Raquel Carrera

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Raquel Carrera
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No. 14Valencia Basket
Position Power forward
League Liga Femenina
Personal information
Born (2001-10-31) 31 October 2001 (age 22)
Ourense, Spain
Listed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Career information
WNBA draft 2021: 2nd round, 15th overall pick
Selected by the Atlanta Dream
Playing career2016–present
Career history
2016–2019 Celta Vigo (LF2)
2019–2020 Araski AES
2020–present Valencia Basket
Career highlights and awards
Medals
EuroBasket
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Israel/Slovenia

Raquel Carrera Quintana (born 31 October 2001) is a Spanish professional basketball player for Valencia Basket of the Liga Femenina in Spain.

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She was drafted by the Atlanta Dream with the 15th overall in the 2021 WNBA draft, but her draft rights were later traded to the New York Liberty. Carrera is the highest Spanish player ever picked in the WNBA draft. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Carrera spent three years in Spain's Women's League 2 with Celta Zorka, where she averaged 12.3 points and 6.5 rebounds. [5] She signed with Valencia in 2019 on a five-year contract. After signing with Valencia, Carrera spent a year with Araski while recovering from injury before returning to Valencia. [6] [7] In her first season with Valencia Basket she won the 2020-21 EuroCup Women scoring two last-second free-throws. [8]

EuroCup statistics

Winner
SeasonTeamGPMPPPPPRPPAPP
2020-21 EuroCup Valencia Basket 720.76.93.41.0
2021-22 EuroCup Valencia Basket

National team career

Carrera made her international debut at the 2016 FIBA Under-17 World Championship for Women when she was 14-years-old. She has competed in that tournament twice times, placing 6th in both. She also competed in European U16 tournaments, for which she won gold in 2016 and silver in 2017, and the European U18, for which she won silver in 2018. In 2021, Carrera was chosen to the Spanish Women's National Team, participating in the EuroBasket Women 2021 and the 2020 Summer Olympics. Up to end of the year, she had 19 caps, with 5.5 PPG: [9] [10] [11] [12]

She played at EuroBasket Women 2023, winning a silver medal. [13]

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