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List of foreign-born players in Spanish men's national basketball team
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Complete list of all foreign-born players who, despite having been born abroad, have represented [[Spain men's national basketball team]] in international competition since 1935. Some of them were born to Spanish parents abroad, some moved to Spain at a young age, and some others were "[[Naturalization|naturalized]]" or acquired [[Spanish nationality law#Acquisition of Spanish citizenship|citizenship]] after playing professionally in a Spanish club. <ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref> El receso|website=elreceso.blogs.lexnova.es|access-date=2018-03-30}}</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref></ref>
Up to 4 players born in Latin America were in the Spanish squad for the first [[EuroBasket]] in [[EuroBasket 1935|1935]], where Spain won the silver medal: brothers [[Emilio Alonso Arbeletche|Emilio]] and [[Pedro Alonso Arbeletche|Pedro Alonso]], [[Rafael Martín (basketball)|Rafael Martín]] and [[Rafael Ruano]]. Two Americans were a key factor in the modernization of the sport in Spain in the late 60s and the 70s, [[Wayne Brabender]] and [[Clifford Luyk]], with the silver medal at the [[EuroBasket 1973|1973 EuroBasket]] as their highest success. Two more Latin Americans were included in the 1980s, Argentinian [[Juan Domingo de la Cruz]] and Dominican [[Chicho Sibilio]].
Modern FIBA regulations about the Eligibility and National Status of Players limit the number of naturalized players to one per squad:<blockquote>''"A national team participating in a Competition of FIBA may have '''only one player''' on its team who has acquired the legal nationality of that country by naturalisation or by any other means after having reached the age of sixteen"'' (Book 3, Chapter 1, Article 21.a)<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref></blockquote>In recent years, this regulation on a team's roster has avoided the inclusion of [[Serge Ibaka]] and [[Nikola Mirotić]] at the same time <ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref></ref> <ref></ref>
== List of players ==
''Note: list updated to senior team call-up in February 2018. Players in '''bold''' are still active at international level.''
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! width="100" |Birthplace
! width="100" |Player
! width="70" |
! width="30" |Caps
! width="30" |
! width="30" |
! width="180" |Final Tournaments
! width="220" |Notes
|-
| [[La Habana]] ||[[Emilio Alonso Arbeletche|Emilio Alonso]]||1935, 1943-49||9||29||Small Forward||[[File:Silver_medal_europe.svg|16x16px]] [[EuroBasket 1935|1935 EuroBasket]]
|Born in [[Cuba]] to Basque parents. Pedro Alonso's brother.
|-
| [[La Habana]] ||[[Pedro Alonso Arbeletche|Pedro Alonso]]||1935, 1943||5||16||Small Forward||[[File:Silver_medal_europe.svg|16x16px]] [[EuroBasket 1935|1935 EuroBasket]]
|Born in [[Cuba]] to Basque parents. Emilio Alonso's brother.
|-
| [[El Salvador]] || [[Rafael Martín (basketball)|Rafael Martín]] || 1935||4||24||Small Forward||[[File:Silver_medal_europe.svg|16x16px]] [[EuroBasket 1935|1935 EuroBasket]] ''(MVP)''
|Of [[El Salvador|Salvadorean]] nationality, he was studying in Madrid at the time. Some sources list him as Costa Rican.<ref></ref>
|-
| [[Costa Rica]] || [[Rafael Ruano]] || 1935||4||16||Center||[[File:Silver_medal_europe.svg|16x16px]] [[EuroBasket 1935|1935 EuroBasket]]
|Born in [[Costa Rica]], exact location unknown.<ref></ref>
|-
| [[Guánica, Puerto Rico|Guánica]] || [[Freddy Borrás]] ||1949-1954||22||245||Small Forward|| [[1951 Mediterranean Games]]
|Born in [[Puerto Rico]]. Arrived to Spain on a student visa to avoid being drafted in the [[Korean War]]. Player (1948-1949) and player-coach (1949-1954) at [[Real Madrid Baloncesto|Real Madrid]]. National head coach in 1952.<ref> Basketball Real Madrid CF|work=Real Madrid C.F. - Web Oficial|access-date=2018-03-30|language=en}}</ref> He introduced the [[Jump shot (basketball)|Jump shot]] in Spain.
