Christian Dalmau

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Christian Dalmau
Position Point guard
Height ft 4 in (1.93 m)
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Team Beşiktaş Cola Turka
Born August 29, 1975 (1975-08-29) (age 32)
Quebradillas, Puerto Rico
Nationality Puerto Rico
Pro career 1992–present
Former teams Piratas de Quebradillas (1992-1994)
Coamo Maratonistas (1995), (1999-2000)
Villalba (1996-1998)
San German Athletics (2001-2005)
Hapoel Galil Elyon (2004-05)
Prokom Trefl Sopot (2005-2007)

Christian Dalmau (born in August 29, 1975 in Quebradillas) is a Puerto Rican professional basketball player. He is the second son of the legendary Puerto Rican basketball star Raymond Dalmau. Dalmau has played in the NCAA, NBDL, and the National Superior Basketball League of Puerto Rico (BSN) with the Piratas de Quebradillas, Coamo Maratonistas, Villalba, and San German Athletics. Dalmau has played internationally in Turkey, Poland, and Israel. Dalmau is a member of the 2004 Puerto Rican National Basketball Team that defeated the United States in the 2004 Olympic Games.

[edit] Brief Biography

Dalmau began his career in 1993 with the Piratas de Quebradillas. As a rookie, he showed great potential but the team decided to trade him for more experienced players. His new team was the Maratonistas de Coamo were he proved to be a star. Later on he was traded to the Atleticos de San German were he currently plays.

In 2002-2003 season, Dalmau played with Mobile Revelers of the NBDL.

Dalmau was named Most Valuable Player in 2004. That same year he was selected to replace his brother Richie in the Puerto Rican National Team. He also played in the Israeli Basketball League with Hapoel Galil Elyon. In 2005-2007, Dalmau played in Poland with Prokom Trefl Sopot.

For the 2007-2008 season, Dalmau will be playing with Beşiktaş Cola Turka of the Turkish League.

He also has another brother who is basketball star: Ricardo Dalmau.

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