María Araújo
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| No. 8 – Uni Girona CB | |
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| Position | Power forward / Small forward |
| League | LF |
| Personal information | |
| Born | 1 August 1997 Vigo |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Listed height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) |
| Career history | |
| 2012-2015 | Celta de Vigo Baloncesto (LF2) |
| 2015-2018 | Universitario de Ferrol |
| 2018-2019 | Wisła Can-Pack Kraków |
| 2019-present | Uni Girona CB |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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María Pérez Araújo (born 1 August 1997), known professionally as María Araújo is a Spanish basketball player for Uni Girona CB. She was the MVP[1] at the 2017 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women, where the Spain women's national under-20 basketball team won the gold medal. In November 2017 she received her first call-up for the senior national team.[2] In 2018 she signed for Polish team Wisła Can-Pack Kraków.[3] In 2019 she signed for Spanish team Uni Girona CB.
Club career
[edit]Araújo started in the youth levels of Celta de Vigo Baloncesto, where her mother had played professionally. She played her first game with the senior team in the Spanish second tier at 14, where she continued until 2015. She played the next three seasons for Universitario de Ferrol[4][5] in the Spanish top tier.[6] In May 2018 she signed for the Polish team Wisła Can-Pack Kraków. In 2019 she signed for Spanish team Uni Girona CB.
European cups stats
[edit]| Season | Team | GP | MPP | PPP | RPP | APP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 EuroCup |  Wisła Can-Pack Kraków
|
10 | 24.7 | 6.7 | 6.6 | 2.1 |
| 2019-20 EuroLeague |  Uni Girona CB
|
14 | 21.7 | 3.7 | 5.7 | 0.6 |
| 2020-21 EuroLeague | Uni Girona CB
|
9 | 24.7 | 10.4 | 6.2 | 0.8 |
National team
[edit]She played in the youth teams of the Spanish national team from 2014 to 2017, reaching the final in all the tournaments that she played. She made her debut with the senior team in 2017 at 20 years of age, for the EuroBasket Women 2019 qualification games:[7]
2014 FIBA Under-17 World Championship for Women (youth)
2015 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship for Women (youth)- 2017 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women (youth) (MVP)
References
[edit]- ^ "Araujo crowned MVP after leading Spain to gold". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
- ^ "La #SelFem ya tiene 12 elegidas para su 'ventana' de noviembre" [#SelFem already has 12 chosen for its November 'window']. www.feb.es (in Spanish). Federación Española de Baloncesto. 26 October 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
- ^ "María Araújo firma con el Wisla Canpack de Polonia" [Maria Araújo signs with Wisla Canpack of Poland]. atlantico.net (in Spanish). 10 May 2018.
- ^ "María Araújo apuesta por el Uni Ferrol" [Maria Araújo bets on Uni Ferrol]. www.feb.es (in Spanish). Federación Española de Baloncesto. 13 May 2017. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
- ^ "María Araújo, una progresión a pasos agigantados" [Maria Araújo, a leap forward in leaps and bounds]. www.feb.es (in Spanish). Federación Española de Baloncesto. 20 October 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
- ^ "Maria Perez Araujo". competiciones.feb.es (in Spanish). Federación Española de Baloncesto. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
- ^ "archive.fiba.com: Players". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
External links
[edit]- Maria Perez Araujo at FEB (in Spanish)
- Maria Araujo at Olympics.com
- Maria Araujo at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics