Queralt Casas

Last updated

Queralt Casas
Queralt Casas (24.05.21).jpg
No. 10Valencia Basket
Position Shooting guard
League LF
Personal information
Born (1992-11-18) 18 November 1992 (age 30)
Bescanó, Girona, Spain
NationalitySpanish
Listed height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Listed weight142 lb (64 kg)
Career information
Playing career2012–present
Career history
2006–2010 Segle XXI (youth/LF2)
2010–2012 CDB Zaragoza
2012–2014 Rivas Ecópolis
2014–2015 Galatasaray SK
2015–2016 Nantes Rezé Basket
2016–2018 Basket Landes
2018 Flammes Carolo
2018-2019 Sopron Basket
2019-present Valencia Basket
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Representing Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
World Cup
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Spain
EuroBasket
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 France
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Serbia/Latvia
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Israel/Slovenia

Queralt Casas Carreras [lower-alpha 1] (born 18 November 1992) is a Spanish basketball player. She plays as a forward in the Spanish League for Valencia Basket. Also a member of the Spanish national team, she won the gold medal at the EuroBasket Women in 2013 and 2019 with the senior team. [1]

Contents

Club career

Casas started playing with the youth teams of Segle XXI in 2006, reaching the senior team and playing in the Spanish League second tier for the last two seasons. From 2010 to 2012 she played for defunct club CDB Zaragoza in the Spanish League top tier. In April 2012 she signed a training camp contract with WNBA's Minnesota Lynx. [2] She signed for one of the top teams of the moment, Rivas Ecópolis, winning the 2013 Cup and the 2014 League.

In 2014 she transferred to Turkish team Galatasaray Odeabank, winning the Turkish League in 2015. She then moved to France, where she played one season for Nantes Rezé Basket, two seasons for Basket Landes and a few months for Flammes Carolo Basket. [3] [4] In December 2018 she signed for Sopron Basket of the Hungarian League. [5]

She returned to Spain after 5 years to play for Valencia Basket in the 2018-19 league. [6]

European cups statistics

EuroCup winner
SeasonTeamGPMPPPPPRPPAPP
2010–11 EuroCup Flag of Spain.svg CDB Zaragoza 1012.24.51.40.8
2012–13 EuroLeague Flag of Spain.svg Rivas Ecopolis 1521.07.52.01.3
2013–14 EuroLeague Flag of Spain.svg Rivas Ecopolis 1130.211.53.11.6
2014–15 EuroLeague Flag of Turkey.svg Galatasaray S.K 1430.95.43.12.1
2015–16 EuroCup Flag of France.svg Nantes Rezé Basket 1033.817.06.53.9
2016–17 EuroCup Flag of France.svg Basket Landes 231.016.54.03.0
2017–18 EuroCup Flag of France.svg Basket Landes 828.012.84.93.3
2018–19 EuroLeague Flag of France.svg Flammes Carolo 427.111.84.34.0
Flag of Hungary.svg Sopron Basket 1331.78.45.23.7
2020-21 EuroCup Flag of Spain.svg Valencia Basket 726.410.63.93.6

National team

Casas started playing with Spain's youth teams at 15, winning a total of six medals from 2008 to 2012. [7] She made her debut with the senior team in 2013, when she was 20 years old. She won the gold medal at the EuroBasket Women 2013. After participating in a few friendlies in 2014 and 2015, she played again official games in February 2018, when coach Lucas Mondelo called her up for the 2019 EuroBasket qualifiers. Up to 2021, she had 78 caps with 3.5 PPG. [8]

Notes

  1. In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Casasand the second or maternal family name is Carreras.

Related Research Articles

Sancho Lyttle is a Vincentian-Spanish former professional basketball player for the WNBA. Combining the WNBA and the European season, she has won six domestic leagues and four Euroleague titles with four teams in three countries. She was born in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and was granted Spanish nationality in June 2010. With the Spanish basketball team she has won four medals between 2010 and 2017.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Amaya Valdemoro</span> Spanish basketball player

Amaya Valdemoro Madariaga 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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Marta Fernández</span> Spanish basketball player

Marta Fernández Farrés is a retired Spanish women's basketball player. A 1.80 m (5'11") guard, she won three bronze medals with the Spain women's national basketball team. At club level, she played in 2007 with the Los Angeles Sparks of the United States' WNBA., the Polish team Wisła Can-Pack Kraków and the Spanish teams Universitari Barcelona, Ros Casares Valencia and Perfumerías Avenida, where she retired in 2015. Marta Fernández is the sister of Spanish international and Real Madrid shooting guard Rudy Fernández.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Evanthia Maltsi</span>

Evanthia "Evina" Maltsi is a Greek former professional basketball guard. In 2007, she played for Connecticut Sun in the WNBA, appearing in 29 games, 26 in the regular season and 3 in the playoffs. A three time Euroleague All-Star (2007–2009), Maltsi has a long career in European club basketball, having played in Spain, France, Czech Republic, Poland and Turkey besides her native Greece and she has won numerous titles as a player of CJM Bourges, Ros Casares Valencia, USK Praha and Olympiacos.

