Marta Fernández Farrés (born 21 December 1981 in

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) is a retired

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player. A

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, she won three bronze medals with the

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. At club level, she played in 2007 with the

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of the

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' WNBA., the

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team Wisła Can-Pack Kraków and the

teams Universitari Barcelona,

Ros Casares Valencia Ros Casares Godella was a professional women's basketball team based in Godella, Spain. It played in the Liga Femenina de Baloncesto between 1996 and 2012, when it resigned to play in EuroLeague and Spanish League. It continued playing in Primer ...

and

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, where she retired in 2015. Marta Fernández is the sister of Spanish

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shooting guard Rudy Fernández.

Club career

Fernández spent her formative years at Segle XXI, where young prospects are recruited. She played for them in the Spanish top-tier league with Popular Godella / Ros Casares (1999–2004, 2010–11), Universitari Barcelona (2004–07) and

CB Avenida Perfumerías Avenida Baloncesto formerly C.B. Halcón Viajes, is a women's professional basketball team based in Salamanca, Spain. The team currently plays in the Liga Femenina de Baloncesto. In 2011 Perfumerías Avenida won the Euroleague Women, ...

(2011–2015), winning a total of five leagues and six domestic cups. She was the 2007 and 2008 MVP of the Spanish League. She spent the summer of 2007 at the

and the 2007–2010 seasons with Wisła Can-Pack Kraków.

EuroLeague stats

Source: FIBA

National team

She made her debut with

at the age of 18. She played with the senior team from 2000 to 2012. She is one of the most capped players with a total of 120 caps and 8.2 PPG. She participated in the ( Athens 2004 Olympics, three

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and two

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: *5th

1997 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship The 1997 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (known at that time as 1997 European Championship for Cadets) was the 14th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The cities of Pepinster, Kortrijk and Quaregnon, in Belgium, hosted the tournam ...

(''youth'') * Gold medal icon

998 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship (''youth'') *5th

2000 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship The 2000 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship (known at that time as 2000 European Championship for Young Men) was the fifth edition of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. The city of Ohrid, hosted the tournament. Slovenia won their first title. ...

(''youth'') * 5th 2002 World Championship * Bronze_medal_europe

2003 Eurobasket The 2003 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 2003, was the 33rd FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship held by FIBA Europe, which also served as the Europe qualifier for the 2004 Summer Olympics, giving a berth ...

* 6th

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2005 Eurobasket * 8th 2006 World Championship * Bronze_medal_world_centered-2

2010 World Championship

References

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* * * 1981 births Living people Basketball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Basketball players from Barcelona Competitors at the 2001 Mediterranean Games Los Angeles Sparks players Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Spain Mediterranean Games medalists in basketball Olympic basketball players for Spain Shooting guards Spanish expatriate basketball people in Poland Spanish expatriate basketball people in the United States Spanish women's basketball players 21st-century Spanish sportswomen {{Spain-basketball-bio-stub