Christian Dalmau

Christian Dalmau

Position	Point guard
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight	200 lb (91 kg)
Team	Vaqueros de Bayamón
Born	August 29, 1975 (1975-08-29) (age 36) Arecibo, Puerto Rico
Nationality	Puerto Rico
Pro career	1992–present
Career history	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) Beşiktaş Cola Turka (2007-2008) Vaqueros de Bayamon (2009-present)
Awards	2009 BSN Champion, 2009 BSN Finals MVP

Medal record
Men’s basketball
Competitor for  Puerto Rico
FIBA Americas Championship
Silver	2009 Puerto Rico	Team competition
Centrobasket
Silver	2004 Dominican Republic	Team competition
Bronze	2006 Panama	Team competition
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold	2010 Puerto Rico	Team competition

Christian Dalmau (born on August 29, 1975 in Arecibo, Puerto Rico) 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.

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. Currently he plays for the Vaqueros de Bayamon.

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 be played with Beşiktaş Cola Turka of the Turkish League. In July 2008 he signed a contract with Ural Perm Great of te Russian league.^[1]

His brother, Ricardo Dalmau, is also a basketball player.

In 2009, Dalmau returned to the BSN to play for the Vaqueros de Bayamon. That same year he led the team to the BSN Finals, and eventually to the BSN Championship. Dalmau was named 2009 BSN Finals MVP en route to his first BSN Championship.

In 2010, after being named the league's MVP during the regular season, Dalmau led Bayamon to their second straight BSN Finals appearance. Although having home-court advantage in the Finals, Bayamon fell to the Capitanes de Arecibo in seven games, losing the seventh game on their home floor.

Awards/Achievements

• 2x BSN Regular Season MVP (2004,2010)
• 5x BSN All-Star Game Appearance (2003-04, 2009-11)
• BSN Champion (2009)
• BSN Finals MVP (2009)
• Silver Medal (Puerto Rican National Team) Marchand Invitational Cup-2009
• Silver Medal (Puerto Rican National Team) FIBA Americas Championship- 2009

See also

• List of famous Puerto Ricans

References

• sports-reference

1. ^ "Rumbo a Rusia Christian Dalmau" (in Spanish). Primera Hora. 2008-07-20. http://www.primerahora.com/noticia/baloncesto/acciondeportiva/rumbo_a_rusia_christian_dalmau/212267. Retrieved 2008-07-21. ^{[dead link]}

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Name	Dalmau, Christian
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Date of birth	August 29, 1975
Place of birth	Quebradillas, Puerto Rico
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