Marta Xargay
Personal information | |
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Born | Girona, Spain | 20 December 1990
Listed height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
Listed weight | 157 lb (71 kg) |
Career information | |
Playing career | 2009–present |
Position | Shooting guard |
Number | 10 |
Career history | |
1996–2003 | C.E. Vedruna (youth) |
2003–2005 | C.E.S.E.T. (youth) |
2005–2009 | Uni Girona CB |
2009–2015 | CB Avenida |
2015–2016 | Phoenix Mercury |
2015–2018 | USK Praha |
2018–2019 | Dynamo Kursk |
2020 | Uni Girona CB |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Stats at Basketball Reference | |
Marta Xargay Casademont (born 20 December 1990) 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.[1] 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.[2] In September 2018, she signed for Dynamo Kursk of the Russian Premier League[3] 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.[1][2]
Club career
[edit]Xargay started playing basketball from a young age in clubs in her hometown Girona, entering the youth levels of Uni Girona CB at 14 and making it to the senior team and the Spanish second tier. In 2009 she signed for CB Avenida from Salamanca, where in the following six seasons she won two leagues, three cups and one EuroLeague.[citation needed]
During 2015 and 2016, she played both in the WNBA[4] with Phoenix Mercury and the European season with USK Praha, where she won the 2016, 2017 and 2018 Czech League.[5] Due to her commitment to the Spain national team, she opted not to play in the WNBA in 2017 or 2018. She played for one and a half seasons in Russian team Dynamo Kursk, before returning to Uni Girona CB in January 2020.[6]
National team
[edit]Xargay started playing with Spain's youth teams at 16, winning a total of five medals from 2006 to 2010. She made her debut with the senior team in 2011 and up to her last game in 2020, she had 147 caps and 9,2 PPG,[7] participating in the Rio 2016 Olympics, two World Championships and five European Championships:[8]
- 2006 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (youth)
- 2007 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship (youth)
- 5th 2008 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship (youth)
- 2009 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship (youth)
- 2009 FIBA Under-19 World Championship (youth) (MVP)
- 2010 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship (youth)
- 9th 2011 Eurobasket
- 2013 Eurobasket
- 2014 World Championship
- 2015 Eurobasket
- 2016 Summer Olympics
- 2017 Eurobasket
- 2018 World Championship
- 2019 Eurobasket
Personal life
[edit]Xargay is married to WNBA star Breanna Stewart.[9] The couple got engaged in May 2020 in Papago Park, Phoenix, AZ. On 6 July 2021 the couple married on the rooftop of Stewart’s apartment building. In August 2021, the couple’s first child, Ruby Mae Stewart Xargay, was born in Idaho via surrogacy.[10] In May 2023, the couple announced via Instagram that Xargay was pregnant with their second child.[11] In October 2023, the couple's second child, Theo Josep Stewart Xargay, was born.[12]
Career statistics
[edit]GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game | RPG | Rebounds per game |
APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game | BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game |
TO | Turnovers per game | FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
Bold | Career best | ° | League leader |
WNBA
[edit]Source[13]
Regular season
[edit]Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
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2015 | Phoenix | 20 | 8 | 17.5 | .392 | .375 | .733 | 1.8 | 2.4 | .5 | .2 | 2.1 | 3.9 |
2016 | Phoenix | 15 | 6 | 19.7 | .400 | .333 | .706 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 1.1 | .2 | 1.8 | 5.7 |
Career | 2 years, 1 team | 35 | 14 | 18.4 | .396 | .349 | .719 | 1.7 | 2.5 | .7 | .2 | 2.0 | 4.7 |
