Marta Xargay will embark on the trip of her life after signing for WNBA team Phoenix Mercury. The timing could not be better as Diana Taurasi will be taking a year off of the WNBA, it will give Xargay a chance at a bit of playing time. Marta Xargay was an integral piece of the Spanish Womens Basketball National Team that won the silver medal in the 2014 World Championships in Turkey last summer.
Currently, Xargay is playing with Perfumerías Avenida who is hoping for the Liga Feminina championship, Queens Cup Title and hopes to contend for the Euroleague title.
Current & Past Spanish WNBA Players
Anna Cruz (Barcelona, 1986) NEW YORK LIBERTY.
Sancho Lyttle (Kingston, 1983) HOUSTON COMETS / ATLANTA DREAM.
Anna Montañana (Valencia, 1980) MINNESOTA LYNX.
Marta Fernández (Badalona, 1976) LOS ANGELES SPARKS.
Isa Sánchez (Sevilla, 1976) DETROIT SHOCK.
Núria Martínez (Barcelona, 1984) MINNESOTA LYNX.
Begoña García (Cádiz, 1976) DETROIT SHOCK.
Elisa Aguilar (Madrid, 1976) UTAH STARZZ.
Marina Ferragut (Barcelona, 1972). NEW YORK LIBERTY.
Amaya Valdemoro (Madrid, 1976) HOUSTON COMETS.
Betty Cebrián (Reus, 1971) NEW YORK LIBERTY.
With the marks of top Spanish National teams and figures such as Rafael Nadal who just won the Wimbledon after a 44 year drought for Spanish Players and the Spanish Soccer team who also won the Euro2008 after not winning in the 40s. The national teams for Spain both women and men are hoping to follow in those footsteps in Pekin during the Olympic Summer Basketball Games!