María Araújo

Spanish basketball player

María Araújo
No. 8 – Uni Girona CB
PositionPower forward / Small forward
LeagueLF
Personal information
Born (1997-08-01) 1 August 1997 (age 27)
Vigo
NationalitySpanish
Listed height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Career history
2012-2015Celta de Vigo Baloncesto (LF2)
2015-2018Universitario de Ferrol
2018-2019Wisła Can-Pack Kraków
2019-presentUni Girona CB
Career highlights and awards

María Pérez Araújo (born 1 August 1997), known professionally as María Araújo is a Spanish basketball player for Uni Girona CB. She was the MVP[1] at the 2017 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women, where the Spain women's national under-20 basketball team won the gold medal. In November 2017 she received her first call-up for the senior national team.[2] In 2018 she signed for Polish team Wisła Can-Pack Kraków.[3] In 2019 she signed for Spanish team Uni Girona CB.

Club career

Araújo started in the youth levels of Celta de Vigo Baloncesto, where her mother had played professionally. She played her first game with the senior team in the Spanish second tier at 14, where she continued until 2015. She played the next three seasons for Universitario de Ferrol[4][5] in the Spanish top tier.[6] In May 2018 she signed for the Polish team Wisła Can-Pack Kraków. In 2019 she signed for Spanish team Uni Girona CB.

European cups stats

Season Team GP MPP PPP RPP APP
2018-19 EuroCup Poland Wisła Can-Pack Kraków 10 24.7 6.7 6.6 2.1
2019-20 EuroLeague Spain Uni Girona CB 14 21.7 3.7 5.7 0.6
2020-21 EuroLeague Spain Uni Girona CB 9 24.7 10.4 6.2 0.8

National team

She played in the youth teams of the Spanish national team from 2014 to 2017, reaching the final in all the tournaments that she played. She made her debut with the senior team in 2017 at 20 years of age, for the EuroBasket Women 2019 qualification games:[7]

References

  1. ^ "Araujo crowned MVP after leading Spain to gold". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  2. ^ "La #SelFem ya tiene 12 elegidas para su 'ventana' de noviembre" [#SelFem already has 12 chosen for its November 'window']. www.feb.es (in Spanish). Federación Española de Baloncesto. 26 October 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  3. ^ "María Araújo firma con el Wisla Canpack de Polonia" [Maria Araújo signs with Wisla Canpack of Poland]. atlantico.net (in Spanish). 10 May 2018.
  4. ^ "María Araújo apuesta por el Uni Ferrol" [Maria Araújo bets on Uni Ferrol]. www.feb.es (in Spanish). Federación Española de Baloncesto. 13 May 2017. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  5. ^ "María Araújo, una progresión a pasos agigantados" [Maria Araújo, a leap forward in leaps and bounds]. www.feb.es (in Spanish). Federación Española de Baloncesto. 20 October 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  6. ^ "Maria Perez Araujo". competiciones.feb.es (in Spanish). Federación Española de Baloncesto. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  7. ^ "archive.fiba.com: Players". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 2 October 2017.