Germán Antonio Gabriel Benaches (born November 16, 1980) is a Spanish retired professional

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player. He played as a

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and as a center.

Professional career

Gabriel signed with the

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club Estudiantes in 2009. After spending four years in the club of Madrid, he signed for

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. He came back to Unicaja, his first club, in 2015 once he left Bilbao. On December 2, he left Unicaja. On 4 November 2016, Gabriel announced his retirement from professional basketball.

National team career

After playing with the junior national teams of Spain, Gabriel joined the senior

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. He was selected to play with Spain at the

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Career statistics

EuroLeague

, - , style="text-align:left;", 2003–04 , style="text-align:left;", Unicaja , 14 , , 1 , , 10.1 , , .514 , , .556 , , .700 , , 2.6 , , .4 , , .4 , , .1 , , 3.9 , , 4.1 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2007–08 , style="text-align:left;", Unicaja , 18 , , 3 , , 16.6 , , .556 , , .491 , , .692 , , 2.8 , , .8 , , .7 , , .1 , , 8.1 , , 8.4 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2008–09 , style="text-align:left;", Unicaja , 6 , , 0 , , 9.3 , , .500 , , .467 , , 1.000 , , 1.5 , , .2 , , .7 , , .0 , , 5.7 , , 6.0 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2014–15 , style="text-align:left;", Unicaja , 7 , , 0 , , 9.0 , , .438 , , .375 , , .714 , , 2.0 , , .6 , , .1 , , .1 , , 3.1 , , 3.4 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:left;", Career , style="text-align:left;", , 45 , , 4 , , 12.4 , , .527 , , .483 , , .704 , , 2.5 , , .6 , , .5 , , .1 , , 5.7 , , 5.9

Professional career

National team career

Career statistics

EuroLeague

References

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