Joshua Lee Fisher (born October 24, 1980) is an American former

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player and current coach. He is a

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. He also has Spanish citizenship.

College career

Fisher played

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for the

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Pro career

Fisher began his professional career in 2004 with the Spanish third division club Pamesa Castellón. He then joined the ACB club Pamesa Valencia later in 2004 for one month, before returning to Castellón. He then spent the next two seasons with second division clubs

CAI Zaragoza Basket Zaragoza 2002 S.A.D., more commonly referred to as Basket Zaragoza and as Casademont Zaragoza for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in Zaragoza, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB and the FIBA Europe Cup. ...

and Farho Gijón before moving to ACB powerhouse

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 ...

for the second half of 2006. He then spent half a season with Polaris World Murcia before moving to Etosa Alicante where they were relegated from the ACB at the end of 2007. Fisher remained for one more year with Alicante and then returned to the ACB where he spent two seasons with

CB Gran Canaria Club Baloncesto Gran Canaria – Claret, S.A.D., known as Dreamland Gran Canaria due to sponsorship, is a professional basketball club based in Las Palmas, Spain. The team plays in the Spanish Liga ACB and the Champions League. Their home venue ...

until 2010, when he signed for Bizkaia Bilbao Basket. His spell in Bilbao lasted 3 games and then moved back to

on a 3-month contract to replace the injured

Pablo Prigioni Pablo Prigioni (born 17 May 1977) is an Argentine-Italian former professional basketball player, currently serving as an assistant coach for the Minnesota Timberwolves. He played the point guard position, and was a member of the senior Argentina ...

, but returned to Bilbao until the end of the 2010–11 season, after his contract with Real Madrid expired. On September 28, 2012, Fisher signed with Asefa Estudiantes. In January 2014, he signed with Panelefsiniakos of the

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for the rest of the 2013–14 season.

Coach career

Fisher started his coach career in 2015 as assistant coach of Fotios Katsikaris at Spanish

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fisher, Josh 1980 births Living people AB Castelló players American expatriate basketball people in Greece American expatriate basketball people in Spain American men's basketball players Basketball players from King County, Washington Basketball players from Washington, D.C. Basket Zaragoza players Bilbao Basket players CB Estudiantes players CB Gran Canaria players CB Lucentum Alicante players CB Murcia players Gijón Baloncesto players Guards (basketball) Liga ACB players Mercer Island High School alumni Panelefsiniakos B.C. players Real Madrid Baloncesto players Saint Louis Billikens men's basketball players Sportspeople from Mercer Island, Washington Valencia Basket players