Queralt Casas

Queralt Casas (born 18 November 1992) is a Spanish basketball player. She plays as a forward in the Spanish League for Valencia Basket. Also a member of the Spanish national team, she won the gold medal at the EuroBasket Women in 2013 and 2019 with the senior team.[1]

Queralt Casas
No. 10 – Valencia Basket
PositionShooting guard
LeagueLF
Personal information
Born (1992-11-18) 18 November 1992
Bescanó, Girona, Spain
NationalitySpanish
Listed height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Listed weight142 lb (64 kg)
Career information
Playing career2012–present
Career history
2006–2010Segle XXI (youth/LF2)
2010–2012CDB Zaragoza
2012–2014Rivas Ecópolis
2014–2015Galatasaray SK
2015–2016Nantes Rezé Basket
2016–2018Basket Landes
2018Flammes Carolo
2018-2019Sopron Basket
2019-presentValencia Basket
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Representing  Spain
World Cup
2018 Spain
EuroBasket
2013 France
2019 Serbia/Latvia

Club career

Casas started playing with the youth teams of Segle XXI in 2006, reaching the senior team and playing in the Spanish League second tier for the last two seasons. From 2010 to 2012 she played for defunct club CDB Zaragoza in the Spanish League top tier. In April 2012 she signed a training camp contract with WNBA's Minnesota Lynx.[2] She signed for one of the top teams of the moment, Rivas Ecópolis, winning the 2013 Cup and the 2014 League.

In 2014 she transferred to Turkish team Galatasaray Odeabank, winning the Turkish League in 2015. She then moved to France, where she played one season for Nantes Rezé Basket, two seasons for Basket Landes and a few months for Flammes Carolo Basket.[3][4] In December 2018 she signed for Sopron Basket of the Hungarian League.[5]

She returned to Spain after 5 years to play for Valencia Basket in the 2018-19 league.[6]

European cups statistics
Season Team GP MPP PPP RPP APP
2010–11 EuroCup CDB Zaragoza 10 12.2 4.5 1.4 0.8
2012–13 EuroLeague Rivas Ecopolis 15 21.0 7.5 2.0 1.3
2013–14 EuroLeague Rivas Ecopolis 11 30.2 11.5 3.1 1.6
2014–15 EuroLeague Galatasaray S.K 14 30.9 5.4 3.1 2.1
2015–16 EuroCup Nantes Rezé Basket 10 33.8 17.0 6.5 3.9
2016–17 EuroCup Basket Landes 2 31.0 16.5 4.0 3.0
2017–18 EuroCup Basket Landes 8 28.0 12.8 4.9 3.3
2018–19 EuroLeague Flammes Carolo 4 27.1 11.8 4.3 4.0
Sopron Basket 13 31.7 8.4 5.2 3.7

National team

Casa started playing with Spain's youth teams at 15, winning a total of six medals from 2008 to 2012.[7] She made her debut with the senior team in 2013, when she was 20 years old. She won the gold medal at the EuroBasket Women 2013. After participating in a few friendlies in 2014 and 2015, she played again official games in February 2018, when coach Lucas Mondelo called her up for the 2019 EuroBasket qualifiers. Up to February 2018, she had 24 caps with 3.7 PPG.[8]

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References
  1. "Web Queralt Casas 9: Biografía". Web Queralt Casas 9. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  2. The WNBA looks for her Ricky Rubio in Queralt Casas. Marca
  3. https://www.bebasket.fr/championnat-lfb/flammes-carolo---des-prolongations-enregistrees--queralt-casas-dans-le-viseur.html
  4. http://queraltcasas9.blogspot.com/2018/06/queralt-casas-ficha-por-el-flammes.html#more
  5. https://www.mundodeportivo.com/baloncesto/20181210/453494542253/queralt-casas-ficha-por-el-sopron.html
  6. Valencia signing
  7. "archive.fiba.com: Players". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  8. "Selección Española Absoluta Femenina de Baloncesto". seleccionfemenina.feb.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  9. MVP Casas leads all tournament team. 2011 U-20 EC's website
  10. "Queralt Casas – Spain and Rivas Ecopolis | FIBA Europe". www.fibaeurope.com. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
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