Santiago Yusta
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| Player information | ||
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| Full name | Santiago Yusta García | |
| Nickname | Santi Yusta | |
| birthday | April 28, 1997 | |
| place of birth | Madrid , Spain | |
| size | 200 cm | |
| Weight | 81 kg | |
| position | Small forward | |
| Club information | ||
| society | CB 1939 Canarias | |
| league | League ACB | |
| Clubs as active | ||
2014–2015 Real Madrid 2015–2017 Obradoiro CAB 2017–2019 Real Madrid Since 2019 CB 1939 Canarias
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| 2018– | Spain | 1 |
| 1 As of July 1, 2018 | ||
Santiago "Santi" Yusta García (born April 28, 1997 in Madrid ) is a Spanish basketball player . He plays in the position of the small forward .
career
Santi Yusta began his junior career at Baloncesto Torrejón in the Madrid suburb of Torrejón de Ardoz . In the summer of 2010, the then 13-year-old joined Real Madrid's youth team . There he celebrated numerous successes at the junior level. In the 2013/14 season he won the Spanish A youth championship with his club and reached the final of the Euroleague Basketball Next Generation Tournament , which is held annually parallel to the EuroLeague and is the most important continental tournament for juniors. On May 20, 2014, the then 17-year-old Santi Yusta made his debut in the ACB league in a championship game against San Sebastián Gipuzkoa BC . In the 2014/15 season he was not only able to successfully defend the championship with Real Madrid's A-youth team, but this time secured the title at the Euroleague Basketball Next Generation Tournament on an international level . In the ACB league, Yusta made four appearances and won the Spanish championship with his team.
In the summer of 2015, Yusta was signed by Obradoiro CAB . He developed into an important player for the Galicians and was elected to the U-22 All-Tournament Team of the ACB League at the end of the 2015/16 season. After the 2015/16 season, Real Madrid made use of a buyback option and signed Santi Yusta.
National team
Santi Yusta won the 2013 European Championship with Spain's U-16 national team, while the Iberians beat Serbia 65:63 in the final. With an average of 13.3 points per game, he was the best scorer of his team. In 2014 he reached fourth place with his country selection at the U-17 World Cup, again he led the statistics of his team with 14.1 points per game. In 2015 he played the U-18 European Championship with Spain, but was only able to reach seventh place. In 2016 he was in the squad of the Spanish U-20 national team and won the gold medal with a 68:55 in the final against Lithuania. He made his senior national team debut on July 1, 2018 in a game against Belarus in the course of the 2019 World Cup qualification .
Achievements and honors
real Madrid
- Spanish champion : 2014/15
- Euroleague Basketball Next Generation Tournament: 2014/15
National team
- U-20 European Championship 2016: Gold
- U-16 European Championship 2013: Gold
Personal honors
- U-22-All-Tournament Team of the ACB League: 2015/06
- Euroleague Basketball Next Generation Tournament All-Tournament Team: 2014/15
Web links
- Profile - on acb.com (Spanish)
- Profile - on euroleague.net (English)
- Santiago Yusta - Overview of participation in international FIBA tournaments on archive.fiba.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mejor Quinteto Joven de la Liga Endesa 2015-16. In: acb.com. May 17, 2016, Retrieved July 16, 2017 (Spanish).
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Yusta, Santiago |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Yusta García, Santiago (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | spanish basketball player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 28, 1997 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Madrid , Spain |