Germán Gabriel
 Gabriel setting to shoot a free-throw while playing with Estudiantes. | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 18, 1980 Caracas, Venezuela |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Listed height | 6 ft 9.5 in (2.07 m) |
| Listed weight | 245 lb (111 kg) |
| Career information | |
| NBA draft | 2002: undrafted |
| Playing career | 1998–2016 |
| Position | Power forward / center |
| Coaching career | 2016–present |
| Career history | |
| As player: | |
| 1998–1999 | Unicaja B |
| 1999–2004 | Unicaja |
| 2001 | →Club Ourense Baloncesto |
| 2001–2003 | →CB Estudiantes |
| 2004–2005 | Bilbao Basket |
| 2005–2007 | CB Girona |
| 2007–2009 | Unicaja |
| 2009–2013 | CB Estudiantes |
| 2013–2014 | Bilbao Basket |
| 2014 | Marinos de Anzoátegui |
| 2014–2015 | Bilbao Basket |
| 2015 | Unicaja |
| 2015–2016 | Marinos de Anzoátegui |
| As coach: | |
| 2016–2017 | Iowa Energy (assistant) |
Germán Antonio Gabriel Benaches (born November 16, 1980) is a Spanish retired professional basketball player. He played as a power forward and as a center.
Professional career
[edit]Gabriel signed with the Liga ACB club Estudiantes in 2009.[1] After spending four years in the club of Madrid, he signed for Bilbao Basket.
He came back to Unicaja, his first club, in 2015 once he left Bilbao.[2] On December 2, he left Unicaja.[3]
On 4 November 2016, Gabriel announced his retirement from professional basketball.
National team career
[edit]After playing with the junior national teams of Spain, Gabriel joined the senior Spain men's national basketball team. He was selected to play with Spain at the EuroBasket 2013.
Career statistics
[edit]| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | PIR | Performance Index Rating |
| Bold | Career high |
EuroLeague
[edit]| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | PIR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003–04 | Unicaja | 14 | 1 | 10.1 | .514 | .556 | .700 | 2.6 | .4 | .4 | .1 | 3.9 | 4.1 |
| 2007–08 | Unicaja | 18 | 3 | 16.6 | .556 | .491 | .692 | 2.8 | .8 | .7 | .1 | 8.1 | 8.4 |
| 2008–09 | Unicaja | 6 | 0 | 9.3 | .500 | .467 | 1.000 | 1.5 | .2 | .7 | .0 | 5.7 | 6.0 |
| 2014–15 | Unicaja | 7 | 0 | 9.0 | .438 | .375 | .714 | 2.0 | .6 | .1 | .1 | 3.1 | 3.4 |
| Career | 45 | 4 | 12.4 | .527 | .483 | .704 | 2.5 | .6 | .5 | .1 | 5.7 | 5.9 |
References
[edit]- ^ Sportando.net Estudiantes signs German Gabriel.
- ^ Germán Gabriel regresa a casa hasta final de temporada Archived 2015-02-01 at the Wayback Machine; ACB.com 30 January 2015
- ^ "Germán Gabriel se desvincula del Unicaja". ACB.com (in Spanish). December 2, 2015. Archived from the original on December 3, 2015. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
External links
[edit]- Germán Gabriel at acb.com (in Spanish)
- Germán Gabriel at eurobasket.com
- Germán Gabriel at euroleague.net
- Germán Gabriel at fiba.com
- Germán Gabriel at fibaeurope.com
- Germán Gabriel on Twitter
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- 1980 births
- Living people
- Baloncesto Málaga players
- Bilbao Basket players
- CB Estudiantes players
- CB Girona players
- Centers (basketball)
- Club Ourense Baloncesto players
- Competitors at the 2005 Mediterranean Games
- Iowa Energy coaches
- Liga ACB players
- Marinos B.B.C. players
- Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Spain
- Mediterranean Games medalists in basketball
- Power forwards
- Spanish expatriate basketball people in the United States
- Spanish men's basketball players
- Basketball players from Caracas
- Venezuelan emigrants to Spain
- Venezuelan expatriate basketball people in Spain
- 21st-century Spanish sportsmen
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