Marta Fernández Farrés (born 21 December 1981 in Barcelona[1]) is a retired Spanish women's basketball player.[2] A 1.80 m (5'11") guard, she won three bronze medals with the Spain women's national basketball team. At club level, she played in 2007 with the Los Angeles Sparks of the United States' WNBA.,[3] the Polish team Wisła Can-Pack Kraków and the Spanish teams Universitari Barcelona, Ros Casares Valencia and Perfumerías Avenida, where she retired in 2015.[4][5][6] Marta Fernández is the sister of Spanish international and Real Madrid shooting guard Rudy Fernández.[7]
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| Born | 21 December 1981 (age 43) Barcelona, Spain | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Playing career | 1995–2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Shooting guard | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1999-2004 | Popular Godella / Ros Casares | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001-2002 | → Torrent (loan) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004-2007 | Universitari Barcelona | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | Los Angeles Sparks | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007-2010 | Wisła Can-Pack Kraków | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010-2011 | Ros Casares Valencia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011-2015 | CB Avenida | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Stats at Basketball Reference | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medals
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Club career
editFernández spent her formative years at Segle XXI, where young prospects are recruited. She played for them in the Spanish top-tier league with Popular Godella / Ros Casares (1999-2004, 2010–11), Universitari Barcelona (2004–07) and CB Avenida (2011-2015), winning a total of five leagues and six domestic cups. She was the 2007 and 2008 MVP of the Spanish League.[8]
She spent the summer of 2007 at the Los Angeles Sparks[9] and the 2007–2010 seasons with Wisła Can-Pack Kraków.
EuroLeague stats
editSource: FIBA[10]
| Season | Team | GP | MPP | PPP | RPP | APP |
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| 2001-02 |  Popular Godella
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15 | 25.1 | 11.3 | 3.1 | 0.9 |
| 2002-03 | Ros Casares
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14 | 27.1 | 10.2 | 3.3 | 1.9 |
| 2003-04 | Ros Casares
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14 | 24.5 | 9.4 | 1.6 | 1.9 |
| 2007-08 |  Wisła Can-Pack Kraków
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12 | 28.2 | 12.8 | 1.9 | 1.8 |
| 2008-09 | Wisła Can-Pack Kraków
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13 | 32.5 | 10.9 | 2.2 | 2.6 |
| 2009-10 | Wisła Can-Pack Kraków
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18 | 33.7 | 13.4 | 3.2 | 3.7 |
| 2010-11 | Ros Casares Valencia
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17 | 20.7 | 9.2 | 1.6 | 1.9 |
| 2011-12 | Perfumerías Avenida
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14 | 25.8 | 10.6 | 1.5 | 2.4 |
| 2012-13 | Perfumerías Avenida
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14 | 30.3 | 13.1 | 1.4 | 2.6 |
| 2013-14 | Perfumerías Avenida
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14 | 20.3 | 6.4 | 1.4 | 1.5 |
| 2014-15 | Perfumerías Avenida
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16 | 26.3 | 9.5 | 1.4 | 2.2 |
| Total | 161 | 26.7 | 10.6 | 2.0 | 2.1 |
National team
editShe made her debut with Spain women's national basketball team at the age of 18. She played with the senior team from 2000 to 2012. She is one of the most capped players with a total of 120 caps and 8.2 PPG.[11] She participated in the (Athens 2004 Olympics, three World Championships and two European Championships:[12]
References
edit- ^ COE profile
- ^ Player Profile at EuroBasket.com
- ^ Marta Fernandez Archived 2008-05-17 at the Wayback Machine WNBA Player Profile
- ^ "Marta Fernández abandona el baloncesto" [Marta Fernández leaves basketball] (in Spanish). ACB.com. 5 May 2015. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
- ^ "Marta Fernández, el adiós de la escolta más eléctrica". ELMUNDO (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-10-04.
- ^ "ACB.COM - Marta Fernández abandona el baloncesto". www.acb.com. Retrieved 2017-10-04.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Marta Fernández". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
- ^ "Federación Española de Baloncesto - Competiciones FEB". competiciones.feb.es. Retrieved 2017-10-04.
- ^ "Marta Fernández: "No podía volver a esperar a la selección y perderme la WNBA" - MARCA.com". www.marca.com. Retrieved 2017-10-04.
- ^ "Marta Fernandez | EuroLeague Women (2015) | FIBA Europe".
- ^ "Selección Española Absoluta Femenina de Baloncesto". seleccionfemenina.feb.es. Retrieved 2017-10-04.
- ^ "archive.fiba.com: Players". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 2017-10-04.
External links
edit- Marta Fernandez at Olympics.com
- Marta Fernandez at Olympic.org (archived)
- Marta Fernández at Olympedia (archive)
- Marta Fernández Farres (and here) at the Comité Olímpico Español (in Spanish) (archive 1, archive 2)
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