Personal information | |
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Born | Alcobendas, Community of Madrid | August 18, 1976
Nationality | Spanish |
Listed height | 182 cm (6 ft 0 in) |
Career information | |
Playing career | 1992–2013 |
Position | Small forward |
Career history | |
1992–1994 | Dorna Godella |
1994-1996 | Halcón Viajes |
1996-1998 | Pool Getafe |
1998-2000 | Houston Comets |
1998-2001 | Halcón Viajes |
2001–2005 | Ros Casares Valencia |
2005–2007 | CSKA Samara |
2007-2008 | CSKA Moscow |
2008-2010 | Ros Casares Valencia |
2010-2012 | Rivas Ecópolis |
2012-2013 | Tarsus Beledeyesi |
2013 | Real Canoe NC |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Medals |
Amaya Valdemoro Madariaga (born August 18, 1976, in Alcobendas, Community of Madrid) is a Spanish former basketball player. She won three Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) championship rings with the Houston Comets, one EuroLeague with Dorna Godella, as well as eight Spanish leagues and one Russian Premier League. She was the Russian League Player of the Year in 2006.
With the national team she competed in two Olympic Games, Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008. won a bronze medal at the 2010 FIBA World Championship and won 5 medals at EuroBasket women, including a gold medal at the 2013 EuroBasket Women.
She made her debut in the Spanish league in 1992, at only 16 years of age, with Dorna Godella, winning the national league and the 1992–93 Euroleague. In the 1993–1994 season, she won the league, the cup and was Euroleague runner-up. With her following club, Pool Getafe she won back-to-back league and cup titles in 1997 and 1998, and again Euroleague runner-up in 1998.
Valdemoro was selected with the 30th overall pick (3rd round) in the 1998 WNBA draft by the Houston Comets, winning three consecutive championships rings in 1998, 1999 and 2000. [1]
After playing for both Houston Comets and Halcón Viajes Salamanca for three seasons, she went back to Valencia, having the club changed its name to Ros Casares, going to win 2 leagues and 3 cups. She would have a brief spell at Brazilian team Unimed/Americana in 2004.
She spent the next three seasons in the Russian Premier League, with BC Volgaburmash Samara and then CSKA Moscow, winning 1 league and 3 cups.
Returning to play for Ros Casares Valencia, she won back-to-back league and cup titles in 2009 and 2010, as well as Euroleague runner-up in 2009–10 EuroLeague. She spent two more seasons in her home town, playing for Rivas Ecópolis, winning the 2011 Spanish cup and leading the team to the 2011–12 EuroLeague final.
After a brief stint in Turkey, her last club was Real Canoe NC.
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