draft2004: 3rd round, 36th overall pick
Selected by the Sacramento Monarchs
Playing career2002–present
Career history
2002–2003UB-Barça
2003–2006Perfumerías Avenida
2005Minnesota Lynx
2007–2008Dynamo Moscow
2008–2009Famila Wüber Schio
2009–2010Bracco Geas
2010Minnesota Lynx
2010–2011Ros Casares Valencia
2011–2012Liomatic Umbertide
2012–2014Kayseri Kaski Spor
2014–2016Galatasaray
2016–2017Famila Wüber Schio
2017–presentSpar CityLift Girona
Career highlights and awards
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata
Medals
Representing  Spain
Women's basketball
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2014 Turkey
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Czech Republic
EuroBasket
Silver medal – second place 2007 Italy
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Greece
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Turkey
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Hungary/Romania
Women's 3x3 basketball
Europe Cup
Silver medal – second place 2019 Debrecen

Nuria Martínez Prat (born February 29, 1984) is a Spanish professional basketball player for Spar CityLift Girona.

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]

WNBA career statistics

Legend
  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

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
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

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 European Spanish). 20 September 2017. 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. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2017-10-04.
  8. ^ "archive.fiba.com: Players". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 2017-10-04.