Amaya Valdemoro

Amaya Valdemoro Madariaga (born August 18, 1976, in Alcobendas, Community of Madrid) is a Spanish former basketball player. She won three Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) championship rings with the Houston Comets, one EuroLeague title with Dorna Godella, as well as eight Spanish league title and one Russian Premier League title. She was the Russian League Player of the Year in 2006.

With the national team she competed in two Olympic Games, Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008. won a bronze medal at the 2010 FIBA World Championship and won 5 medals at EuroBasket women, including a gold medal at the 2013 EuroBasket Women.

Club career

1992-1998: Spanish clubs She made her debut in the Spanish league in 1992, at only 16 years of age, with Dorna Godella, winning the national league and the 1992–93 Euroleague. In the 1993–1994 season, she won the league, the cup and was Euroleague runner-up. With her following club, Pool Getafe she won back-to-back league and cup titles in 1997 and 1998, and again Euroleague runner-up in 1998.

1998-2000: WNBA Valdemoro was selected with the 30th overall pick (3rd round) in the 1998 WNBA draft by the Houston Comets, winning three consecutive championship rings in 1998, 1999 and 2000.

1998-2005: Spanish clubs After playing for both the Houston Comets and Halcón Viajes Salamanca for three seasons, she went back to Valencia, having the club changed its name to Ros Casares, going to win 2 leagues and 3 cups. She would have a brief spell at Brazilian team Unimed/Americana in 2004.

2005-2008: Russian clubs She spent the next three seasons in the Russian Premier League, with BC Volgaburmash Samara and then CSKA Moscow, winning 1 league and 3 cups.

2008-2013: Spanish clubs Returning to play for Ros Casares Valencia, she won back-to-back league and cup titles in 2009 and 2010, as well as Euroleague runner-up in 2009–10 EuroLeague. She spent two more seasons in her hometown, playing for Rivas Ecópolis, winning the 2011 Spanish cup and leading the team to the 2011–12 EuroLeague final.

After a brief stint in Turkey, her last club was Real Canoe NC.

National team She made her debut with Spain women's national basketball team at the age of 17. She played with the senior team for 18 years, from 1995 to 2013. She is one of the most capped players with a total of 258 caps and 10.6 PPG. She participated in two Olympic Games (Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008), four World Championships and eight European Championships, retiring from the national team as captain and champion in the 2013 EuroBasket:

9th 1995 Eurobasket 5th 1997 Eurobasket 5th 1998 World Championship 5th 2002 World Championship

6th 2004 Summer Olympics

8th 2006 World Championship

5th 2008 Summer Olympics

9th 2011 Eurobasket

Career statistics

†Denotes seasons in which Stewart won a WNBA championship

WNBA Source

Regular season

Playoffs