Raquel Carrera Quintana (born 31 October 2001) is a Spanish professional basketball player for

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of the Liga Femenina in Spain. She was drafted by the

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with the 15th overall in the 2021 WNBA draft, but her draft rights were later traded to the

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. Carrera is the highest Spanish player ever picked in the WNBA draft. Carrera spent three years in Spain's Women's League 2 with Celta Zorka, where she averaged 12.3 points and 6.5 rebounds. She signed with Valencia in 2019 on a five-year contract. After signing with Valencia, Carrera spent a year with Araski while recovering from injury before returning to Valencia. In her first season with

she won the

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scoring two last-second free-throws.

EuroCup statistics

National team career

Carrera made her international debut at the

2016 FIBA Under-17 World Championship for Women The 2016 FIBA Under-17 World Championship for Women (Spanish:Campeonato Mundial FIBA Sub-17 Femenino 2016) was an international basketball competition that was held in Zaragoza, Spain from 22 June 22 to 2 July 2016. It was the fourth edition of th ...

when she was 14-years-old. She has competed in that tournament twice times, placing 6th in both. She also competed in European U16 tournaments, for which she won gold in

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

and silver in

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, and the European U18, for which she won silver in

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. In 2021, Carrera was chosen to the Spanish Women's National Team, participating in the

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and the

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. Up to end of the year, she had 19 caps, with 5.5 PPG: She played at

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, winning a silver medal. * 6th

2016 FIBA Under-17 World Championship The 2016 FIBA Under-17 World Championship (Spanish: 2016 FIBA Campeonato Mundial Sub-17) was the 4th edition of the FIBA Under-17 World Championship, the biennial international men's youth basketball championship contested by the U17 national tea ...

(''youth'') * Gold medal icon

2016 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (''youth'') * 5th

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(''youth'') * 6th

2018 FIBA Under-17 World Championship The 2018 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup (Spanish: Copa del Mundo de Baloncesto FIBA Sub-17 2018) was the 5th edition of the FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup, the biennial international men's youth basketball championship contested by the U1 ...

(''youth'') * Silver medal icon

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(''youth'') * 7th 2021 Eurobasket * 6th

2023 Eurobasket * Silver medal europe

2025 Eurobasket

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