Silvia Domínguez Fernández (born 31 January 1987) is a Spanish

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...

player for

Perfumerías Avenida Perfumerías Avenida Baloncesto formerly C.B. Halcón Viajes, is a women's professional basketball team based in Salamanca, Spain. The team currently plays in the Liga Femenina de Baloncesto. In 2011 Perfumerías Avenida won the Euroleague, and ...

and the

Spain women's national basketball team The Spain women's national basketball team ( es, Selección Española de Baloncesto Femenina) represents Spain in international women's basketball competition, and are regulated by the Spanish Basketball Federation, the governing body for baske ...

. She won three EuroLeague Women and multiple medals for Spain.

Club career

Domínguez played basketball from a very young age in school clubs in or around

Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ...

and

Badalona Badalona (, , , ) is a municipality to the immediate north east of Barcelona in Catalonia, Spain. It is located on the left bank of the Besòs River and on the Mediterranean Sea, in the Barcelona metropolitan area. By population, it is the third ...

. She moved to

Madrid Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), an ...

to play for

CB Estudiantes Club Baloncesto Estudiantes, S.A.D., known simply as Estu and as Movistar Estudiantes for sponsorship reasons, is a basketball team based in the city of Madrid, Spain. It is a member of the Asociación de Clubes de Baloncesto (ACB). Founded in 19 ...

at 17, before being transferred to CB Avenida in 2006, becoming a key figure of the team as well as captain, winning the

2010–11 EuroLeague The 2010–11 Turkish Airlines Euroleague was the 11th season of the modern era of professional Euroleague Basketball, and the first under the title sponsorship of Turkish Airlines. Including the competition's previous incarnation as the FIBA Eur ...

. She spent her next season at the other top Spanish of the moment,

Ros Casares Valencia Ros Casares Godella was a professional women's basketball team based in Godella, Spain. It played in the Liga Femenina de Baloncesto between 1996 and 2012, when it resigned to play in EuroLeague and Spanish League. It continued playing in Pri ...

, winning the

2011–12 EuroLeague The 2011–12 Turkish Airlines Euroleague was the 12th season of the modern era of Euroleague and the second under the title sponsorship of Turkish Airlines. Including the competition's previous incarnation as the FIBA Europe Champions Cup, thi ...

. She made history one season later, when playing for

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eigh ...

n club

UMMC Ekaterinburg BC Ekaterinburg (russian: БК «УГМК») is a Russian women's basketball team based in Yekaterinburg competing in the Russian Premier League, and until February 2022 in FIBA Europe's EuroLeague Women. In reaction to the 2022 Russian in ...

she won the 2012–13 EuroLeague, making it three in a row with three clubs. She is back to play in Spain for

since 2015.

EuroLeague and EuroCup statistics

National team

She played in Spain's youth teams from 2003 to 2007, making her debut with the senior team at 19 in 2006. In November 2021 she became the captain of the team, with 197 caps and 4.0 PPG: * 4th

2003 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship for Women 3 (three) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious or cultural significance in many socie ...

(''youth'') * Silver medal icon

2004 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship for Women 4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures. In mathematics Four is the smallest co ...

(''youth'') * 5th

2005 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women The 2005 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women(Arabic: 2005 بطولة العالم لكرة السلة للسيدات تحت 19 سنة) took place in Tunisia from 15 to 24 July 2005. It was co-organised by the International Basketball Federa ...

(''youth'') * Silver medal icon

2005 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship for Women The 2005 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship for Women was an international basketball competition held in Hungary. Final ranking 1. Serbia and Montenegro 2. Spain 3. France 4. Czech Republic 5. Russia 6. Hungary 7. Lithuania 8. S ...

(''youth'') * 4th

2006 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women The 2006 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women was the fifth edition of the Women's European basketball championship for national under-20 teams. It was held in Sopron, Hungary, from 7 to 16 July 2006. Russia women's national under-20 bask ...

(''youth'') * Gold medal icon

2007 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women The 2007 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women was the sixth edition of the Women's European basketball championship for national under-20 teams. It was held in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 13 to 22 July 2007. Spain women's national under-20 bask ...

(''youth'') * 8th 2006 World Championship * Bronze medal europe

2009 Eurobasket The 2009 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 2009, was the 36th FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship held by FIBA Europe. The tournament, which was hosted by Poland, began on 7 September and concluded with the ...

* 9th

2011 Eurobasket EuroBasket 2011 was the 37th men's European Basketball Championship, held by FIBA Europe. The competition was hosted by Lithuania. This was the second time EuroBasket had been held in Lithuania, the country having also hosted the 1939 cha ...

2013 Eurobasket EuroBasket 2013 was the 38th edition of the EuroBasket championship that was organized by FIBA Europe. It took place from 4 September until 22 September 2013 in Slovenia. The number of participating teams was 24. France defeated Lithuania in t ...

2014 World Championship * Bronze medal europe

2015 Eurobasket EuroBasket 2015 was the 39th edition of the EuroBasket championship that was organized by FIBA Europe. It was co-hosted by Croatia, France, Germany, and Latvia, making it the first EuroBasket held in more than one country. It started on 5 Sept ...

2016 Summer Olympics * Gold medal europe

2017 Eurobasket EuroBasket 2017 was the 40th edition of the EuroBasket championship that was organized by FIBA Europe and held between 31 August and 17 September 2017. Beginning from 2017, the continental championships take place every four years with a similar ...

2018 World Championship * Gold medal europe

2019 Eurobasket * 7th 2021 Eurobasket * 6th 2020 Summer Olympics * Silver medal europe

2023 Eurobasket

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* * * * * * 1987 births Living people People from Maresme Sportspeople from the Province of Barcelona Point guards Spanish women's basketball players Basketball players from Catalonia Basketball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic basketball players for Spain Olympic medalists in basketball Olympic silver medalists for Spain Ros Casares Valencia players Spanish expatriate basketball people in Russia {{Spain-basketball-bio-stub