Carlos Cabezas

Carlos Eduardo Cabezas Jurado ( born November 14, 1980 in Málaga ) is a Spanish professional basketball player. He plays the position of point guards.

Career

Carlos Cabezas began his career in the youth of Unicaja Málaga. From 1998 to 2000 he played for the B team of the Andalusians. His league debut in the first team he celebrated on February 13, 2000 against FC Barcelona. In the same season he played on April loan in the LEB, the second Spanish División, for Círculo Badajoz. As of the 2000 /01 season, he finally went over in the first squad of Unicaja Málaga. With his club, the talented point guard was able to celebrate a number of successes. In his first season succeeded by a final victory against KK Hemofarm of profit in Korać Cup. In the 2004/05 season he hit with his team in the final of the Spanish Cup Real Madrid 80:76, Málaga for this was the first national title in club history. In the following season took a further success, Unicaja won the Spanish Cup with a 3-0 final playoff against TAU Vitoria. In the 2006/07 season the team moved into the Final Four of the ULEB Euro League and ended the most important European club competition in third place. In summer 2009, Cabezas moved together with his former coach Sergio Scariolo and his team-mate Raül López to Russian first division club BK Khimki. After just one season he returned to his homeland and signed for CAI Zaragoza.

National

Cabezas won as a junior, on the side of later stars such as Pau Gasol, Juan Carlos Navarro, Jose Calderon, Felipe Reyes or Raül López, with Spain U-18 European Championship in 1998, the Albert Schweitzer Tournament 1998 and the Junior World Championship 1999. with the U -20 he won the bronze medal in 2000. In the senior team, he made ​​his debut on 21 November 2001 against Romania in a qualifying match for the European Basketball Championship in 2003. During the 2006 World Cup he won with the national team the first world title of the story for Spain. At Euro 2007 he reached the final where the team defeated the Russians at 59:60. At the 2009 European Championships with Spain Cabezas succeeded another title success.

Achievements

Association

  • Korać Cup: 2000/ 01
  • Spanish Cup: 2004/ 05
  • Spanish Cup: 2005/ 06

National

  • U-18 European Championships 1998: Gold
  • Albert Schweitzer Tournament 1998: Gold
  • Junior World Championship 1999: Gold
  • U-20 European Championships 2000: Bronze
  • Basketball World Championship 2006: Gold
  • Eurobasket 2007: Silver
  • Eurobasket 2009: Gold
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