|-
| [[Puerto Rico]] || [[Guillermo Galíndez]] ||1949-1954||24||377|||| [[1951 Mediterranean Games]]
|Born in [[Puerto Rico]]. Arrived to Spain on a student visa.
|-
| [[Venezuela]] || Juan Bautista Urberuaga ||1964-1965||9|| ||Small Forward||11th [[EuroBasket 1965|1965 EuroBasket]]
|
|-
| [[Syracuse, New York]] || [[Clifford Luyk]] || 1966-1976
| 150||2021|| Center |Power Forward / Center
|
7th [[Basketball at the 1948 Summer Olympics|1968 Summer Olympics]]<br>
5th [[1969 EuroBasket]]<br>
7th [[1971 EuroBasket]]<br>
11th [[Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics|1972 Summer Olympics]]<br>
[[File:Silver_medal_europe.svg|16x16px]] [[EuroBasket 1973|1973 EuroBasket]]<br>
5th [[1974 FIBA World Championship|1974 World Championship]]<br>
4th [[1975 EuroBasket]]
|Brought to Spain by coach [[Pedro Ferrándiz]], who convinced him not to wait for the [[New York Knicks]]. Regarded as a key figure in the modenization of Spanish basketball. Naturalized in 1965, sped by the intervention of [[Raimundo Saporta]].
|-
| [[Montevideo, Minnesota]]|| [[Wayne Brabender]] || 1969-1982|| 190||2861|| Small Forward |Small Forward
|
7th [[1971 EuroBasket]]<br>
11th [[Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics|1972 Summer Olympics]]<br>
[[File:Silver_medal_europe.svg|16x16px]] [[EuroBasket 1973|1973 EuroBasket]] ''(MVP)''<br>
5th [[1974 FIBA World Championship|1974 World Championship]]<br>
4th [[1975 EuroBasket]]<br>
9th [[1977 EuroBasket]]<br>
6th [[1979 EuroBasket]]<br>
4th [[Basketball at the 1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Summer Olympics]]<br>
4th [[1981 EuroBasket]]<br>
4th [[1982 FIBA World Championship|1982 World Championship]]
|Brought to Spain by coach [[Pedro Ferrándiz]], despite being drafted in [[1967 NBA draft|1967]] by the [[Philadelphia Warriors]]. His quick naturalization in 1968 was a scandal in Spain.<ref> El receso|website=elreceso.blogs.lexnova.es|access-date=2018-03-30}}</ref>
|-
| [[Buenos Aires]] || [[José Luis Beltrán]] ||1975-1976||17||58||Center||4th [[Basketball at the 1975 Mediterranean Games|1975 Mediterrean Games]]
|Born to Spanish parents on a business trip to [[Argentina]], moved back to Spain when he was 4.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
|-
| [[Pasteur (Buenos Aires)|Pasteur, Buenos Aires]]|| [[Juan Domingo de la Cruz]] || 1977-1986 || 131||1012|| Center |Center
|
9th [[1977 EuroBasket]]<br>
6th [[1979 EuroBasket]]<br>
4th [[Basketball at the 1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Summer Olympics]]<br>
4th [[1981 EuroBasket]]<br>
4th [[1982 FIBA World Championship|1982 World Championship]]<br>
[[File:Silver_medal_europe.svg|16x16px]] [[EuroBasket 1983|1983 EuroBasket]]<br>
[[File:Silver_medal_olympic.svg|16x16px]] [[Basketball at the 1984 Summer Olympics|1984 Summer Olympics]]<br>
4th [[1985 EuroBasket]]<br>
5th [[1986 FIBA World Championship|1986 World Championship]]
| at the [[FIBA South America Under-17 Championship for Men|1973 South America U-17 Championship]], with [[Argentina]]. Then signed for [[FC Barcelona Bàsquet|FC Barcelona]] (1975-1987).
|-
| [[Maracaibo]] || [[José Luis Díaz Vázquez|José Luis "Indio" Díaz]] ||1980, 1988-89|| 18 ||101||Small Forward|| [[1978 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship|1978 U-18 Europe]]
|Born in [[Venezuela]] to Spanish parents, raised in Spain. Nicknamed ''"indio"'' after his birthplace.
