League Liga ACB
Eurocup NBA draft 2004 / Undrafted Height 1.90 m Nationality Spanish 1998–2000 Manresa Weight 82 kg | Name Rafa Martinez Position Shooting guard Listed weight 180 lb (82 kg) Role Basketball Player Pro career 1999 | |
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Born March 3, 1982 (age 42)
Santpedor, Barcelona, Spain ( 1982-03-03 ) Similar People Bojan Dubljevic, Sam Van Rossom, Romain Sato, Pau Ribas, Vladimir Lucic | ||
Listed height 6 ft 2.75 in (1.90 m) | ||
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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.
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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, but did not make the final 12-man roster for 2010 FIBA World Championship.
Career statistics
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, and regional competition if applicable.
