Christian Dalmau (born August 29, 1975) is a Puerto Rican retired professional

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player, and current

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of the

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in the

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(BSN). He is the second son of the legendary Puerto Rican basketball star

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. Dalmau has played in the

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, the

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, and the

in Puerto Rico. Dalmau has played internationally in Turkey, Poland, and Israel. Dalmau was a member of the Puerto Rican National Basketball Team that defeated the United States in the

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Biography

After playing college basketball in the

, Dalmau began his professional career in 1993 with the

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in Puerto Rico's top level

(BSN). As a rookie, he showed great potential but the team decided to trade him for more experienced players. His new team was the

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where he would become a star. Dalmau joined the BSN's new Avancinos de Villalba in 1996, playing there from 1996 to 1998. When Villalba folded after its third season, Dalmau returned to Coama for two seasons, then was traded to the Atleticos de San German in 2001. In the 2002–2003 season, Dalmau signed with the Mobile Revelers of the

. Dalmau was named ''Most Valuable Player'' in 2004. That same year he was selected to replace his brother,

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, on the Puerto Rican National Basketball Team. He played in the Israeli Basketball League with

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. From 2005 to 2007, Dalmau played in

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with

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. For the 2007–08 season, Dalmau played with

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of the Turkish League. In July 2008 he signed a contract with PBC Ural Great Perm in

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. In 2009, Dalmau returned to the BSN to play for the

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. He led the team to victory at the 2009 BSN Championship, and was chosen as the 2009 BSN Finals MVP. In 2010, after being named the league's MVP during the regular season, Dalmau led Bayamón to their second straight BSN Finals appearance, losing at home in game seven to the

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. After the 2012 BSN season with Bayamón, now in his late 30s, Dalmau moved to a number of teams, in different leagues, over the next five seasons. In the BSN, he played with the Mets de Guaynabo, Cangrejeros de Santurce and returned to his rookie team, the Piratas de Quebradillas. He also played with Halcones Xalapa in Mexico's

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. Dalmau returned to Bayamón in 2017, retiring from playing basketball at the end of that season. In 2018, Dalmau became head coach of the senior boys basketball team at Central Pointe Christian Academy, a small prep high school in

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. In March 2020, the team won the Sunshine Independent Athletic Association championship.

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