Marina Ferragut Castillo (born 11 February 1972 in

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) is a Spanish former

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player who competed in the

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and in the

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, achieving a total of 253 caps for the national team. She played in the WNBA at the

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during the 2000 season. She played on 253 occasions with the Spanish National team. She retired in 2011.

Club career

She played at Fontvella Manresa from her junior years to her debut with the senior team at 15. As one of the most promising young players of her time, she got transferred to the Caja Toledo - BEX Banco Exterior project, with other young Spanish prospects in order to prepare for the

. She went on to play for some of the most important clubs in the Spanish league, like

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CDB Zaragoza Club Deportivo Basket Zaragoza, a.k.a. Mann Filter Zaragoza for sponsorship reasons, was a Spanish women's basketball club from Zaragoza that played in the LFB. It was founded in 2000 from newly promoted CN Helios, which had previously replaced ...

and

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, winning a total of six Spanish leagues and 5 Spanish cups. Between 1997 and 2000 she played for French clubs

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and Limoges ABC, Brazilian team

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(winning one Brazilian league and one South American cup) and WNBA team

(becoming Western Conference champion in 2000).

National team

She made her debut with

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at the age of 17. She played with the senior team for 17 years, from 1989 to 2006. She is one of the most capped players with a total of 253 caps and 7.4 PPG. She participated in two Olympic Games ( Barcelona 1992 and

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), three

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and five

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: * 9th 1987 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship for Women (''youth'') * 6th

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(''youth'') * 5th

1989 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women The 1989 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women (Spanish: 1989 Campeonato Mundial FIBA Sub-19 Femenino) took place in Spain from 23 to 30 July 1989. It was co-organised by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) and Spanish Basketball ...

(''youth'') * 4th

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(''youth'') * Silver_medal_icon

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(''youth'') * 5th

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* 8th 1994 World Championship * 5th

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* 5th 1998 World Championship * Bronze_medal_europe

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* 5th 2002 World Championship * Bronze_medal_europe

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* 6th

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References

1972 births Living people Spanish women's basketball players Olympic basketball players for Spain Basketball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Basketball players from Barcelona Centers (basketball) {{Spain-basketball-bio-stub