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Rafa Martínez

Rafael Martínez with Valencia Basket.
No. 17 – Baxi Manresa
Position	Shooting guard
League	Liga ACB
Personal information
Born	(1982-03-03) 3 March 1982 (age 42) Barcelona, Spain
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
2008–2019	Valencia
2019–2020	Bilbao
2020–present	Manresa
Career highlights and awards
Liga ACB champion (2017) 3× EuroCup champion (2010, 2014, 2019) 3× Liga ACB three-point field goal percentage leader (2010, 2017–2018) Liga LEB champion (2007)
Medals Men's basketball Representing  Spain Mediterranean Games 2005 Almería National team

Rafael Martínez Aguilera (born 3 March 1982), known as Rafa Martínez, is a Spanish professional basketball player for Baxi Manresa of the Liga ACB. He also represented the Spain national team internationally. He plays the shooting guard position.

Professional career

Rafa Martínez started playing basketball for Basquet Manresa eventually rising from the club's 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, Martínez joined Valencia Basket. He won the EuroCup in the 2009–10. Along with that, Martínez had the highest three-point percentage in the Liga ACB that season. In the 2013–14 season, he won the Eurocup for the second time.

On 14 March 2017 Martínez became the all-time three-point field goals leader of the EuroCup after passing Marko Popović with 208 three-pointers.

First all-time pointer of valencia basket since 26 February 2019 in the match against San Pablo Burgos team, surpassing Brad Branson.

On July 10, 2019, Martínez signed with RETAbet Bilbao Basket of the Liga ACB.

On July 8, 2020, Martínez had signed with Baxi Manresa of the Liga ACB. On July 15, 2021, Baxi Manresa announced that Martínez would play one more season for the club.

Spain national team

He has been with the Spain national 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 Spain national team, but did not make the final 12-man roster for 2010 FIBA World Championship.

Career statistics

EuroLeague

References

1. "Valencia's Martinez becomes EuroCup's three-point king". Sportando.com. 14 March 2017. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
2. "ACB.COM - Rafa Martínez, nuevo 'hombre de negro'". www.acb.com (in European Spanish). 10 July 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
3. Lupo, Nicola (July 8, 2020). "Rafa Martinez returns to BAXI Manresa". Sportando. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
4. "Rafa Martínez, one more season at BAXI Manresa and the Endesa League". basquetmanresa.com. July 15, 2021. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
5. Spain 2010 Pre-Selection Roster Turkey

External links

• Rafa Martínez Archived 2019-03-27 at the Wayback Machine at acb.com (in Spanish)
• Rafa Martínez at draftexpress.com
• Rafa Martínez at eurobasket.com
• Rafa Martínez at euroleague.net

• 1982 births
• Living people
• Bàsquet Manresa players
• Bilbao Basket players
• CB Vic players
• Competitors at the 2005 Mediterranean Games
• Liga ACB players
• Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Spain
• Mediterranean Games medalists in basketball
• Shooting guards
• Spanish men's basketball players
• Basketball players from Barcelona
• Valencia Basket players
• 21st-century Spanish sportsmen