Carlos Eduardo Cabezas Jurado (born November 14, 1980) is a Spanish professional
basketball
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player for
Alba Fehérvár
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. He is the nephew of the former Uruguayan professional
footballer
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Hugo Cabezas, who played in Spain in the late 70s. His father (Hugo's brother), and his grandfather, are also former Uruguayan professional basketball players. He is a 1.87 m (6 ft 1 ¾ in) tall
point guard
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.
Professional career
Cabezas began his playing career with the youth teams of Unicaja Málaga in Spain. He made his professional debut during the 1998–99 season with
Unicaja Macías, the reserve team of Unicaja Málaga, in the
Spanish EBA League (
Spanish 2nd division). He then moved to the LEB club Circulo Badajoz during the 1999–00 season. He joined the senior top-tier level
Spanish ACB League
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club
Unicaja Málaga
Unicaja is a Spanish savings bank based in Málaga and chartered as a caja de ahorros providing retail banking services. The banks full name is ''Monte de Piedad y Caja de Ahorros de Ronda, Cádiz, Almería, Málaga y Antequera'' after the n ...
in 2000.
The
Orlando Magic
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of the
NBA
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invited Cabezas to play for their
NBA Summer League
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team at the Orlando Pro Summer League in 2009, but he declined the offer. He joined the
Russian Super League
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club
Khimki Moscow Region
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in 2009. In October 2010, he signed a one-year contract with Spanish club
CAI Zaragoza
Basket Zaragoza 2002 S.A.D., more commonly referred to as Basket Zaragoza and as Casademont Zaragoza for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in Zaragoza, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB. Their home arena is th ...
.
On September 1, 2012, Cabezas signed with the
EuroLeague club
Caja Laboral
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. He left the club in February, officially due to technical reasons, but several media sources claimed he was fired by the club.
On August 3, 2016, he signed with Spanish club
Baloncesto Fuenlabrada
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. On October 26, 2016, he parted ways with Fuenlabrada. On November 9, 2016, he signed a short-term deal with French club
Orléans Loiret Basket
Orléans Loiret Basket, formerly known as Entente Orléanaise and Entente Orléanaise 45 Loiret, is a professional basketball club that is based in the city of Orléans, France. "45" is the number of Loiret. The club plays in the French Pro A Lea ...
. On April 15, 2017, Cabezas signed with the Spanish team
Real Betis Energía Plus for the rest of the season.
In November 2017, he signed with
Guaros de Lara
Guaros de Lara is a Venezuelan
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.
On August 31, 2021, Cabezas announced his retirement from professional basketball.
Spain national team
With the junior national teams of Spain, Cabezas won the gold medal at the
1998 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship
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, the gold medal at the 1999
FIBA Under-19 World Championship
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, and the bronze medal at the
2000 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship
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Slo ...
. He also played at the 2001
FIBA Under-21 World Championship
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.
He played with the senior
Spain national basketball team
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at the
EuroBasket 2005
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. Cabezas won the gold medal with the senior Spain national basketball team, at the
2006 FIBA World Championship
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. He also won the silver medal at the
EuroBasket 2007
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, and the gold medal at the
EuroBasket 2009
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.
Carlos CABEZAS (ESP) participated in 10 FIBA / FIBA Zones events.
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References
External links
ACB.com Profile
Euroleague.net Profile
Eurobasket.com Profile
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1980 births
Living people
2006 FIBA World Championship players
Alba Fehérvár players
Baloncesto Fuenlabrada players
Baloncesto Málaga players
Basket Zaragoza players
BC Khimki players
CB Murcia players
FIBA World Championship-winning players
Guaros de Lara (basketball) players
Liga ACB players
Orléans Loiret Basket players
Point guards
Real Betis Baloncesto players
Regatas Corrientes basketball players
Saski Baskonia players
Spanish expatriate basketball people in France
Spanish expatriate basketball people in Russia
Spanish expatriates in Venezuela
Spanish men's basketball players
Spanish people of Uruguayan descent
Sportspeople from Málaga
Club Nacional de Football (basketball) players