|-
| [[San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic|San Cristóbal]] || [[Chicho Sibilio]] || 1980-1987 || 87 || 1324 || Shooting Guard |Shooting Guard
|
4th [[Basketball at the 1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Summer Olympics]]<br>
4th [[1981 EuroBasket]]<br>
4th [[1982 FIBA World Championship|1982 World Championship]]<br>
[[File:Silver_medal_europe.svg|16x16px]] [[EuroBasket 1983|1983 EuroBasket]]<br>
4th [[1985 EuroBasket]]<br>
5th [[1986 FIBA World Championship|1986 World Championship]]<br>
4th [[1987 EuroBasket]]
|Born in the [[Dominican Republic]], which he represented in the [[1975 Centrobasket]]. Signed for [[FC Barcelona Bàsquet|FC Barcelona]] in 1976, playing first for the youth team. Naturalized in 1977.
|-
| [[Moscow]] || [[José Biriukov]] || 1988-1992||57||526|| Shooting Guard |Shooting Guard
|
8th [[Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Summer Olympics]]<br>
5th [[1989 Eurobasket]]<br>
9th [[Basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Summer Olympics]]
|Born in the [[Soviet Union]] to a Russian father and a Basque mother (sent to Moscow as a child to flee the [[Spanish Civil War|Civil War]]). He'd played 22 games for the [[Soviet Union national basketball team|Soviet Union]], so had to wait 3 years to play for Spain.
|-
| [[Durmersheim]] || [[Sivano Bustos]] ||1990-1991||16||16||Center||[[File:Bronze_medal_europe.svg|16x16px]] [[EuroBasket 1991|1991 EuroBasket]]
|Born in [[Germany]] to Spanish parents.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
|-
| [[New York City|New York, New York]]|| [[Mike Smith (basketball, born 1963)|Mike Smith]] || 1995-1997||30||259|| Small Forward |Small Forward
|
6th [[EuroBasket 1995|1995 EuroBasket]]<br>
5th [[EuroBasket 1997|1997 EuroBasket]]
|Played professionally in Spain from 1986 to 2002. Naturalized while playing for [[Club Joventut Badalona|Joventut Badalona]] in 1991, had to wait until 1995 to play for Spain.
|-
| [[Fullerton, California]]|| [[Johnny Rogers]] || 2000 || 16 ||103|| Power Forward||9th [[Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2000 Summer Olympics]]
|Played in Spain, Italy and Greece (1988-2004). Married to a Spanish woman, citizenship in 1996.
|-
| [[Dudley, North Carolina]] || [[Chuck Kornegay]]|| 2001-2003||18||92|| Center || [[File:Bronze_medal_europe.svg|16x16px]] [[EuroBasket 2001|2001 EuroBasket]]
|He played for several Spanish clubs from 1998 to 2008. Naturalized in 2001.
|-
| [[Caracas]] || [[Germán Gabriel]] ||2002-03, 2013||20||47|| Power Forward |Power Forward
|
[[1998 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship|1998 U-18 Europe]]<br>
[[FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup|1999 U-19 World Cup]]<br>
[[2000 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship|2000 U-20 Europe]]<br>
[[File:Bronze_medal_europe.svg|16x16px]] [[EuroBasket 2013|2013 EuroBasket]]
|Born in [[Venezuela]], raised in [[Málaga]], Spain.
|-
| [[Brazzaville]] || [[Serge Ibaka|'''Serge Ibaka''']] ||2011-2014||50||437|| Center |Small Forward
|
[[File:Gold_medal_europe.svg|16x16px]] [[EuroBasket 2011|2011 EuroBasket]]<br>
[[File:Silver_medal_olympic.svg|16x16px]] [[Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics|2012 Summer Olympics]]<br>
5th [[2014 FIBA World Championship|2014 World Championship]]
|Born and raised in the [[Republic of the Congo]], played for the Congolese U-18 team the [[2006 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship|2006 Africa U18]]. He played for two years in Spain in his late teens. Granted nationality in 2011, while playing for [[Oklahoma City Thunder]]. He cannot play alongside [[Nikola Mirotić]].
