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Laia Palau Altés (born 10 September 1979) 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).[1] With 12 medals in final tournaments, she is also the top medallist.

Laia Palau
No. 3 Spar CityLift Girona
PositionPoint guard
LeagueLiga Día
Personal information
Born (1979-09-10) 10 September 1979 (age 43)
Barcelona, Spain
NationalitySpanish
Listed height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Listed weight152 lb (69 kg)
Career information
CollegeUniversity of Barcelona
Playing career1997–present
Career history
1997–2004Universitari de Barcelona
2004–2006Bourges Basket
2006–2012Ros Casares Valencia
2012–2013CCC Polkowice
2013–2017USK Praha
2017Jayco Rangers
2018Bourges Basket
2018-presentSpar CityLift Girona
Career highlights and awards
  • 2× EuroLeague champion (2012, 2015)
  • 7× Spanish League champion (2003, 2007–10, 2012, 2019)
  • 5× Spanish Cup champion (2007–10, 2021)
  • 2x French League champion (2006, 2018)
  • French Cup champion (2005, 2006, 2018)
  • Polish League champion (2013)
  • Polish Cup champion (2013)
  • 4× Czech League champion (2014–17)
  • Czech Cup champion (2014, 2015)
Medals
Representing  Spain
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam
World Cup
2014 Turkey
2010 Czech Republic
2018 Spain
EuroBasket
2013 France
2017 Czech Republic
2019 Serbia/Latvia
2007 Italy
2003 Greece
2005 Turkey
2009 Latvia
2015 Hungary/Romania

Club career


Palau began her professional career with Universitari de Barcelona in 1997, and continued to play with CBF Universitari de Barcelona through 2004, winning one league title.[2] In 2004, she joined Bourges Basket, and played with them through 2006, winning 1 league and 2 French cups.

Back in Spain, she played for Ros Casares Valencia between 2006 and 2012, winning 5 league titles, 4 cups and the 2011–12 EuroLeague Women. After the club's decision not to play in top tier any more, in PLKK season 2012/13, she joined CCC Polkowice and won Championship's title and Polish Cup as well.[3] With CCC she participated in EuroLeague Women 2012–13 reaching Final Eight and ranked #1 overall in Assists (6.4), #2 overall in Turnovers (3.8) and #2 overall in Minutes (36.2).[4]

From 2013 to 2017 she played for USK Praha with whom she won the 2014–15 EuroLeague Women, 4 leagues and 2 cups. In 2017, after 20 years playing professionally in Europe, she signed for Australian team Jayco Rangers.[5][6] In January 2018 she signed for EuroLeague French team Bourges Basket,[7] winning both French League and French Cup. Back in Spain, she signed for Spar CityLift Girona, winning the 2019 league and the 2021 cup.


EuroLeague statistics


Euroleague winner
Season Team GP MPP PPP RPP APP
2003–04 Universitari de Barcelona 14 27.9 10.6 4.7 3.9
2004–05 Bourges Basket 17 30.6 13.5 3.6 3.4
2005–06 Bourges Basket 15 30.7 12.9 3.5 4.0
2006–07 Ros Casares Valencia 17 27.1 6.4 2.8 3.2
2007–08 Ros Casares Valencia 16 24.9 6.9 2.9 3.5
2008–09 Ros Casares Valencia 14 16.9 3.4 1.6 2.1
2009–10 Ros Casares Valencia 16 23.9 6.9 2.6 2.8
2010–11 Ros Casares Valencia 15 22.3 5.9 3.6 3.2
2011–12 Ros Casares Valencia 19 24.3 6.5 3.5 5.6
2012–13 CCC Polkowice 17 36.2 7.6 5.1 6.4
2013–14 USK Praha 18 35.2 6.7 5.3 6.8
2014–15 USK Praha 16 34.9 8.6 5.1 7.1
2015–16 USK Praha 18 32.3 7.4 4.9 7.1
2016–17 USK Praha 19 32.2 5.1 3.6 7.8
2017–18 Bourges Basket 6 25.2 7.2 3.3 4.8
2019–20 Spar CityLift Girona 14 28.0 4.4 2.9 4.5
2020-21 Spar CityLift Girona 9 20.8 4.3 1.9 4.7
TOTAL 260 28.3 7.0 3.3 3.7

EuroCup statistics


Season Team GP MPP PPP RPP APP
2018–19 Spar CityLift Girona 14 28.3 7.2 3.1 6.0
2019–20 Spar CityLift Girona

National team


She made her debut with Spain women's national basketball team at the age of 22. She played with the senior team from 2002 until her retirement in 2021. She is the most capped player in the Spain national team with a total of 314 caps and with 5.9 PPG. She participated in 4 Olympic Games, 5 World Championships and in 10 European Championships:[8][9]


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На других языках


- [en] Laia Palau

[es] Laia Palau

Laia Palau Altés (Barcelona, 10 de septiembre de 1979) es una exjugadora española. Ocupaba la posición de base y jugaba en el Uni Girona de la Liga Femenina de España. Fue internacional absoluta desde 2002 y capitana desde 2014, de la selección española, de la que es la jugadora con más internacionalidades de su historia.[2]Anunció su retirada de la Selección Española el 8 de noviembre de 2021.[3] Con ella conquistó doce medallas entre los tres grandes campeonatos, se proclamó entre otros éxitos, tricampeona continental en 2013, 2017 y 2019, subcampeona mundial en 2014 y subcampeona olímpica en 2016.

[it] Laia Palau

Laia Palau Altés (Barcellona, 10 settembre 1979) è una cestista spagnola.

[ru] Палау, Лайя

Ла́йя Пала́у Алте́с (исп. Laia Palau Altés; род. 10 сентября 1979 года в Барселоне, Каталония, Испания) — испанская профессиональная баскетболистка, выступавшая в четырёх европейских чемпионатах и Австралии. Играет в амплуа разыгрывающего защитника. В настоящее время защищает цвета испанской команды «Спар Ситилифт Жирона».



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