Christian Dalmau

Christian Dalmau

Personal information
Born	(1975-08-29) August 29, 1975 Arecibo, Puerto Rico
Nationality	Puerto Rican
Listed height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight	200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
Playing career	1992–2017
Position	Point guard / Shooting guard
Number	9
Career history
1992–1994	Piratas de Quebradillas
1995	Maratonistas de Coamo
1996–1998	Villalba
1999–2000	Maratonistas de Coamo
2001–2005	San German Athletics
2004–2005	Hapoel Galil Elyon
2005–2007	Prokom Trefl Sopot
2007–2008	Beşiktaş Cola Turka
2008	Ural Great Perm
2009–2012	Vaqueros de Bayamon
2013, 2015	Mets de Guaynabo
2014	Cangrejeros de Santurce
2013	Halcones Xalapa
2015–2016	Piratas de Quebradillas
2017	Vaqueros de Bayamón
Career highlights and awards
BSN champion (2009) BSN Finals MVP (2009) 3x BSN Most Valuable Player (2004, 2010, 2011) 6× BSN First Team (2001, 2004, 2009–2012) BSN Second Team (2005) 6× BSN All-Star (2000-01, 2004, 2010–2012) BSN All-Star Game MVP (2004) BSN three-point contest Winner (2002) Polish Cup winner (2006) Polish Cup MVP (2006)
Medals Men's basketball Representing Puerto Rico FIBA AmeriCup 2009 Puerto Rico Centrobasket 2004 Dominican Republic 2006 Panama Central American and Caribbean Games 2010 Puerto Rico

Christian Dalmau (born August 29, 1975) is a Puerto Rican retired 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, Maratonistas de Coamo, 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 where 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 played in the Israeli Basketball League with Hapoel Galil Elyon. From 2005-07, Dalmau played in Poland with Prokom Trefl Sopot.

For the 2007-08 season, Dalmau be played with Beşiktaş Cola Turka of the Turkish League. In July 2008 he signed a contract with Ural Perm Great of the Russian league.

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 and achievements

• 3x BSN Regular Season MVP (2004,2010,2011)
• 6x BSN All-Star Game Appearance (2003–04, 2009–12)
• 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, 2004 Olympic team in Athens Greece, 2002 and 2006 world tournaments in Indianapolis, Japan

See also

• List of famous Puerto Ricans

Sources

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Christian Dalmau". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04.