|-
| [[Podgorica]] (formerly Titograd) || [[Nikola Mirotić|'''Nikola Mirotić''']]||2015-2016||30||372|| Power Forward |Power Forward
|
[[2010 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship|2010 U-20 Europe]]<br>
[[2011 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship|2011 U-20 Europe]] ''(MVP)''<br>
[[File:Gold_medal_europe.svg|16x16px]] [[EuroBasket 2015|2015 EuroBasket]]<br>
[[File:Bronze_medal_olympic.svg|16x16px]] [[Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Summer Olympics]]
|Born in the [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|SFR of Yugoslavia]] and raised in modern-day [[Montenegro]], he signed at 14 for [[Real Madrid Baloncesto|Real Madrid]] in 2005, playing professionally 2008-2014. He cannot play alongside [[Serge Ibaka]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
|-
| [[Dakar]]
|[[Ilimane Diop|'''Ilimane Diop''']]
|2016-
|5
|17
|Center
|
[[2011 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship|2011 U-16 Europe]]<br>
4th [[2012 FIBA Under-17 World Championship|2012 U-17 World Cup]]<br>
5th [[2012 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship|2012 U-18 Europe]]<br>
[[2013 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship|2013 U-18 Europe]]<br>
[[2015 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship|2015 U-20 Europe]]
|Born in [[Senegal]], brought to Spain as a baby, received Spanish passport at 16. Won 3 medals in 5 youth tournaments with [[Spain national youth basketball teams|Spain]]. <ref></ref>
|-
| [[Andorra la Vella]]
|[[Quino Colom|'''Quino Colom''']]
|2017-
|6
|88
|Point Guard
| [[2006 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship|2006 U-18 Europe]]
[[2008 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship|2008 U-20 Europe]]
|Won the [[FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship#Division C|2004 Europe U-16 Division C]] with [[Andorra]]. He holds dual citizenship.
|}
=== Notes ===
* [[Soviet Union]] [[Dissolution of the Soviet Union|dissolved]] in December 1991 into 15 independent countries, [[Russia]] being one of them.
* [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|SFR Yugoslavia]] [[Breakup of Yugoslavia|dissolved]] in 1992 into 5 independent countries, [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]], [[Croatia]], [[Republic of Macedonia|Macedonia]], [[Slovenia]], and the [[Serbia and Montenegro|Federal Republic of Yugoslavia]]. FR Yugoslavia was renamed into Serbia and Montenegro in February 2003 and dissolved in June 2006 into two independent countries, [[Montenegro]] and [[Serbia]].
== Other players ==
* Chilean-Spanish [[Álvaro Salvadores]], born in Spain in 1928, whose family emigrated to [[Chile]] due to the [[Spanish Civil War]] (1936-1939). He took part in the first [[FIBA Basketball World Cup]]<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>, hosted by [[Argentina]] in 1950, having offered himself to the [[Spanish Basketball Federation|Spanish Federation]]. He also competed in the [[1952 Summer Olympics]] with [[Chile national basketball team|Chile]]<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>.
* Finnish-born [[Carlos Ruf]], born in [[Hamina]] to a Finnish mother, raised in Barcelona.<ref></ref> won the silver medal in the [[1985 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship|1985 U-16 European Championship]] with Spain. He played for the Cadet, Junior and U-22 squads.<ref></ref>
* American [[Brad Oleson]] acquired Spanish nationality in 2009, and was selected to the senior men's [[Spain men's national basketball team|Spanish national basketball team]]'s training camp pre-squad for the [[2010 FIBA World Championship]].
== See also ==
* [[Spanish Basketball Federation]]
* [[Spain men's national basketball team]]
* [[Spain national youth basketball teams]]
* [[Medal winners in Spain men's national basketball team|Medal winners in Spain national basketball team]]
== External links ==
* [https://ift.tt/1mhLYmk Official website]
* [http://www.feb.es/ Spanish Basketball Federation website]
== References ==
[[Category:Spain national basketball team| ]]
April 03, 2018 at 02:09AM