Nuria Martínez Prat is a Spanish professional basketball player for Spar CityLift Girona.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Alba Torrens</span> Spanish basketball player

Alba Torrens Salom is a Spanish female basketball player at the small forward position. She is currently captain of Valencia Basket.

Marta Xargay Casademont is a retired Spanish professional basketball player. She played for Phoenix Mercury of the WNBA, and for several European teams in Czech Republic, Russia and Spain. She played for the Spain women's national basketball team from 2011 to 2020. 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. In September 2018 she signed for Dynamo Kursk of the Russian Premier League., and in January 2020 she returned to her youth club Uni Girona CB. After not playing in the 2020-21 season, she announced her retirement in July 2021.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Anna Cruz</span> Spanish basketball player

Anna Cruz Lebrato is a Spanish professional basketball player, currently playing for Spanish team Barça CBS (F.C.Barcelona). She developed her professional career in several clubs in Spain, Russia, Turkey and the United States, and had 178 caps for the Spain's national basketball team from 2009 to 2019, winning a total of eight medals. She also won the 2015 WNBA, the 2017 EuroLeague and the 2017 and 2019 EuroBaskets.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Laia Palau</span> Spanish basketball player

Laia Palau Altés is a Spanish professional basketball player, currently playing for Spanish team Spar CityLift Girona. At 314, she is the most capped player in the Spain women's national basketball team, after being in the senior team for two decades (2002-2021). With 12 medals in final tournaments, she is also the top medallist.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cristina Ouviña</span> Spanish basketball player (born 1990)

Cristina Ouviña Modrego is a Spanish basketball player. She plays for Valencia Basket and the Spain women's national basketball team. She is point guard and winner of the EuroBasket in France 2013. She is known for her speed, her desire to learn, and her work ethic.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Astou Ndour-Fall</span> Basketball player

Astou Ndour-Fall is a Spanish professional basketball player for the Chicago Sky of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and for Çukurova Basketbol of the Turkish Women's Basketball League. Born in Senegal, she represents Spain internationally.

Leticia Romero González is a Spanish basketball player from Agüimes who plays for Valencia Basket and the Spain women's national basketball team. She played three years in the Spain's top-tier league before spending her U.S. college career with Kansas State and Florida State. She played the 2018 WNBA season with the Dallas Wings.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Laura Gil</span> Spanish basketball player

Laura Gil Collado is a Spanish basketball player for Valencia Basket and the Spain women's national basketball team. At club level, she has been on teams that won the 2011 EuroLeague, the 2021 EuroCup and three Spanish Leagues competitions. As a member of the Spain national teams, she has been a medallist in all the tournaments she has played in from 2007 to 2019: nine medals at youth level and seven medals at senior level. The last medal won was gold at the EuroBasket Women 2019.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Alberto Abalde</span> Spanish basketball player

Alberto Abalde Díaz is a Spanish professional basketball player for Real Madrid of the Spanish Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. He has experience on the Spain under-18 and under-20 national teams, having won the bronze and silver medals on the international stage. He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Evelyn Akhator is a Nigerian professional women's basketball forward/center for Flammes Carolo. She was drafted by the Dallas Wings of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) as the 3rd overall pick in the 2017 WNBA draft.

María Conde Alcolado is a Spanish basketball player who currently plays for USK Praha and who last played for the Polish team Wisła Can-Pack Kraków. Conde also plays for the Spanish national team.

Beatriz Sánchez is a Spanish basketball player for Durán Maquinaria Ensino and the Spanish national team.

The 2018–19 EuroLeague Women was the 61st edition of the European women's club basketball championship organized by FIBA, and the 23rd edition since being rebranded as the EuroLeague Women.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Raquel Carrera</span> Spanish basketball player

Raquel Carrera Quintana is a Spanish professional basketball player for Valencia Basket of the Liga Femenina in Spain.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Marica Gajić</span> Bosnian woman basketball player

Marica Gajić is a Bosnian basketball player. She is a member and current captain of the women's basketball team of Bosnia and Herzegovina. She plays for the French Ligue Féminine de Basketball club Flammes Carolo Basket.

References

  1. "Web Queralt Casas 9: Biografía". Web Queralt Casas 9. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  2. The WNBA looks for her Ricky Rubio in Queralt Casas. Marca
  3. "Flammes Carolo : Des prolongations enregistrées, Queralt Casas dans le viseur". 10 April 2018.
  4. "Web Queralt Casas 9: Queralt Casas ficha por el Flammes Carolo". 2 June 2018.
  5. "Queralt Casas ficha por el Sopron". 10 December 2018.
  6. Valencia signing
  7. "archive.fiba.com: Players". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  8. "Selección Española Absoluta Femenina de Baloncesto". seleccionfemenina.feb.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  9. MVP Casas leads all tournament team. 2011 U-20 EC's website
  10. "Queralt Casas – Spain and Rivas Ecopolis | FIBA Europe". www.fibaeurope.com. Retrieved 10 March 2018.