Antonio Martín Espina (born June 18, 1966) is a Spanish retired professional

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player. At a height of 2.10 m (6 ft 10 in), and a weight of 104 kg (230 lbs.), he played at the center position. He is the current president of the Spanish ACB.

College career

Martín played

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Pepperdine University Pepperdine University () is a private university, private Christianity, Christian research university affiliated with the Churches of Christ, with its main campus in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Pepperdine's main campus consists ...

, with the

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, during the 1986–87 season.

Professional career

After playing with Estudiantes, in the 1982–83 season, Martín moved to

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 ...

. He played with Real Madrid, for twelve years, from 1983, until 1995. He was a member of the

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team, in 1991.

National team career

Martín was a member of the senior Spain men's national team. With Spain, he won the bronze medal at the 1991 EuroBasket, where he was also voted to the

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After retirement

In July 2018, Martín was named the President of the Spanish ACB.

Personal life

His brother,

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, also played with

Awards and accomplishments

Clubs (Real Madrid)

*5× Spanish League Champion: (1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1992–93, 1993–94) *4× Spanish Cup Winner (1984–85, 1985–86, 1988–89, 1992–93) *3×

FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup The FIBA Saporta Cup, founded as ''FIBA European Cup Winners Cup'', was the name of the European professional club basketball system, second-tier level European-wide professional club basketball competition, where the domestic National Cup winn ...

(FIBA Saporta Cup) Champion: (1983–84, 1988–89, 1991–92) *

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: (1994–95) *

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Champion: (1987–88)

Spanish senior national team

* EuroBasket 1991:

Individual

: 1991 *

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References

External links

FIBA Profile

Profile at ACB.com

Real Madrid Legends
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