Xavier "Xavi" Rabaseda Bertrán (born 24 February 1989) is a Spanish professional

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player for Surne Bilbao Basket of the Liga ACB and the

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. He is a 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) tall shooting guard-

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Professional career

After being formed in the youth teams of

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, in 2007, Rabaseda joined

CB Cornellà Club Bàsquet Cornellà is a professional basketball team based in Cornellà de Llobregat, Catalonia. The team currently plays inLEB Plata. Since the 1990s until 2010, CB Cornellà worked as farm team of FC Barcelona. After the 2009–10 season, ...

, a team affiliated with Barcelona, to play in the

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league. After two years, and achieving the promotion to the

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in 2009, he left Cornellà to join FC Barcelona Bàsquet's roster. Despite only playing limited minutes in three games, he was a part of the Barcelona team that won the EuroLeague's 2009-10 season championship, at that season's

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. In 2010, Rabaseda joined

Baloncesto Fuenlabrada Baloncesto Fuenlabrada, S.A.D., known as just Fuenlabrada and also Carplus Fuenlabrada because of sponsorship reasons,, is a professional basketball team based in Fuenlabrada, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB and plays their home games at F ...

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. Despite being signed for two years with the team of the

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, his good performance (9 points and 3 rebounds per game) was enough to earn him a return to FC Barcelona Bàsquet. In August 2013, he signed with CB Estudiantes. In July 2015, he signed a two-year deal with

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. On July 8, 2020, he has signed with San Pablo Burgos of the Liga ACB. With Burgos, he won the

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and 2020–21 Basketball Champions League. On July 15, 2022, he signed with Surne Bilbao Basket of the Liga ACB and the

Spain national team

Rabaseda played with the Spain U-20 national team the

2009 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship The 2009 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship was the 12th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. The cities of Rhodes and Ialysos, in Greece, hosted the tournament. Greece won their second title. Israel and Belgium were relegated to Div ...

, where he won the bronze medal. He was also selected to that tournament's All-Tournament Team. He has also played with the senior men's Spain national team.

References

External links

Euroleague.net Profile

Eurobasket.com Profile

Spanish League Profile

Draftexpress.com Profile
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