Carlos Eduardo Cabezas Jurado (born November 14, 1980) is a Spanish former professional

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player. He is the nephew of the former Uruguayan professional

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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.

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 club

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in 2000. The Orlando Magic of the NBA invited Cabezas to play for their NBA Summer League team at the Orlando Pro Summer League in 2009, but he declined the offer. He joined the

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club Khimki Moscow Region in 2009. In October 2010, he signed a one-year contract with Spanish club

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. On September 1, 2012, Cabezas signed with the EuroLeague club

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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

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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

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. 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. 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

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, the gold medal at the 1999

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, and the bronze medal at the 2000 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. He also played at the 2001

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. He played with the senior

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at the

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. Cabezas won the gold medal with the senior Spain national basketball team, at the

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. He also won the silver medal at the

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, and the gold medal at the

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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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