Carlos Cabezas

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Carlos Cabezas

| image = Carlos Cabezas.jpg

| caption = Cabezas with Unicaja Málaga in 2008

| position =

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 1.75

| weight_lbs = 205

| team =

| league =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1980|11|14|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Málaga, Andalusia, Spain

| high_school =

| college =

| draft_year = 2002

| career_start = 1998

| career_end = 2021

| career_position = Point guard

| career_number = 6, 10, 16

| years1 = 1998–2000

| team1 = Unicaja Macías

| years2 = 2000

| team2 = Círculo Badajoz

| years3 = 2000–2009

| team3 = Unicaja Málaga

| years4 = 2009–2010

| team4 = Khimki Moscow Region

| years5 = 2010–2012

| team5 = CAI Zaragoza

| years6 = 2012–2013

| team6 = Caja Laboral

| years7 = 2013–2014

| team7 = Baloncesto Fuenlabrada

| years8 = 2014–2016

| team8 = UCAM Murcia

| years9 = 2016

| team9 = Baloncesto Fuenlabrada

| years10 = 2016–2017

| team10 = Orléans Loiret Basket

| years11 = 2017

| team11 = Real Betis Energía Plus

| years12 = 2017–2018

| team12 = Guaros de Lara

| years13 = 2018

| team13 = Regatas Corrientes

| years14 = 2018–2019

| team14 = Alba Fehérvár

| years15 = 2019–2021

| team15 = Nacional

| highlights = *Korać Cup winner (2001)

Spanish League champion (2006)
Spanish King's Cup winner (2005)

| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{ESP}}}}

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Carlos Eduardo Cabezas Jurado (born November 14, 1980) is a Spanish former professional basketball player. He is the nephew of the former Uruguayan professional footballer Hugo Cabezas, who played in Spain in the late 70s. His father (Hugo's brother), and his grandfather, are also former Uruguayan professional basketball players. He is a 1.87 m (6 ft 1 ¾ in) tall point guard.

Professional career

Cabezas began his playing career with the youth teams of Unicaja Málaga in Spain. He made his professional debut during the 1998–99 season with Unicaja Macías, the reserve team of Unicaja Málaga, in the Spanish EBA League (Spanish 2nd division). He then moved to the LEB club Circulo Badajoz during the 1999–00 season. He joined the senior top-tier level Spanish ACB League club Unicaja Málaga in 2000.

The Orlando Magic of the NBA invited Cabezas to play for their NBA Summer League team at the Orlando Pro Summer League in 2009, but he declined the offer.[http://www.talkbasket.net/news/orlando-magic-invite-carlos-cabezas.html Talkbasket.net Orlando Magic invite Carlos Cabezas.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090624052126/http://www.talkbasket.net/news/orlando-magic-invite-carlos-cabezas.html |date=2009-06-24 }} He joined the Russian Super League club Khimki Moscow Region in 2009.[http://www.bckhimki.ru/news/clubnews/2009/july/1211/ BCKhimki.ru Khimki signs Cabezas {{in lang|ru}}.] In October 2010, he signed a one-year contract with Spanish club CAI Zaragoza.{{cite web|last=Marzo|first=Daniel|title=Carlos Cabezas se decide por el CAI Zaragoza.|url=http://www.solobasket.com/contenidos/carlos/cabezas/decide/cai/zaragoza/c-25515.html|work=solobasket.com|accessdate=3 September 2012}}

On September 1, 2012, Cabezas signed with the EuroLeague club Caja Laboral.{{cite web|title=Caja Laboral adds Carlos Cabezas.|url=http://www.sportando.net/eng/europe/spain/43198/caja-laboral-adds-carlos-cabezas.html|work=Sportando|accessdate=1 September 2012}} He left the club in February, officially due to technical reasons,[http://www.acb.com/redaccion.php?id=91928 Carlos Cabezas deja de pertenecer a la disciplina del Caja Laboral ACB.com, 25 February 2013 {{in lang|es}}.] but several media sources claimed he was fired by the club.[http://www.marca.com/2013/02/25/baloncesto/acb/1361796861.html Cabezas de turco Marca, 25 February 2013 {{in lang|es}}.]

On August 3, 2016, he signed with Spanish club Baloncesto Fuenlabrada.[http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/spain/208641/carlos-cabezas-returns-to-fuenlabrada.html Carlos Cabezas returns to Fuenlabrada.] On October 26, 2016, he parted ways with Fuenlabrada.[http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/spain/215499/carlos-cabezas-fuenlabrada-part-ways.html Carlos Cabezas, Fuenlabrada part ways] On November 9, 2016, he signed a short-term deal with French club Orléans Loiret Basket.[http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/france/216870/orleans-officially-signs-carlos-cabezas.html Orleans officially signs Carlos Cabezas] On April 15, 2017, Cabezas signed with the Spanish team Real Betis Energía Plus for the rest of the season.{{cite news|title=Real Betis Energia Plus signs Carlos Cabezas|url=http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/spain/232116/real-betis-energia-plus-signs-carlos-cabezas.html|accessdate=15 April 2017|date=15 April 2017}}

In November 2017, he signed with Guaros de Lara.{{cite news|title=Carlos Cabezas jugará con Guaros de Lara la Liga Sudamericana|url=http://www.acb.com/redaccion.php?id=135992|accessdate=3 November 2017|work=acb.com|date=3 November 2017|language=Spanish|archive-date=4 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171104134042/http://www.acb.com/redaccion.php?id=135992|url-status=dead}}

On August 31, 2021, Cabezas announced his retirement from professional basketball.{{Cite web|url=https://sportando.basketball/en/carlos-cabezas-retires-at-40/|title=Carlos Cabezas retires at 40|last=|first=|date=August 31, 2021|website=|publisher=Sportando|language=En|access-date=September 1, 2021}}

Spain national team

With the junior national teams of Spain, Cabezas won the gold medal at the 1998 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, the gold medal at the 1999 FIBA Under-19 World Championship, and the bronze medal at the 2000 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. He also played at the 2001 FIBA Under-21 World Championship.

He played with the senior Spain national basketball team at the EuroBasket 2005. Cabezas won the gold medal with the senior Spain national basketball team, at the 2006 FIBA World Championship. He also won the silver medal at the EuroBasket 2007, and the gold medal at the EuroBasket 2009.[https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/rpp//q/Carlos%20CABEZAS/pid/30040/_//players.html Carlos CABEZAS (ESP) participated in 10 FIBA / FIBA Zones events.]

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20060211050407/http://www.acb.com/jugador.php?id=A3K ACB.com Profile] {{in lang|es}}
[http://www.euroleague.net/competition/players/showplayer?clubcode=mal&pcode=AWX#!careerstats Euroleague.net Profile]
[http://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Carlos-Cabezas/Spain/Montakit-Fuenlabrada/6436 Eurobasket.com Profile]
[https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/rpp//q/Carlos%20CABEZAS/pid/30040/_//players.html FIBA Archive Profile]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20150526155447/http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/gamecent/p/pid/6012520/playerview.html FIBA Game Center Profile]
[http://www.fibaeurope.com/compID_qMRZdYCZI6EoANOrUf9le2.season_2009.roundID_6328.playerID_30040.teamID_362.html FIBA Europe Profile]

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