Joaquim "Quino" Colom Barrufet (born November 1, 1988) is a Spanish-Andorran professional

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player for

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of the Spain Liga ACB.

Professional career

Colom played in the youth age categories with

BC Andorra Bàsquet Club Andorra S.A., also known as MoraBanc Andorra for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball team that is based in Andorra la Vella, Andorra. Though based in Andorra, the club plays in the Spanish basketball league system. The ...

. He then played with Lleida Bàsquet, in the Spanish minor leagues, from 2003 to 2006. He made his debut with CAI Zaragoza in the 2006–07 season, and then played with CB L'Hospitalet in the 2007–08 season. He spent the 2008–09 season back with Lleida Bàsquet and had another brief stay with CAI Zaragoza in 2009. On 8 July 2009, he signed with

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. On 31 July 2013, he parted with Fuenlabrada. Two days later, he signed a one-year deal with Estudiantes. On 20 August 2014, he signed a one-year deal with

Bilbao Basket Club Basket Bilbao Berri S.A.D., commonly known as Bilbao Basket (), also known as Surne Bilbao Basket for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in Bilbao, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB. Their home arena is the Bilba ...

. On 11 July 2015, he signed a one-year deal with

UNICS Kazan BC UNICS (russian: БК УНИКС) is a professional basketball club in Kazan, Russia, that plays in the VTB United League, and formerly played in the EuroLeague. On February 28, 2022, EuroLeague Basketball suspended the team because of the 202 ...

of the

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. On 18 May 2016, he was named the VTB United League 2015–16 season's VTB United League Sixth Man of the Year. On 12 June 2016, he re-signed with UNICS for two more seasons. On July 14, 2019, Colom signed a two-year deal with Spanish club

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. On 16 December 2020, he parted ways with Valencia and signed for Serbian club

Crvena zvezda Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club, ), commonly known as Red Star Belgrade in English-language media, is a Serbian professional Association football, foot ...

of the

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. He finished the 2020-21 season off by playing for Saski Baskonia. On August 20, 2021, Colom signed with

AEK Athens A.E.K ( el, AEK , formally Αθλητική Ένωσις Κωνσταντινουπόλεως; Athlitikí Énosis Konstantinoupόleos, ''Athletic Union of Constantinople''), known as A.E.K, is a major Greek multi-sport club based in Nea Filadel ...

of the

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and the

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. In 26 league games, he averaged 13 points, 3.6 rebounds, 6.3 assists and 0.5 steals, playing around 31 minutes per contest. On July 10, 2022, Colom parted ways with the Greek club. On July 11, 2022, Colom signed with

of the Spain Liga ACB.

National team career

After playing an Under-16 Championship with

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in 2004, where he won the gold medal, Colom joined the junior national teams of Spain. With Spain's junior national teams, he played at the 2006 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, where he won a bronze medal, and at the

2007 FIBA Under-19 World Championship The 2007 FIBA Under-19 World Championship (Serbian: Светско првенство до 19 година ФИБА до 19 година) was the 8th edition of the FIBA U19 World Championship. It was held in Novi Sad, Serbia from 12 to 22 July 2 ...

. He also played at the 2008 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, where he was voted to the All-Tournament Team, and where he won a bronze medal.Quim COLOM (ESP) participated in 4 FIBA / FIBA Zones events.
/ref> Thanks to his good performances during the 2014–15 season with

, Colom was pre-selected to play with the senior Spain national team during their preparation phase for the

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. However, he did not make the team's final 12 man roster that competed at the actual tournament. Colom was part of the gold medal-winning Spanish squad for the

2019 FIBA World Cup The 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup was the 18th tournament of the FIBA Basketball World Cup for men's national basketball teams. The tournament was hosted in China and was rescheduled from 2018 to 2019, becoming the first since 1967 FIBA World Ch ...

in China.

References

External links

TwitterACB.com Profile

Eurobasket.com ProfileEuroleague.net ProfileDraftexpress.com Profile

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