Xavier "Xavi" Rey Sanuy (born 13 July 1987) is a Spanish professional

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player for

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of the Spanish

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, second tier national competition. Standing at 2.10 m (6 ft 10 ¾ in) and weighing 114 kg (252 lbs), he plays as

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Professional career

Rey saw action against the Los Angeles Lakers in an NBA preseason game, despite having not yet made the regular rotation of

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in the

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. In the summer 2019 he joins

Olimpia Milano Pallacanestro Olimpia Milano, commonly known as Olimpia Milano or as EA7 Emporio Armani Milan after its title sponsor, is an LBA Italian professional basketball team, based in Milan, Italy. Its colors are white and red, and the team is sometimes ...

for the summer preparation due to the missing players that were playing in the Fiba World Cup; on 24 September, day of the starting 2019/2020 season of the

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, Rey receives the offer to stay in Milan for the rest of the season. Less than a month later, he reaches a mutual agreement with the club and, on 19 October, Milan and Rey part ways. He did not play any official game with

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. Rey signs with Iberojet Palma in the

on 20 October 2019.

Spain national teams

Rey competed internationally with the junior Spain national team, and then with the senior Spain national team at the

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prep games. He played in some friendly games but was not chosen to play in the main tournament. He was selected to play at

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1987 births Living people Baloncesto Fuenlabrada players Basket Zaragoza players Bàsquet Manresa players CB Canarias players CB Estudiantes players CB Gran Canaria players Centers (basketball) FC Barcelona Bàsquet players Liga ACB players Olimpia Milano players Real Betis Baloncesto players S.L. Benfica basketball players Spanish men's basketball players {{Spain-basketball-bio-stub