Germán Gabriel
Gabriel setting to shoot a free-throw while playing with Estudiantes.
Personal information
Born (1980-11-18) November 18, 1980
Caracas, Venezuela
NationalitySpanish
Listed height6 ft 9.5 in (2.07 m)
Listed weight245 lb (111 kg)
Career information
NBA draft2002: undrafted
Playing career1998–2016
PositionPower forward / center
Coaching career2016–present
Career history
As player:
1998–1999Unicaja B
1999–2004Unicaja
2001Club Ourense Baloncesto
2001–2003CB Estudiantes
2004–2005Bilbao Basket
2005–2007CB Girona
2007–2009Unicaja
2009–2013CB Estudiantes
2013–2014Bilbao Basket
2014Marinos de Anzoátegui
2014–2015Bilbao Basket
2015Unicaja
2015–2016Marinos de Anzoátegui
As coach:
2016–2017Iowa Energy (assistant)
Medals
FIBA EuroBasket
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Slovenia National Team
Mediterranean Games
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Almería National Team

Germán Antonio Gabriel Benaches (born November 16, 1980) is a Spanish retired professional basketball player. He played as a power forward and as a center.

Professional career

Gabriel signed with the Liga ACB club Estudiantes in 2009.[1] After spending four years in the club of Madrid, he signed for Bilbao Basket.

He came back to Unicaja, his first club, in 2015 once he left Bilbao.[2] On December 2, he left Unicaja.[3]

On 4 November 2016, Gabriel announced his retirement from professional basketball.

National team career

After playing with the junior national teams of Spain, Gabriel joined the senior Spain men's national basketball team. He was selected to play with Spain at the EuroBasket 2013.

Career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  PIR  Performance Index Rating
 Bold  Career high

EuroLeague

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2003–04 Unicaja 14110.1.514.556.7002.6.4.4.13.94.1
2007–08 Unicaja 18316.6.556.491.6922.8.8.7.18.18.4
2008–09 Unicaja 609.3.500.4671.0001.5.2.7.05.76.0
2014–15 Unicaja 709.0.438.375.7142.0.6.1.13.13.4
Career 45412.4.527.483.7042.5.6.5.15.75.9

References

  1. Sportando.net Estudiantes signs German Gabriel.
  2. Germán Gabriel regresa a casa hasta final de temporada; ACB.com 30 January 2015
  3. "Germán Gabriel se desvincula del Unicaja". ACB.com (in Spanish). December 2, 2015. Retrieved December 2, 2015.



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