Listed height 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 2000–2002 Real Canoe NC 2004–2005 Baloncesto Fuenlabrada Pro career 2000 | Playing career 2002–2004 CB Estudiantes Height 2.03 m Uncle Antonio Martín Espina | |
Born November 20, 1984 (age 32) ( 1984-11-20 ) Nationality Spanish / German / Israeli Parents Fernando Martín Espina, Petra Sonneborn Position Small forward, Center, Power forward Grandparents Ricardo Martín Ajo, Carmen Espina Prada | ||
Jan Fernando Martín Sonneborn (born November 20, 1984) is a basketball player with three nationalities Spanish, German and Israeli, which plays in the positions of center, power forward and small forward.
Contents
- In Spain
- In Israel
- Return to Spain
- Spanish National Team
- Personal
- Spanish Selection
- CB Estudiantes
- Baloncesto Fuenlabrada
- Galil Gilboa
- Individual
- References
He was the first Spanish player to play in the Ligat Winner (Israeli Basketball Premier League). In the season 2010-2011 in Maccabi Ashdod B.C. was chosen as player revelation.
In Spain
Formed in the lower categories Maccabi Haifa BC and Real Canoe NC (basketball), he played EBA league with Real Canoe NC (basketball) in the seasons 2000-01 and 2001-02.
In the seasons 2002-03 and 2003-04 he played in CB Estudiantes of the EBA team, which he would combine with four appearances in the ACB team.
In season 2004-05 was part of the template LEB of Baloncesto Fuenlabrada with whom he won the ascent to the ACB.
In the 2005-06 season played for AB Castelló in LEB 2 with 12.4 points, 6.2 rebounds and 1.1 assists.
In 2006-07 he played in Real Madrid Baloncesto in the LEB Plata, he was the player with most minutes played (29.5), leading scorer (12.3) and the second most valued. He played three games in ULEB Cup, the first of these matches was against PAOK Salonika. He debuted wearing the shirt of Real Madrid Baloncesto in ACB on February 4, 2007, against CB Granada. In 2007-08 he continued in the Real Madrid Baloncesto in the LEB Bronze, was the true leader of his team, he was the player with most minutes played (31.2), leading scorer (15.7), maximum rebounder (6.9) and most valuable player (14.8). In this season he led his team to the playoffs with 15.5 points, 6.7 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 0.9 blocks.
In season 2008-09 arrived at CB Illescas LEB Oro with good percentages 6.5 points (50% T2, T3 37% and 88% TL) and 3.4 rebounds in 18.1 minutes.
In Israel
In 2009 he realized a test for Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C., the team left satisfied and decided to include it to be divested to Elitzur Yavne B.C. in the National League. In this team he held position of small forward, convincing with his game averaging 15.8 points, 5.1 rebounds and 1.5 assists.
As a reward in 2010-11 he played the first category in the Maccabi Ashdod B.C., which coincided with Meir Tapiro, international for several years with Israel, and Niv Berkowitz, son of the legendary Miki Berkovich.
In the 2011-12 season he signed for Hapoel Gilboa Galil Elyon, the first Israeli team division, getting to be champion of the International League Balkan .
In 2012 he signed with Hapoel Eilat B.C. and ends his stage in Israel.
Return to Spain
In 2013 he reinforced workouts of the Bilbao Basket during the pre-season in the ACB, to cover the floor of Germán Gabriel who was in the Eurobasket with the Spanish National team. In their last game was one of the most accurate, scoring 10 points against Cajasol of Aito Garcia Reneses.
In September 2013 he reaches an agreement with Club Deportivo Estudio to play in Group B of the EBA league. On the game 10 got to be the most valuable player of Group B with 17 points, 16 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 steals and 2 blocks for 34 valuation.
Spanish National Team
International with the Spanish National Team junior and U-20, playing with Rudy Fernandez and Marc Gasol. He debuted with the junior team in the International Tournament of Corfu in 2001 scoring 7 points and capturing 4 rebounds, soon he became a reference in the National Team.
Runner-up in the Albert Schweitzer Tournament 2002 was an absolute reference within the team as demonstrated in the first game scoring 29 points against Yugoslavia.
Personal
Son of the first Spanish player to play in the NBA, Fernando Martín Espina and the German-Israeli model Petra Sonneborn and nephew of basketball player Antonio Martín Espina.
Spanish Selection
02 ! Silver medal in the Albert Schweitzer Tournament in 2002.