Carlos Alocén Arrondo (born 30 December 2000) is a Spanish professional

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player who plays for

CB Gran Canaria Club Baloncesto Gran Canaria – Claret, S.A.D., known as Dreamland Gran Canaria due to sponsorship, is a professional basketball club based in Las Palmas, Spain. The team plays in the Spanish Liga ACB and the Champions League. Their home venue ...

of the Spanish

Liga ACB The Liga ACB, known as Liga Endesa for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional basketball division of the Spanish basketball league system. Administered by the Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto (ACB), Liga ACB is contested by 18 teams, w ...

. He plays at the

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position.

Early life and career

Alocén grew up playing basketball at the youth level for

Zaragoza Zaragoza (), traditionally known in English as Saragossa ( ), is the capital city of the province of Zaragoza and of the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Aragon, Spain. It lies by the Ebro river and its tributaries, the ...

. He made his professional debut on 30 October 2016, playing for Zaragoza in a

game against

Real Madrid Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (), commonly referred to as Real Madrid, is a Spanish professional Football club (association football), football club based in Madrid. The club competes in La Liga, th ...

. At age 15 years and 10 months, Alocén became the youngest ACB debutant in club history, breaking Sergi García's record. He also became the third-youngest player in Liga ACB history, behind Ángel Rebolo and Ricky Rubio. At the end of the 2018-19 ACB season, Alocén signed with Real Madrid, but remained on loan at Zaragoza for one season. Alocén was named the Best Young Player of the

2019–20 Basketball Champions League The 2019–20 Basketball Champions League is the fourth season of the Basketball Champions League (BCL), a European-wide professional basketball competition for clubs, that was launched by FIBA. The competition began in September 2019, with the qu ...

. On 15 July 2020, he joined Real Madrid's first team. In February 2022 he tore his ACL, which halted his career for 21 months. Eventually, on June 18, 2024, Alocén left Real Madrid to join

National team career

Playing with the Spanish team, Alocén won gold at the

2016 FIBA U16 European Championship The 2016 FIBA U16 European Championship was the 30th edition of the FIBA U16 European Championship, European Under-16 Basketball Championship. Sixteen teams participated in the competition, held in Radom, Poland, from 12 to 20 August 2016. Bosnia ...

, averaging 9.9 points, 6.4 assists (tournament leader), 2 steals and 2.3 rebounds. Earlier that year he had also played at the

2016 FIBA Under-17 World Championship The 2016 FIBA Under-17 World Championship (Spanish: 2016 FIBA Campeonato Mundial Sub-17) was the 4th edition of the FIBA Under-17 World Championship, the biennial international men's youth basketball championship contested by the U17 national tea ...

in his hometown Zaragoza, finishing fourth. In February 2019, Alocén made his first appearance for the

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Career statistics

EuroLeague

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, 28 , , 16 , , 13.4 , , .430 , , .282 , , .583 , , 1.4 , , 2.3 , , .2 , , .1 , , 3.9 , , 3.3 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2021–22 , 9 , , 2 , , 10.8 , , .226 , , .125 , , .800 , , 1.3 , , 1.6 , , .3 , , , , 2.7 , , 2.4 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2023–24 , 12 , , 3 , , 8.8 , , .219 , , .091 , , .600 , , 1.3 , , 1.4 , , .2 , , .1 , , 1.5 , , 1.5 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 49 , , 21 , , 11.8 , , .353 , , .212 , , .667 , , 1.3 , , 1.9 , , .2 , , .1 , , 3.1 , , 2.7

Basketball Champions League

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, 16 , , 12 , , 23.3 , , .393 , , .200 , , .607 , , 3.4 , , 3.7 , , .9 , , .1 , , 7.0 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 16 , , 12 , , 23.3 , , .393 , , .200 , , .607 , , 3.4 , , 3.7 , , .9 , , .1 , , 7.0

Domestic leagues

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, , style="text-align:center;", ACB , , 2 , , 2.5 , , .000 , , .000 , , , , , , , , , , , , 0.0 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2017–18 , , style="text-align:left;",

, , style="text-align:center;", ACB , , 4 , , 14.2 , , .385 , , .250 , , .000 , , 2.2 , , 2.2 , , , , , , 2.7 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2018–19 , , style="text-align:left;",

, , style="text-align:center;", ACB , , 37 , , 15.9 , , .458 , , .400 , , .644 , , 1.6 , , 2.4 , , .6 , , .0 , , 5.4 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2019–20 , , style="text-align:left;",

, , style="text-align:center;", ACB , , 28 , , 20.5 , , .453 , , .351 , , .700 , , 2.5 , , 3.4 , , .5 , , .1 , , 7.2 , - , style="text-align:left;",

, , style="text-align:left;",

, , style="text-align:center;", ACB , , 38 , , 13.8 , , .344 , , .275 , , .722 , , 1.9 , , 2.0 , , .4 , , .0 , , 4.7 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2021–22 , , style="text-align:left;",

, , style="text-align:center;", ACB , , 11 , , 10.2 , , .316 , , .318 , , .625 , , 1.2 , , .9 , , .4 , , , , 3.3 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2023–24 , , style="text-align:left;",

, , style="text-align:center;", ACB , , 18 , , 11.1 , , .283 , , .167 , , .773 , , 1.3 , , 1.8 , , .7 , , .2 , , 3.1

References

External links

Liga ACB profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Alocen, Carlos 2000 births Living people Basket Zaragoza players Basketball players from Zaragoza CB Gran Canaria players Liga ACB players Point guards Real Madrid Baloncesto players Spanish men's basketball players 21st-century Spanish sportsmen