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Laia Palau
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No. 3 – [[Spar CityLift Girona|Spar CityLift Girona]]
Point guard
Personal information
Born (1979-09-10) 10 September 1979 (age 45)
Barcelona, Spain
Nationality Spanish
Listed height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Listed weight 152 lb (69 kg)
Career information
College University of Barcelona
Pro career 1997–present
League Liga Día
Career history
1997–2004 Universitari de Barcelona
2004–2006 Bourges Basket
2006–2012 Ros Casares Valencia
2012–2013 CCC Polkowice
2013–2017 USK Praha
2017 Jayco Rangers
2018 Bourges Basket
2018-present Spar 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)
  • 3× French Cup champion (2005, 2006, 2018)
  • Polish League champion (2013)
  • Polish Cup champion (2013)
  • 4× Czech League champion (2014–17)
  • 2× Czech Cup champion (2014, 2015)
Medals
Representing  Spain
Olympic Games
Silver 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
World Cup
Silver 2014 Turkey
Bronze 2010 Czech Republic
Bronze 2018 Spain
EuroBasket
Gold 2013 France
Gold 2017 Czech Republic
Gold 2019 Serbia/Latvia
Silver 2007 Italy
Bronze 2003 Greece
Bronze 2005 Turkey
Bronze 2009 Latvia
Bronze 2015 Hungary/Romania

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). With 12 medals in final tournaments, she is also the top medallist.

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. 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. 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).

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. In January 2018 she signed for EuroLeague French team Bourges Basket, 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 Spain Universitari de Barcelona 14 27.9 10.6 4.7 3.9
2004–05 France Bourges Basket 17 30.6 13.5 3.6 3.4
2005–06 France Bourges Basket 15 30.7 12.9 3.5 4.0
2006–07 Spain Ros Casares Valencia 17 27.1 6.4 2.8 3.2
2007–08 Spain Ros Casares Valencia 16 24.9 6.9 2.9 3.5
2008–09 Spain Ros Casares Valencia 14 16.9 3.4 1.6 2.1
2009–10 Spain Ros Casares Valencia 16 23.9 6.9 2.6 2.8
2010–11 Spain Ros Casares Valencia 15 22.3 5.9 3.6 3.2
2011–12 Spain Ros Casares Valencia 19 24.3 6.5 3.5 5.6
2012–13 Poland CCC Polkowice 17 36.2 7.6 5.1 6.4
2013–14 Czech Republic USK Praha 18 35.2 6.7 5.3 6.8
2014–15 Czech Republic USK Praha 16 34.9 8.6 5.1 7.1
2015–16 Czech Republic USK Praha 18 32.3 7.4 4.9 7.1
2016–17 Czech Republic USK Praha 19 32.2 5.1 3.6 7.8
2017–18 France Bourges Basket 6 25.2 7.2 3.3 4.8
2019–20 Spain Spar CityLift Girona 14 28.0 4.4 2.9 4.5
2020-21 Spain 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 Spain Spar CityLift Girona 14 28.3 7.2 3.1 6.0
2019–20 Spain 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:

  • 4th 1995 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (youth)
  • 8th 1997 FIBA Under-19 World Championship (youth)
  • 5th 2002 World Championship
  • Bronze medal europe.svg 2003 Eurobasket
  • 6th 2004 Summer Olympics
  • Bronze medal europe.svg 2005 Eurobasket
  • 8th 2006 World Championship
  • Silver medal europe.svg 2007 Eurobasket
  • 5th 2008 Summer Olympics
  • Bronze medal europe.svg 2009 Eurobasket
  • Bronze medal world centered-2.svg 2010 World Championship
  • 9th 2011 Eurobasket
  • Gold medal europe.svg 2013 Eurobasket
  • Silver medal world centered-2.svg 2014 World Championship
  • Bronze medal europe.svg 2015 Eurobasket
  • Silver medal olympic.svg 2016 Summer Olympics
  • Gold medal europe.svg 2017 Eurobasket
  • Bronze medal world centered-2.svg 2018 World Championship
  • Gold medal europe.svg 2019 Eurobasket
  • 7th 2021 Eurobasket
  • 6th 2020 Summer Olympics

See also

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