Rafa Martínez

Rafa Martínez

Rafael Martínez with Valencia BC.
No. 17 – Valencia Basket
Position	Shooting guard
League	Liga ACB Eurocup
Personal information
Born	(1982-03-03) March 3, 1982 (age 34) Santpedor, Barcelona, Spain
Nationality	Spanish
Listed height	6 ft 2.75 in (1.90 m)
Listed weight	180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
NBA draft	2004 / Undrafted
Playing career	1999–present
Career history
1998–2000	Manresa
2000–2001	Vic
2001–2003	Valls
2003–2008	Manresa
2008–present	Valencia Basket
Medals Men's basketball Representing  Spain Mediterranean Games 2005 Almería National team

Rafael Martínez Aguilera (born March 3, 1982), known as Rafa Martínez, is a Spanish professional basketball player who currently plays for Valencia Basket of the Liga ACB. He also represented the Spanish national basketball team internationally. He plays the shooting guard position.

Rafa Martínez started playing basketball for Basquet Manresa eventually rising from clubs junior team ranks. The team previously played in the Spanish second division LEB but was promoted to the ACB for the 1999-2000 season where on October 9, 1999 he made his professional debut in the top Spanish league against FC Barcelona. The following season he spent in the Basketball team CB Vic. After spending two years in the Valls Felix Hotel in LEB-2, he returned to the Basquet Manresa in 2003. In 2008 he joined Valencia Basket that later won the Eurocup in 2010. In the 2009-10 season he had the best three-point percentage in the Liga ACB.

He has been with the Spanish national basketball team from the youth level. With the U-20 he won the silver medal at the U-20 European Basketball Championship 2002 played in Vilnius (Lithuania), and won the bronze medal with the B-team at the Mediterranean Games 2005 played in Almería (Spain).

In June 2010 he was included on the list of 24 candidates for the Spanish national basketball team, but did not make the final 12-man roster for 2010 FIBA World Championship.