Ãlex MumbrÃº

Álex Mumbrú Murcia ( born June 12, 1979 in Barcelona, Catalonia ) is a Spanish professional basketball player. It measures 2.02 m and plays as a small forward. A particular strength is considered to be good distance throw.

2.1 Club
2.2 national team

Career

Álex Mumbrú began his career in the youth of Joventut de Badalona. On September 6, 1997, he made his debut in the first team in a league match against CB Girona, but the use he came only sporadically during this season and the following season 1998/99 and played zumeinst in the B- team clubs Sant Josep Badalona. From 1999/2000 he finally rose to the first squad of Joventut and made a name for himself as a talented small forward.

In summer 2002, he undertook the giants Real Madrid. With the " Royal " Although he reached in the 2003/04 season, the final of the ULEB Cup, but his performance in Badalona he could not connect so after two years and returned back to his former club back.

With Joventut he could build on previous achievements, and after two strong seasons with the Catalans, he returned under coach Joan Plaza again back to Real Madrid. This time he became a supporting character in the Brussels residents and celebrated his greatest successes in the 2006/07 season by winning the championship by a 3-1 in the final against arch-rivals FC Barcelona, and the ULEB Cup with a 87:75 in the final against Lietuvos rytas.

In the summer of 2009, he was a squad -wrapping Ettore Messina victim and moved to the 2004 Ascended Club Bilbao Basket. For the Basques, he took a supporting role as a regular player at the position of the small forwards and led his team in the 2010/11 season surprising to the finals for the championship, where to but FC Barcelona were beaten 0-3.

National

Mumbrú, who won the B- Selection of Spain in 2001, the gold medal in the Mediterranean Games, celebrated on 26 January 2002 against Greece his debut in the senior team. With the Iberians he celebrated many successes, including winning the 2006 World Cup, the silver medal at the 2008 Olympic Games and the title at the European Championships in 2009. In June 2011 Mumbrú announced his retirement from the national team, he wanted to concentrate fully on his work in club focus.