Marta Xargay

Marta Xargay Casademont (born 20 December 1990) is a retired Spanish professional basketball player. She played for Phoenix Mercury of the WNBA, and for several European teams in Czech Republic, Russia and Spain. She played for the Spain women's national basketball team from 2011 to 2020.[1] She won EuroLeague Women 2010–11 with Perfumerías Avenida Baloncesto. She left Spain in 2015, joining both USK Praha of the Czech League in 2015 and the Phoenix Mercury of the WNBA on 11 February 2015.[2] In September 2018 she signed for Dynamo Kursk of the Russian Premier League.,[3] and in January 2020 she returned to her youth club Uni Girona CB. After not playing in the 2020-21 season, she announced her retirement in July 2021.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Xargay and the second or maternal family name is Casademont.
Marta Xargay
Personal information
Born (1990-12-20) 20 December 1990
Girona, Spain
NationalitySpanish
Listed height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Listed weight157 lb (71 kg)
Career information
Playing career2009–present
PositionShooting guard
Number10
Career history
1996–2003C.E. Vedruna (youth)
2003–2005C.E.S.E.T. (youth)
2005–2009Uni Girona CB
2009–2015CB Avenida
2015–2016Phoenix Mercury
2015–2018USK Praha
2018–2019Dynamo Kursk
2020Uni Girona CB
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Representing  Spain
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam
World Cup
Silver medal – second place2014 Turkey
Bronze medal – third place2018 Spain
EuroBasket
Gold medal – first place2013 France
Gold medal – first place2017 Czech Republic
Gold medal – first place2019 Serbia/Latvia
Bronze medal – third place2015 Hungary/Romania

Club career

Xargay started playing basketball from a young age in clubs in her hometown Girona, entering the youth levels of Uni Girona CB at 14 and making it to the senior team and the Spanish second tier. In 2009 she signed for CB Avenida from Salamanca, where in the following six seasons she won two leagues, three cups and one EuroLeague.

During 2015 and 2016 she played both in the WNBA[4] with Phoenix Mercury and the European season with USK Praha, where she won the 2016, 2017 and 2018 Czech League.[5] Due to her commitment to the Spain national team, she opted not to play in the WNBA in 2017 or 2018. She played for one and a half seasons in Russian team Dynamo Kursk, before returning to Uni Girona CB in January 2020.[6]

Career statistics

WNBA
Season Team GP MPP PPP RPP APP
2015 Phoenix Mercury 20 17.5 3.9 1.8 2.4
2016 Phoenix Mercury 15 19.8 5.7 1.7 2.7

EuroLeague and EuroCup statistics
EuroLeague winner
Season Team GP MPP PPP RPP APP
2009–10 EuroLeague Spain Halcón Avenida 13 10.5 2.0 1.0 1.2
2010–11 EuroLeague Spain Halcón Avenida 17 13.7 3.5 1.3 0.9
2011–12 EuroLeague Spain Perfumerías Avenida 14 25.1 6.0 3.0 2.7
2012–13 EuroLeague Spain Perfumerías Avenida 14 26.1 7.9 3.1 2.9
2013–14 EuroLeague Spain Perfumerías Avenida 13 30.9 8.5 4.2 4.7
2014–15 EuroLeague Spain Perfumerías Avenida 16 28.1 8.1 3.6 3.2
2015–16 EuroLeague Czech Republic ZVVZ USK Praha 17 19.7 4.9 2.1 2.0
2016–17 EuroLeague Czech Republic ZVVZ USK Praha 19 30.8 11.0 3.3 3.4
2017–18 EuroLeague Czech Republic ZVVZ USK Praha 15 36.0 14.7 3.7 7.3
2018–19 EuroLeague Russia Dynamo Kursk 17 20.9 5.1 1.9 3.1
2019–20 EuroLeague Russia Dynamo Kursk 8 24.6 4.0 2.9 2.5
Spain Spar CityLift Girona 6 21.4 7.3 2.7 2.7

National team

Xargay started playing with Spain's youth teams at 16, winning a total of five medals from 2006 to 2010. She made her debut with the senior team in 2011 and up to her last game in 2020, she had 147 caps and 9,2 PPG,[7] participating in the Rio 2016 Olympics, two World Championships and five European Championships:[8]

Personal life

Xargay is married to WNBA star Breanna Stewart.[9] The couple got engaged in May 2020 in Papago Park, Phoenix, AZ. On July 6, 2021 the couple married on the rooftop of Stewart’s apartment building. On August 9, 2021, the couple’s daughter Ruby Mae Stewart Xargay was born in Idaho via gestational carrier.

References
  1. FIBA Europe profile
  2. Mercury Sign Guard Marta Xargay Archived 14 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Marca.com (in Spanish)
  4. "Marta Xargay Casademont – WNBA.com – Official Site of the WNBA". WNBA.com – Official Site of the WNBA. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  5. "ZBL_2016-2017 Basketball League CZECH-REPUBLIC – eurobasket". www.eurobasket.com. Archived from the original on October 3, 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  6. "Marta Xargay torna a Girona per quedar-se: Firma per l'Spar Citylift fins el 2023". 7 January 2020.
  7. "Selección Española Absoluta Femenina de Baloncesto". seleccionfemenina.feb.es. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  8. "archive.fiba.com: Players". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  9. "¡Qué maravilla! Así jugó las Finales de la WNBA la MVP Breanna Stewart". Marca.com (in Spanish). 2020-10-08. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
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