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Raquel Carrera Quintana is a Spanish professional basketball player for Valencia Basket of the Liga Femenina in Spain. 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]
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| No. 14 – Valencia Basket | |
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| Position | Power forward |
| League | Liga Femenina |
| Personal information | |
| Born | 31 October 2001 Ourense, Spain |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Career information | |
| WNBA draft | 2021 / Round: 2 / Pick: 15th overall |
| Selected by the Atlanta Dream | |
| Playing career | 2016–present |
| Career history | |
| 2016–2019 | Celta Vigo (LF2) |
| 2019–2020 | Araski AES |
| 2020–present | Valencia Basket |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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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 | |
| Season | Team | GP | MPP | PPP | RPP | APP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-21 EuroCup | Valencia Basket | 7 | 20.7 | 6.9 | 3.4 | 1.0 |
| 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 2021 EuroBasket and the 2020 Summer Olympics. Up to end of the year, she had 19 caps, with 5.5 PPG:[9][10][11][12]
- 6th 2016 FIBA Under-17 World Championship (youth)
2016 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (youth)- 5th 2017 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (youth)
- 6th 2018 FIBA Under-17 World Championship (youth)
2018 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship (youth)- 7th 2021 Eurobasket
- 6th 2020 Summer Olympics
References
- "Raquel Carrera y Aina Ayuso, elegidas en el draft de la WNBA". April 16, 2021.
- "Raquel Carrera, la mejor española en la historia del draft de la WNBA". Superdeporte. April 16, 2021.
- "Raquel Carrera Quintana WNBA Stats". Basketball-Reference.com.
- "12 NEW BIG MISTAKE ERASER LARGE JUMBO REALLY BIG MISTAKES ERASERS SCHOOL OFFICE Desk Accessories Office Supplies".
- "Raquel Carrera, ala-pívot de 17 años, llegada cedida al Rpk Araski. Noticias de Alava". December 9, 2019. Archived from the original on 2019-12-09.
- "Raquel Carrera: "Soy muy joven, pero en la pista no hay edades"". El Correo. October 8, 2019.
- https://www.football24.news/basketball/108335/raquel-carrera-the-future-is-here-sports.html [dead link]
- "Valencia Basket claim maiden EuroCup Women title".
- "Las 19 convocadas por la Selección Femenina para la concentración de noviembre". Gigantes del Basket. October 26, 2020.
- "El Valencia Basket ficha a Raquel Carrera hasta 2024". Las Provincias. May 13, 2019.
- "Raquel Carrera se une al proyecto de Valencia Basket". FEB.
- "Raquel CARRERA at the FIBA U18 Women's European Championship 2019".
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