Marta Xargay

Marta Xargay Casademont (born 20 December 1990) is a Spanish professional basketball player. She played for Phoenix Mercury of the WNBA, and currently for the Spanish team Uni Girona CB and the Spain women's national basketball team. She has represented national team since EuroBasket Women 2011 competition.[1] She won EuroLeague Women 2010–11 with Perfumerías Avenida Baloncesto. She left Spain in 2015, joining both USK Praha of the Czech League in 2015 and the Phoenix Mercury of the WNBA on 11 February 2015.[2] In September 2018 she signed for Dynamo Kursk of the Russian Premier League.,[3] and in January 2020 she returned to her youth club Uni Girona CB.

Marta Xargay
No. 10 – Uni Girona CB
PositionShooting guard
LeagueLF
Personal information
Born (1990-12-20) 20 December 1990
Girona, Spain
NationalitySpanish
Listed height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Listed weight157 lb (71 kg)
Career information
Playing career2009–present
Career history
1996–2003C.E. Vedruna
2003–2005C.E.S.E.T.
2005–2009Uni Girona CB
2009–2015CB Avenida
2015–2016Phoenix Mercury
2015–2018USK Praha
2018–2019Dynamo Kursk
2020-Uni Girona CB
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Representing  Spain
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam
World Cup
2014 Turkey
2018 Spain
EuroBasket
2013 France
2017 Czech Republic
2019 Serbia/Latvia
2015 Hungary/Romania

Club career

Xargay started playing basketball from a young age in clubs in her hometown Girona, entering the youth levels of Uni Girona CB at 14 and making it to the senior team and the Spanish second tier. In 2009 she signed for CB Avenida from Salamanca, where in the following six seasons she won two leagues, three cups and one EuroLeague.

During 2015 and 2016 she played both in the WNBA[4] with Phoenix Mercury and the European season with USK Praha, where she won the 2016, 2017 and 2018 Czech League.[5] Due to her commitment to the Spain national team, she opted not to play in the WNBA in 2017 or 2018. She played for one and a half seasons in Russian team Dynamo Kursk, before returning to Uni Girona CB in January 2020.[6]

Career statistics

WNBA
Season Team GP MPP PPP RPP APP
2015 Phoenix Mercury 20 17.5 3.9 1.8 2.4
2016 Phoenix Mercury 15 19.8 5.7 1.7 2.7

EuroLeague and EuroCup statistics
EuroLeague winner
Season Team GP MPP PPP RPP APP
2009–10 EuroLeague Halcón Avenida 13 10.5 2.0 1.0 1.2
2010–11 EuroLeague Halcón Avenida 17 13.7 3.5 1.3 0.9
2011–12 EuroLeague Perfumerías Avenida 14 25.1 6.0 3.0 2.7
2012–13 EuroLeague Perfumerías Avenida 14 26.1 7.9 3.1 2.9
2013–14 EuroLeague Perfumerías Avenida 13 30.9 8.5 4.2 4.7
2014–15 EuroLeague Perfumerías Avenida 16 28.1 8.1 3.6 3.3
2015–16 EuroLeague ZVVZ USK Praha 17 19.7 4.9 2.1 2.0
2016–17 EuroLeague ZVVZ USK Praha 19 30.8 11.0 3.3 3.4
2017–18 EuroLeague ZVVZ USK Praha 15 36.0 11.6 4.0 6.6
2018–19 EuroLeague Dynamo Kursk 17 20.9 5.1 1.9 3.1
2019–20 EuroLeague Dynamo Kursk 8 24.6 4.0 2.9 2.5
Spar CityLift Girona 6 21.4 7.3 2.7 2.7
2019–20 EuroCup Spar CityLift Girona

National team

Xargay started playing with Spain's youth teams at 16, winning a total of five medals from 2006 to 2010. She made her debut with the senior team in 2011. Up to 2017, she had 107 caps and 8 PPG,[7] participating in the Rio 2016 Olympics, one World Championships and four European Championships:[8]

References
  1. FIBA Europe profile
  2. Mercury Sign Guard Marta Xargay Archived 14 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Marca.com (in Spanish)
  4. "Marta Xargay Casademont – WNBA.com – Official Site of the WNBA". WNBA.com – Official Site of the WNBA. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  5. "ZBL_2016-2017 Basketball League CZECH-REPUBLIC – eurobasket". www.eurobasket.com. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  6. https://www.diaridegirona.cat/esports/2020/01/07/marta-xargay-torna-girona-quedar/1022485.html
  7. "Selección Española Absoluta Femenina de Baloncesto". seleccionfemenina.feb.es. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  8. "archive.fiba.com: Players". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
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