Álex Suárez

Álex Suárez
Player information
Full name	Alejandro Suárez Castro
birthday	September 27, 1993
place of birth	Maó , Spain
size	206 cm
Weight	101 kg
position	Power forward
Club information
society	real Madrid
league	League ACB
Jersey number	36
Clubs as active
2011–2015 Joventut de Badalona 2011–2013 → CB Prat (loan) Since 2015 Real Madrid 2015–2016 → CB Bilbao Berri (loan) 00

Alejandro "Álex" Suárez Castro (born September 27, 1993 in Maó , Balearic Islands ) is a Spanish basketball player . He plays in the position of the power forward .

career

Álex Suárez began his junior career at Center de Tecnificació Esportiva Illes Balears (CTEIB) in Palma . In the summer of 2009, the then 16-year-old moved to the youth team of Joventut de Badalona , where he spent two seasons in the U-18 team. On January 30, 2011, he celebrated in a league encounter against Menorca Bàsquet already made his debut in the A-team of the club, denied the rest of the season but continued for the A-youth.

In 2011 Álex Suárez joined CB Prat , an associate at this time with Joventut and in the LEB Oro playing farm team of Joventut. In the 2012/13 season, in addition to his appearances for CB Prat, he also played 12 games in the ACB league in the ranks of Joventut Badalona.

From the 2013/14 season, Álex Suárez went to the squad of the professional team of Joventut Badalona, ​​where he should spend a total of two seasons. In the summer of 2015 Real Madrid signed the young Power Forward, but loaned him to CB Bilbao Berri for a year , where he made his EuroCup debut on October 14, 2015 against JSF Nanterre . In summer 2016 he returned to the Spanish record champions.

National team

Alex Suárez competed with Spain's U-16 national team in the 2009 European Championship, the Iberians won the gold medal with a 70:64 in the final against Lithuania. In 2011 he was able to repeat the success with the U-18 team, this time Spain prevailed in the final with 71:65 against Serbia. In both 2012 and 2013 he was in the Iberian squad for the U-20 European Championships, and he finished third with his team in both tournaments.

Achievements and honors

National team

• U-20 European Championship 2013: bronze
• U-20 European Championship 2012: bronze
• U-18 European Championship 2011: Gold
• U-16 European Championship 2009: Gold

Web links

• Profile - on acb.com (Spanish)
• Profile - on euroleague.net (English)
• Álex Suárez - Overview of participation in international FIBA tournaments on archive.fiba.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Menorca Bàsquet - Joventut Badalona. In: acb.com. January 30, 2011, accessed September 24, 2016 (Spanish).