Alberto Corbacho de la Cruz (born October 1, 1984) is a Spanish professional basketball player who last played for Delteco GBC of the Liga ACB. Corbacho is considered to be one of the top three-point shooters in the Spanish League.[1]
Free agent | |
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Position | Shooting guard / small forward |
Personal information | |
Born | Palma, Spain | October 1, 1984
Listed height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) |
Listed weight | 214 lb (97 kg) |
Career information | |
NBA draft | 2006: undrafted |
Playing career | 2002–present |
Career history | |
2002–2003 | Bàsquet Muro |
2002–2003 | Mesón Can Pedro |
2003–2004 | Unicaja B |
2004–2006 | Ciudad de Huelva |
2006–2007 | CAI Zaragoza |
2007–2008 | L'Hospitalet |
2008–2010 | Breogán |
2010–2015 | Obradoiro |
2015–2016 | Baskonia |
2016–2018 | Obradoiro |
2018–2019 | Gipuzkoa Basket |
2019–2021 | CB Menorca |
2021–2022 | CB Culleredo |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Professional career
editAfter outstanding as a three-point shooter during several seasons in the second division, the LEB Oro, Corbacho made his debut in the Liga ACB in 2011 with Obradoiro CAB, who promoted from LEB Oro to ACB in the previous season.
Corbacho beat the record of averaging 3 point shots scored for a national player in the Liga ACB during the 2012–13 season, when he averaged 3.2 three-point shots scored per game, with a total of 110 goals.[2]
In 2015, he signed with Euroleague team Saski Baskonia. After playing one season with the Basque squad, he came back to Obradoiro. In its first competitive game after his return to Galicia, Corbacho became injured for six months. In 2018, he signed a one-year deal with Delteco GBC of the Liga ACB.[3]
Spain national team
editCorbacho was a member of the Spanish junior national team. He played with Spain's junior national team at the 2004 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. He has also played with the senior men's Spain national basketball team.
Awards and accomplishments
edit- Copa Príncipe de Asturias Champion: (2010-11)
- Copa Príncipe de Asturias MVP: (2010-11)
References
edit- ^ Alberto Corbacho, múltiplo de tres (in Spanish). ACB.com 11 December 2012
- ^ "Alberto Corbacho supera el récord de Sibilio" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 19 May 2013. Archived from the original on 7 June 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
- ^ "ALBERTO CORBACHO, PÓLVORA PARA EL TIRO EXTERIOR DEL GBC | Delteco GBC". www.gipuzkoabasket.com (in European Spanish). 18 July 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
External links
edit- Alberto Corbacho at acb.com (in Spanish)
- Alberto Corbacho at draftexpress.com
- Alberto Corbacho at eurobasket.com
- Alberto Corbacho at euroleaguebasketball.net
- Alberto Corbacho at fiba.com
- Alberto Corbacho at fibaeurope.com