Marta Fernández (basketball)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Fernández and the second or maternal family name is Farrés.

Marta Fernández Farrés (born 21 December 1981 in Barcelona^[1]) is a retired Spanish women's basketball player.^[2] A 1.80 m (5'11") guard, she won three bronze medals with the Spain women's national basketball team. At club level, she played in 2007 with the Los Angeles Sparks of the United States' WNBA.,^[3] the Polish team Wisła Can-Pack Kraków and the Spanish teams Universitari Barcelona, Ros Casares Valencia and Perfumerías Avenida, where she retired in 2015.^[4][5][6] Marta Fernández is the sister of Spanish international and Real Madrid shooting guard Rudy Fernández.^[7]

Marta Fernández

Personal information
Born	21 December 1981 (1981-12-21) (age 42) Barcelona, Spain
Listed height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Career information
Playing career	1995–2015
Position	Shooting guard
Career history
1999-2004	Popular Godella / Ros Casares
2001-2002	→ Torrent (loan)
2004-2007	Universitari Barcelona
2007	Los Angeles Sparks
2007-2010	Wisła Can-Pack Kraków
2010-2011	Ros Casares Valencia
2011-2015	CB Avenida
Career highlights and awards
5× Spanish League champion (2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2013) 6x Spanish Cup champion (2002, 2003, 2004, 2012, 2014, 2015) 2× Spanish League MVP (2006, 2007) Polish League champion (2008) Polish Cup Champion (2009)
Stats at Basketball Reference
Medals Women's basketball Representing  Spain World Championships 2010 Czech Republic European Championships 2003 Greece 2005 Turkey

Club career

Fernández spent her formative years at Segle XXI, where young prospects are recruited. She played for them in the Spanish top-tier league with Popular Godella / Ros Casares (1999-2004, 2010–11), Universitari Barcelona (2004–07) and CB Avenida (2011-2015), winning a total of five leagues and six domestic cups. She was the 2007 and 2008 MVP of the Spanish League.^[8]

She spent the summer of 2007 at the Los Angeles Sparks^[9] and the 2007–2010 seasons with Wisła Can-Pack Kraków.

EuroLeague stats

Source: FIBA^[10]

Season	Team	GP	MPP	PPP	RPP	APP
2001-02	Popular Godella	15	25.1	11.3	3.1	0.9
2002-03	Ros Casares	14	27.1	10.2	3.3	1.9
2003-04	Ros Casares	14	24.5	9.4	1.6	1.9
2007-08	Wisła Can-Pack Kraków	12	28.2	12.8	1.9	1.8
2008-09	Wisła Can-Pack Kraków	13	32.5	10.9	2.2	2.6
2009-10	Wisła Can-Pack Kraków	18	33.7	13.4	3.2	3.7
2010-11	Ros Casares Valencia	17	20.7	9.2	1.6	1.9
2011-12	Perfumerías Avenida	14	25.8	10.6	1.5	2.4
2012-13	Perfumerías Avenida	14	30.3	13.1	1.4	2.6
2013-14	Perfumerías Avenida	14	20.3	6.4	1.4	1.5
2014-15	Perfumerías Avenida	16	26.3	9.5	1.4	2.2
Total		161	26.7	10.6	2.0	2.1

National team

She made her debut with Spain women's national basketball team at the age of 18. She played with the senior team from 2000 to 2012. She is one of the most capped players with a total of 120 caps and 8.2 PPG.^[11] She participated in the (Athens 2004 Olympics, three World Championships and two European Championships:^[12]

• 5th 1997 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (youth)
• 998 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship (youth)
• 5th 2000 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship (youth)
• 5th 2002 World Championship
• 2003 Eurobasket
• 6th 2004 Summer Olympics
• 2005 Eurobasket
• 8th 2006 World Championship
• 2010 World Championship

References

1. COE profile
2. Player Profile at EuroBasket.com
3. Marta Fernandez Archived 2008-05-17 at the Wayback Machine WNBA Player Profile
4. "Marta Fernández abandona el baloncesto" [Marta Fernández leaves basketball] (in Spanish). ACB.com. 5 May 2015. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
5. "Marta Fernández, el adiós de la escolta más eléctrica". ELMUNDO (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-10-04.
6. "ACB.COM - Marta Fernández abandona el baloncesto". www.acb.com. Retrieved 2017-10-04.
7. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Marta Fernández". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
8. "Federación Española de Baloncesto - Competiciones FEB". competiciones.feb.es. Retrieved 2017-10-04.
9. "Marta Fernández: "No podía volver a esperar a la selección y perderme la WNBA" - MARCA.com". www.marca.com. Retrieved 2017-10-04.
10. "Marta Fernandez | EuroLeague Women (2015) | FIBA Europe".
11. "Selección Española Absoluta Femenina de Baloncesto". seleccionfemenina.feb.es. Retrieved 2017-10-04.
12. "archive.fiba.com: Players". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 2017-10-04.

External links

• Marta Fernandez at Olympics.com
• Marta Fernandez at Olympic.org (archived)
• Marta Fernández at Olympedia
• Marta Fernández Farres (and here) at the Comité Olímpico Español (in Spanish)