Ricardo Guillén Mendoza (born 17 June 1976, in

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) is a Spanish

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player. He currently plays as a power forward at CB Marbella La Cañada in

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 ...

. After seven seasons in

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, he is the top scorer in the history of the league.

Playing career

In 2012, Guillén won with Iberostar Canarias the Copa Príncipe and the LEB Oro, achieving the promotion to Liga ACB. Guillén announced his retirement on 3 November 2016. However, he continued playing as amateur player in the fifth tier with

CB Marbella Club Baloncesto Marbella, is a professional basketball team based in Marbella, Andalusia, that currently plays in LEB Plata. History Founded in 1984, CB Marbella decided to join the fifth tier in 2016. After only one season, the club decided to g ...

, achieving promotion to

Achievements

With Unicaja

* ACB runner-up ( 1994–95)

With Spain national youth teams

*Bronze medal in 1994 U-18 Eurobasket *Bronze medal in 1995 U-19 WBC *Silver medal in 1996 U-20 Eurobasket

References

External links

Ricardo Guillén at ACB.com

Ricardo Guillén at FEB.es
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