Javier Salgado Martín, more commonly known as Javi Salgado, is a retired Spanish professional
basketball player.
Early career
After being formed at Maristas school in
Bilbao, Salgado started his career at
SD Patronato in 1998. The next year, he signed with
Baloncesto León, to play in the club's
reserve team (Elmar León), in the
Liga EBA
Liga Española de Baloncesto Aficionado (EBA), commonly known as Liga EBA, is a Spanish basketball championship that is the fourth tier level in the Spanish basketball league system, after the Liga ACB, LEB Oro, and LEB Plata. It is administered ...
, in that time the Spanish third division.
Professional career
In 2001, Salgado joined the newly created team in his native town:
Bilbao Basket. With this team, he would go on to play during the next ten seasons, in three different level leagues on the
Spanish basketball league system:
LEB Plata,
LEB Oro, and
Liga ACB
The Liga ACB, known as Liga Endesa for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional basketball division of the Spanish basketball league system. Administrated by the Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto (ACB), Liga ACB is contested by 18 teams, wi ...
, playing also in two
EuroCup semifinals, in 2009 and 2010.
After leaving the team in summer 2010, his number 14 jersey was retired at
Bilbao Basket. He signed with
Lagun Aro GBC in July 2010, from Bilbao's neighboring city of
San Sebastián
San Sebastian, officially known as Donostia–San Sebastián (names in both local languages: ''Donostia'' () and ''San Sebastián'' ()) is a city and Municipalities of Spain, municipality located in the Basque Country (autonomous community), B ...
.
On July 18, 2016, he returned to
Dominion Bilbao Basket,
where he remained until he retired at the end of the
2017-18 ACB season.
Spain national team
Salgado played with the
Spain national under-20 basketball team, and he also played in several
friendly games with the
Basque Country autonomous basketball team.
Awards and accomplishments
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LEB Plata: (1)
**2002
*
Copa LEB Plata
The LEB Plata is the third basketball division of the Spanish basketball league system and the second basketball division organized by the Spanish Basketball Federation. Since 2019, three teams are promoted to LEB Oro and six teams are relegate ...
: (1)
**2002
*
LEB Oro: (1)
**2004
References
External links
Profile at ACB.com
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1980 births
Living people
Bilbao Basket players
CB Estudiantes players
Gipuzkoa Basket players
Liga ACB players
Point guards
Spanish men's basketball players
Sportspeople from Bilbao
Basketball players from the Basque Country (autonomous community)