Ángela Salvadores

Ángela Salvadores Álvarez (born 10 March 1997) is a Spanish basketball player for Galician team Durán Maquinaria Ensino. She played for Duke Blue Devils during the 2015–16 season.

Ángela Salvadores
Porta XI Ensino
PositionGuard
LeagueLiga Femenina de Baloncesto
Personal information
Born (1997-03-10) 10 March 1997
Oviedo, Asturias, Spain
NationalitySpanish
Listed height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Career information
CollegeDuke (2015–2016)
WNBA draft2019 / Round: 3 / Pick: 31st overall
Selected by the Los Angeles Sparks
Playing career2013–present
Career history
2013–2014Segle XXI
2014–2015Rivas Ecópolis
2016–2017Perfumerías Avenida
2017–2018Sopron
2018–presentEnsino
Career highlights and awards
Medals
European Under-20 Championship
2017 Portugal
European Under-18 Championship
2015 Slovenia
2014 Portugal
World Under-17 Championship
2014 Czech Republic
European Under-16 Championship
2013 Bulgaria
2012 Hungary
This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Salvadores and the second or maternal family name is Álvarez.

Club career

Early years

Salvadores started playing basketball in León, firstly at CD Maristas and later at CB Aros before joining the Segle XXI, the basketball team promoted by the Spanish Basketball Federation.

With Segle XXI, she joined the Liga Femenina 2 team in 2013, averaging 15.4 points per game when she was only 16 years old. One season later, Salvadores signed for one year with Rivas Ecópolis and debuted in Liga Femenina. She averaged 14.6 points per game.

Duke Blue Devils

In the summer of 2015, Salvadores left Spain to play in the NCAA Division I with the Duke Blue Devils during the 2015–16 season.

Perfumerías Avenida

On 27 April 2016, Perfumerías Avenida announced an agreement with Salvadores for the next three seasons.[1] At the end of the first season, she decided to move to Hungarian team UNIQA Sopron[2]

Sopron Basket

In her first season in Hungary, Salvadores reached the Final Four of the 2017–18 EuroLeague Women, finishing as runner-up. She won the 2018 Hungarian League

EuroLeague statistics
Season Team GP MPP PPP RPP APP
2016-17 CB Avenida 10 9.9 2.4 1.0 1.4
2017-18 Sopron Basket 18 21.1 7.1 2.6 2.1
Total 28 17.1 5.4 2.0 1.8

International career

Salvadores played with all the youth categories of the Spanish women's national team.

On 6 July 2014, she scored 40 points against United States in the final game of the 2014 World Championship[3] but finally Spain lost by 75–77.

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References
  1. "Ángela Salvadores vuelve a España y ficha por el Perfumerías Avenida" (in Spanish). Marca. 27 April 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  2. "La difícil transición a la profesionalidad de Ángela Salvadores". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 11 May 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  3. "SA Women Battle to FIBA U17 World Championship Gold". USA Basketball. 6 July 2014. Retrieved 27 April 2016.

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