Christian Dalmau

Christian Dalmau
No. 9 – Piratas de Quebradillas
Position Point guard
League BSN
Personal information
Born (1975-08-29) August 29, 1975
Arecibo, Puerto Rico
Nationality Puerto Rican
Listed height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight 200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
Playing career 1992–present
Career history
1992–1994 Piratas de Quebradillas
1995 Maratonistas de Coamo
1996–1998 Villalba
1999–2000 Maratonistas de Coamo
2001–2005 San German Athletics
2004–2005 Hapoel Galil Elyon
2005–2007 Prokom Trefl Sopot
2007–2008 Beşiktaş Cola Turka
2008 Ural Great Perm
2009–2012 Vaqueros de Bayamon
2013,2015 Mets de Guaynabo
2014 Cangrejeros de Santurce
2013 Halcones Xalapa
2015–present Piratas de Quebradillas
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men’s basketball
Representing  Puerto Rico
FIBA Americas Championship
2009 Puerto Rico Team competition
Centrobasket
2004 Dominican Republic Team competition
2006 Panama Team competition
Central American and Caribbean Games
2010 Puerto Rico Team competition

Christian Dalmau (born on August 29, 1975 in Arecibo, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican professional basketball player. He is the second son of the legendary Puerto Rican basketball star Raymond Dalmau. Dalmau has played in the NCAA, NBDL, and the National Superior Basketball League of Puerto Rico (BSN) with the Piratas de Quebradillas, Maratonistas de Coamo, Villalba, and San German Athletics. Dalmau has played internationally in Turkey, Poland, and Israel. Dalmau is a member of the 2004 Puerto Rican National Basketball Team that defeated the United States in the 2004 Olympic Games.

Biography

Dalmau began his career in 1993 with the Piratas de Quebradillas. As a rookie, he showed great potential but the team decided to trade him for more experienced players. His new team was the Maratonistas de Coamo where he proved to be a star. Later on he was traded to the Atleticos de San German. Currently he plays for the Vaqueros de Bayamon. In 2002-2003 season, Dalmau played with Mobile Revelers of the NBDL. Dalmau was named Most Valuable Player in 2004. That same year he was selected to replace his brother, Richie, in the Puerto Rican National Team. He played in the Israeli Basketball League with Hapoel Galil Elyon. From 2005-07, Dalmau played in Poland with Prokom Trefl Sopot.

For the 2007-08 season, Dalmau be played with Beşiktaş Cola Turka of the Turkish League. In July 2008 he signed a contract with Ural Perm Great of the Russian league.[1]

In 2009, Dalmau returned to the BSN to play for the Vaqueros de Bayamon. That same year he led the team to the BSN Finals, and eventually to the BSN Championship. Dalmau was named 2009 BSN Finals MVP en route to his first BSN Championship. In 2010, after being named the league's MVP during the regular season, Dalmau led Bayamon to their second straight BSN Finals appearance. Although having home-court advantage in the Finals, Bayamon fell to the Capitanes de Arecibo in seven games, losing the seventh game on their home floor.

Awards and achievements

See also

Sources

References

  1. ↑ "Rumbo a Rusia Christian Dalmau" (in Spanish). Primera Hora. 2008-07-20. Retrieved 2008-07-21.
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