Playoffs
[edit]Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
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2015 | Phoenix | 4 | 4 | 23.3 | .400 | .400 | 1.000 | 3.8 | 2.3 | .3 | .0 | 1.8 | 6.0 |
2016 | Phoenix | 5 | 5 | 24.2 | .444 | .273 | .800 | 1.8 | 2.8 | .4 | .0 | 2.6 | 7.8 |
Career | 2 years, 1 team | 9 | 9 | 23.8 | .429 | .313 | .880 | 2.7 | 3.1 | .3 | .0 | 2.2 | 7.0 |
EuroLeague and EuroCup statistics
[edit]EuroLeague winner |
Season | Team | GP | MPP | PPP | RPP | APP |
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2009–10 EuroLeague | Halcón Avenida | 13 | 10.5 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.2 |
2010–11 EuroLeague | Halcón Avenida | 17 | 13.7 | 3.5 | 1.3 | 0.9 |
2011–12 EuroLeague | Perfumerías Avenida | 14 | 25.1 | 6.0 | 3.0 | 2.7 |
2012–13 EuroLeague | Perfumerías Avenida | 14 | 26.1 | 7.9 | 3.1 | 2.9 |
2013–14 EuroLeague | Perfumerías Avenida | 13 | 30.9 | 8.5 | 4.2 | 4.7 |
2014–15 EuroLeague | Perfumerías Avenida | 16 | 28.1 | 8.1 | 3.6 | 3.2 |
2015–16 EuroLeague | ZVVZ USK Praha | 17 | 19.7 | 4.9 | 2.1 | 2.0 |
2016–17 EuroLeague | ZVVZ USK Praha | 19 | 30.8 | 11.0 | 3.3 | 3.4 |
2017–18 EuroLeague | ZVVZ USK Praha | 15 | 36.0 | 14.7 | 3.7 | 7.3 |
2018–19 EuroLeague | Dynamo Kursk | 17 | 20.9 | 5.1 | 1.9 | 3.1 |
2019–20 EuroLeague | Dynamo Kursk | 8 | 24.6 | 4.0 | 2.9 | 2.5 |
Spar CityLift Girona | 6 | 21.4 | 7.3 | 2.7 | 2.7 |
References
[edit]- ^ FIBA Europe profile
- ^ Mercury Sign Guard Marta Xargay Archived 14 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Marca.com (in Spanish)
- ^ "Marta Xargay Casademont – WNBA.com – Official Site of the WNBA". WNBA.com – Official Site of the WNBA. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
- ^ "ZBL_2016-2017 Basketball League CZECH-REPUBLIC – eurobasket". www.eurobasket.com. Archived from the original on October 3, 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
- ^ "Marta Xargay torna a Girona per quedar-se: Firma per l'Spar Citylift fins el 2023". 7 January 2020.
- ^ "Selección Española Absoluta Femenina de Baloncesto". seleccionfemenina.feb.es. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
- ^ "archive.fiba.com: Players". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
- ^ "¡Qué maravilla! Así jugó las Finales de la WNBA la MVP Breanna Stewart". Marca.com (in Spanish). 2020-10-08. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
- ^ "Breanna Stewart, wife Marta Xargay Casademont welcome first baby". RSN.
- ^ Vasquez, Ingrid (May 15, 2023). "Breanna Stewart Announces Wife Marta Xargay Casademont Is Pregnant: See the Sweet Mother's Day Photo". People. Retrieved July 19, 2024.
- ^ Andaloro, Angela (November 2, 2023). "Breanna Stewart and Marta Xargay Casademont Welcome Second Baby, Son Theo, at 11 Lbs: 'Mama Was a Trooper'". People. Retrieved July 19, 2024.
- ^ "Marta Xargay WNBA stats". Basketball Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics and player information from WNBA.com and Basketball Reference
- Marta Xargay at FIBA (archived)
- Marta Xargay at FIBA Europe
- Marta Xargay at Eurobasket.com
- Marta Xargay at Olympics.com
- Marta Xargay at Olympedia
- Marta Xargay at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Marta Xargay Casademont at the Comité Olímpico Español (in Spanish)
- 1990 births
- Living people
- Basketball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Basketball players from Catalonia
- LGBTQ basketball players
- Spanish lesbian sportswomen
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic basketball players for Spain
- Olympic medalists in basketball
- Olympic silver medalists for Spain
- Phoenix Mercury players
- Shooting guards
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic
- Spanish expatriate basketball people in Russia
- Spanish expatriate basketball people in the United States
- Spanish women's basketball players
- Sportspeople from Girona
- 21st-century Spanish LGBTQ people