Sofía Roma
{{Short description|Puerto Rican basketball player}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Sofía Roma
| image =
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| caption =
| number = 11
| position = Power forward / Center
| height = 188 cm
| weight_lb =
| league =
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1996|11|21}}
| birth_place = Richmond Hill, New York City, New York, U.S.
| high_school = Nazareth Regional
(Brooklyn, New York)
| career_start = 2019
| career_end =
| years1 = 2019–2020
| team1 = Cangrejeras de Santurce
| years2 = 2020
| team2 = Della Fiore Broni
| years3 = 2021
| team3 = Grupo Hafesa Raca Granada
| years4 = 2022
| team4 = Södertälje BBK
| years5 = 2023
| team5 = A.S. Vicenza
| years6 = 2023
| team6 = Montañeras de Morovis
| medal_templates =
{{MedalSport|Women's basketball}}
{{MedalCountry|{{bkw|Puerto Rico}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}}
{{MedalBronze|2019 Lima|Team}}
{{MedalCompetition|Centrobasket Women}}
{{MedalGold|2022 Mexico|Team}}
}}
Sofía Roma (born 21 November 1996) is a Puerto Rican and Italian basketball player who represents Puerto Rico in international play. Roma played college basketball at Wagner College and later Duke.
Early life
An Italian-Puerto Rican, Roma was born on 21 November 1996 in the Richmond Hill neighborhood of New York City, New York.{{cite web |url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/sofia-roma_1926340 |title=ROMA Sofia |work=Paris 2024 Olympics |accessdate=4 August 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Sofia-Roma/225676 |title=Sofia Roma Basketball Profile |website=Eurobasket.com |accessdate=4 August 2024}} A center, Roma played high school basketball at Nazareth Regional.
College career
Roma played college basketball for the Wagner Seahawks, which represent Wagner College. In her freshman season, she was noted for her rebounding and shot-blocking, averaging 5.8 rebounds and 1.0 blocks per game in 29 games played. She then averaged 10.0 rebounds per game in her sophomore year. Following the season, she transferred to Duke University, where she played for the Blue Devils. Due to the NCAA's transfer rules, she sat out the 2016–17 season.{{cite web |url=https://goduke.com/news/2016/5/3/210930096.aspx |title=Blue Devils Add 6-2 Transfer Sofia Roma from Wagner |website=GoDuke.com |date=3 May 2016 |accessdate=4 August 2024}} She made her debut with Duke on 25 January 2018, against Boston College.{{cite web |url=https://goduke.com/news/2018/8/4/211766443.aspx |title=Q&A with Fifth-Year Senior Sofia Roma |website=GoDuke.com |date=4 August 2018 |accessdate=4 August 2024}} She dealt with knee issues, causing her to have limited playing time while at Duke.
Professional career
Roma has played professional club basketball in Sweden, Italy, Spain, and Puerto Rico. After finishing her college career at Duke, she played for the Cangrejeras de Santurce of the Puerto Rican Baloncesto Superior Nacional Femenino (BSNF) league in 2019 and 2020. In June 2020, she signed with the Italian club Della Fiore Broni of the Lega Basket Femminile (LBF). In August 2021, Roma signed with Grupo Hafesa Raca Granada of the Liga Femenina Challenge.{{cite web |url=https://www.latinbasket.com/Puerto-Rico/news/698892/Sofia-Roma-(ex-Broni)-agreed-terms-with-Granada?Women=1 |title=Sofia Roma (ex Broni) agreed terms with Granada |website=Latinbasket.com |date=9 August 2021 |accessdate=4 August 2024}} She later played for Södertälje BBK in Sweden.{{cite web |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/womensbasketballworldcup/2022/player/Sofia-Roma |title=Sofia Roma (PUR)'s profile - FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2022 |publisher=FIBA |date=2022 |accessdate=4 August 2024}} In January 2023, she signed with A.S. Vicenza.{{cite web |url=https://www.asvicenza.it/as-vicenza-2022-23-il-colpo-grosso-si-chiama-sofia-roma/ |title=AS Vicenza 2022-23: il colpo grosso si chiama Sofia Roma |publisher=A.S. Vicenza |date=5 January 2023 |accessdate=4 August 2024 |language=it}} In 2023, Roma returned to the BSNF to play for the Montañeras de Morovis.
