Francisco Fernando Alonso Martínez (born 25 May 1996) is a Spanish professional

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player for

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of the Spanish

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. He played

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for the

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Early life and career

Alonso was born and brought up in

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, Spain. The son of former basketball player and coach Paco Alonso, he began playing basketball from a young age. He played youth basketball for

Unicaja Málaga Unicaja is a Spanish savings bank based in Málaga and chartered as a caja de ahorros providing retail banking services. The banks full name is ''Monte de Piedad y Caja de Ahorros de Ronda, Cádiz, Almería, Málaga y Antequera'' after the ...

and competed for Clinicas Rincón Axarquía. Alonso became friends with his Unicaja teammate

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, a future

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. At age 18, he moved to the United States to attend

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, a private boarding school in

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. In his only season at the school, Alonso averaged 17.0 points, 6.5 assists and three rebounds per game, leading his team to an 18–8 record and the

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quarterfinals. He committed to

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over offers from

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, Elon,

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, and

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College career

Before Alonso arrived at UNC Greensboro, the team had endure seven consecutive losing seasons. He primarily functioned as a catch-and-shoot perimeter scorer as a freshman. He led the team in scording during his freshman season at 13.0 points per game. As a sophomore, Alonso averaged 14.9 points and 2.0 assists per game for a team that reached the NIT. He was named to the Second Team All-

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. As a junior, Alonso averaged 15.6 points and 2.9 rebounds per game in leading the team to the NCAA Tournament. He scored a career-high 31 points in the quarterfinals of the conference tournament versus Samford. He was named to the First Team All-SoCon and was named most outstanding player of the conference tournament. On February 28, 2019, Alonso became the second player in school history to surpass 2,000 career points, finishing with 18 points in a 100-96 win over

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. As a senior, Alonso averaged 17.6 points, 2.5 assists and 2.3 rebounds per game, shooting 37.1 percent from three-point range. He was named to the First Team All-SoCon alongside teammate

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Professional career

On 26 July 2019, Alonso signed a two-year contract with an option for a third year with

of the

. He was immediately loaned to ACB club Montakit Fuenlabrada for his first season. About one month into the season, Alonso suffered an ankle injury at the

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and initially attempted to play through it. He had

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in his joint and missed about five months of action while recovering. Alonso played three games for Fuenlabrada, averaging 1.7 points per game, before being loaned to Liberbank Oviedo Baloncesto of the

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. On 7 March 2020, Alonso recorded a season-high 31 points, seven rebounds and five assists in an 88–70 win over Leyma Básquet Coruña. He later rejoined Unicaja. On 8 June, Alonso announced that he had tested positive for

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. On June 24, 2025, he signed with

of the Spanish

National team career

Alonso represented Spain during the

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in Helsinki, Finland. He helped the team to a 68-55 victory over Lithuania in the championship game. Alonso averaged 13.0 points, 3.7 assists and 3.4 rebounds per game and was named to the Championship’s All-Star Five team.

References

External links

UNC Greensboro Spartans bio
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