Amaya Valdemoro

Amaya Valdemoro

Valdemoro at the 25th Laureus World Sports Awards in 2024
Personal information
Born	(1976-08-18) August 18, 1976 (age 48) Alcobendas, Community of Madrid
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
EuroLeague champion (1993) 3x WNBA champion (1998–2000) 8× Spanish League champion (1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2009, 2010) 9x Spanish Cup champion (1994, 1997, 1998, 2002–2004, 2009–2011) Russian League champion (2006) 3x Russian Cup champion (2006–2008)
Stats at Basketball Reference
Medals Representing   Spain World Championship 2010 Czech Republic EuroBasket 2013 France 2007 Italy 2003 Greece 2005 Turkey 2009 Latvia

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Valdemoroand the second or maternal family name is Madariaga.

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.

Club career

1992-1998 Spanish clubs

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.

1998-2000 WNBA

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]

1998-2005 Spanish clubs

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.

2005-2008 Russian clubs

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.

2008-2013 Spanish clubs

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.

National team

She made her debut with Spain women's national basketball team at the age of 17. She played with the senior team for 18 years, from 1995 to 2013. She is one of the most capped players with a total of 258 caps and 10.6 PPG. ^[2] She participated in two Olympic Games (Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008), ^[3] four World Championships and eight European Championships, retiring from the national team as captain and champion in the 2013 EuroBasket:

• 1993 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship for Women (youth)
• 1994 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship for Women (youth)
• 9th 1995 Eurobasket
• 5th 1997 Eurobasket
• 5th 1998 World Championship
• 5th 2002 World Championship
• 2003 Eurobasket
• 6th 2004 Summer Olympics
• 2005 Eurobasket
• 8th 2006 World Championship
• 2007 Eurobasket (MVP) ^[4]
• 5th 2008 Summer Olympics
• 2009 Eurobasket
• 2010 World Championship
• 9th 2011 Eurobasket
• 2013 Eurobasket

References

1. Player File Archived September 15, 2008, at the Wayback Machine WNBA.com
2. "Selección Española Absoluta Femenina de Baloncesto". seleccionfemenina.feb.es. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
3. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Amaya Valdemoro". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020.
4. Valdemoro named MVP Archived September 5, 2008, at the Wayback Machine at eurobasketwomen2007.com