National team career
Holding both Puerto Rican and Italian nationality,{{cite web |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/en/player/188776/Sofia-Roma |title=Sofia Roma - Player Profile |publisher=FIBA |accessdate=4 August 2024}} Roma represents Puerto Rico in international tournament play as a power forward and center. She was on the women's national junior team in 2011 at the FIBA Under-16 Women's AmeriCup in Mexico. She also played at Women's U17 Centrobasket tournament in 2013.{{cite web |url=https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/91796/sid/9672/tid/349/tid2//_/2013_Centrobasket_U17_Championship_for_Women/index.html |title=15 - Sofia Laura Roma |publisher=FIBA |accessdate=4 August 2024}}
Roma made her debut for the senior team in 2015, at the 2015 Pan American Games.{{cite web |url=https://wagnerathletics.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster/sofia-roma/6480 |title=Sofia Roma |publisher=Wagner Athletics |accessdate=4 August 2024}} She was later on Puerto Rico's roster at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, with the team winning bronze.{{cite web |url=https://www.eurobasket.com/Italy/news/632829/Broni-signs-Sofia-Roma,-ex-Santurce |title=Broni signs Sofia Roma, ex Santurce |website=Eurobasket.com |date=27 June 2020 |accessdate=4 August 2024}} Roma also represented Puerto Rico at three AmeriCup tournaments (2015, 2019, and 2023). She also played for Puerto Rico at the 2022 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup, where the team lost in the quarter-finals. The team recorded two wins in group play, which were Puerto Rico's first wins in either World Cup or Olympic play. Roma played for Puerto Rico at the 2022 Centrobasket Women tournament, helping the team win the championship.{{cite web |url=https://www.latinbasket.com/Centrobasket/basketball_2022.aspx?women=1 |title=Centrobasket (2022) |website=Latinbasket.com |accessdate=4 August 2024}}
Roma helped Puerto Rico qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, being on the team's roster in the qualifying tournament held in Xi'an.{{cite web |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/oqtwomen/china/2024/player/Sofia-Roma |title=Sofia Roma |publisher=FIBA |accessdate=4 August 2024}} In May, she played in an exhibition game between the Puerto Rico women's national team and the Las Vegas Aces of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).{{cite web |url=https://stats.wnba.com/game/1012400010/ |title=WNBA Stats - PUR vs LVA |publisher=Women's National Basketball Association |date=11 May 2024 |accessdate=4 August 2024}} After being named to a 15-woman preliminary roster for Puerto Rico's Olympic play,{{cite web |url=https://www.elnuevodia.com/deportes/baloncesto/notas/paris-2024-la-seleccion-nacional-de-baloncesto-femenino-corta-dos-jugadoras-y-prepara-su-salida-a-europa-para-partidos-de-fogueo/ |title=París 2024: la Selección Nacional de baloncesto femenino corta dos jugadoras y prepara su salida a Europa para partidos de fogueo |work=El Nuevo Día |date=8 July 2024 |accessdate=4 August 2024 |language=es}} Roma was named to Puerto Rico's final 12-woman roster for the 2024 Summer Olympics.{{cite tweet |url=https://x.com/FIBA/status/1814685461715018071 |title=The Ultimate 12 to rep Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 at #Paris2024 🤩 |user=FIBA |author-link=FIBA |number=1814685461715018071 |date=20 July 2024 |accessdate=4 August 2024}}
Off the court
She graduated from Duke in May 2018 with a bachelor's degree in politic science and later from the Fuqua School of Business with a masters in management studies.{{cite web |url=https://nikkifield.com/network-agent/sofia-roma |title=Meet Sofia |website=The Field Team |accessdate=4 August 2024}} Roma is the Head of Sports Desk for The Field Team, a Soethby's-affiliated real estate company in New York.
Career statistics
| class="toccolours" style="white-space: nowrap;"
|+Legend |
| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;" | GP
| Games played | style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" | GS | Games started | style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" | MPG | Minutes per game |
| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;" | FG%
| style="padding-right: 8px" | Field goal percentage | style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" | 3P% | style="padding-right: 8px" | 3-point field goal percentage | style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" | FT% | Free throw percentage |
| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;" | RPG
| Rebounds per game | style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" | APG | Assists per game | style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" | SPG | Steals per game |
| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;" | BPG
| Blocks per game | style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" | PPG | Points per game | style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" | Bold | Career high |
{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Team
! GP
! GS
! MPG
! FG%
! 3P%
! FT%
! RPG
! APG
! SPG
! BPG
! PPG
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2014–15
| style="text-align:left;"| Wagner
| 28 || 1 || 15.8 || .400 || – || .455 || 5.8 || .1 || .5 || 1.0 || 3.2
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2015–16
| style="text-align:left;"| Wagner
| 28 || 27 || 28.3 || .380 || – || .630 || 10.0 || .6 || .5 || 2.1 || 5.7
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2016–17
| style="text-align:left;"| Duke
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="11" |Did not play due to NCAA transfer rules
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2017–18
| style="text-align:left;"| Duke
| 12 || 0 || 5.8 || .333 || – || .200 || 1.3 || .3 || .3 || .0 || .8
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2018–19
| style="text-align:left;"| Duke
| 24 || 0 || 5.3 || .500 || – || 1.000 || 1.0 || .2 || .0 || .1 || .4
|- class="sortbottom"
|style="text-align:center;" colspan="14"|Statistics retrieved from Wagner Athletics and ESPN.{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/player/stats/_/id/3143746/sofia-roma |title=Sofia Roma Career Stats |publisher=ESPN |accessdate=4 August 2024}}
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References
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External links
- {{FIBA profile|new_id=188776}}
- [https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/sofia-roma-1.html Sofía Roma] – college basketball player statistics at Sports Reference
- {{Olympics.com profile|sofia-roma}}
- {{2019 Pan American Games profile|/basketball/athlete-profile-n1116683-roma-sofia}}
- {{Instagram}}
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Category:Olympic basketball players for Puerto Rico
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Category:Puerto Rican expatriate basketball people in Italy
Category:Puerto Rican expatriate basketball people in Spain
Category:Puerto Rican expatriate basketball people in Sweden