Darío Brizuela

Darío Brizuela
No. 8 – FC Barcelona
PositionShooting guard
LeagueLiga ACB
EuroLeague
Personal information
Born (1994-11-08) 8 November 1994 (age 30)
San Sebastián, Spain
Listed height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Listed weight73 kg (161 lb)
Career information
Playing career2012–present
Career history
2012–2019Estudiantes
2014–2015Peñas Huesca
2019–2023Unicaja
2023–presentFC Barcelona
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Spain
EuroBasket
Gold medal – first place 2022 Germany
U20 European Championship
Silver medal – second place 2014 Greece U20 Team

Darío Brizuela Arrieta (born 8 November 1994) is a Spanish professional basketball player for FC Barcelona of the Spanish Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. He also represents the Spain national team.

Career

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Dario Brizuela was trained in the young teams of Easo. In 2011, he was signed by Estudiantes, where he played in the junior team and also played 13 games with the reserve team in Liga EBA.

Brizuela made his debut in Liga ACB in the round 32 of the 2012–13 season, where his club lost by a score of 93–82 against Real Madrid.[1]

In August 2014, he was loaned to Peñas Huesca, of the LEB Oro.[2] After the 2014–15 season, his loan finished and he returned to Estudiantes.

On 13 July 2023, he signed with FC Barcelona of the Spanish Liga ACB.[3]

Spain national team

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Brizuela won the silver medal at the 2014 FIBA U20 European Championship. He has also played at the 2010 FIBA U16 European Championship and the 2013 FIBA Under-19 World Cup.

His official match debut with the Spain national team was on 1 July 2018 against Belarus in a 2019 FIBA World Cup qualifier.

Career statistics

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Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  PIR  Performance Index Rating
 Bold  Career high

EuroLeague

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2023–24 Barcelona 32 7 13.8 .421 .320 .727 1.0 1.6 .3 .1 5.7 3.7
Career 32 7 13.8 .421 .320 .727 1.0 1.6 .3 .1 5.7 3.7

EuroCup

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2019–20 Málaga 7 2 22.6 .386 .297 .875 1.0 2.3 .9 12.3 9.4
2020–21 14 2 22.6 .493 .344 .826 2.0 3.2 .7 .1 12.9 11.9
Career 21 4 22.6 .458 .327 .851 1.7 2.9 .8 .1 12.7 11.0

Basketball Champions League

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2017–18 Estudiantes 14 2 18.2 .405 .289 .700 1.9 1.5 1.3 6.8
2021–22 Málaga 13 8 20.1 .483 .429 .850 2.1 2.6 .6 11.5
2022–23 15 4 22.6 .504 .431 .906 1.4 2.2 .7 12.4
Career 42 14 18.8 .471 .388 .833 1.8 2.1 .9 10.3

Domestic leagues

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Year Team League GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2012–13 Spain Estudiantes ACB 2 1.0 .000 .000 0.0
2013–14 Spain Estudiantes ACB 5 5.7 .250 .250 .500 1.4 1.4
2014–15 Spain Peñas Huesca LEB Oro 22 20.1 .454 .317 .844 2.0 2.5 .7 .0 12.1
2014–15 Spain Estudiantes ACB 3 17.4 .600 .500 1.3 1.0 .7 5.0
2015–16 Spain Estudiantes ACB 33 16.5 .437 .348 .824 1.3 1.0 .9 .1 6.4
2016–17 Spain Estudiantes ACB 26 9.4 .310 .176 .750 .9 .9 .4 .1 2.1
2017–18 Spain Estudiantes ACB 32 18.7 .452 .320 .824 1.9 1.5 .6 .1 7.7
2018–19 Spain Estudiantes ACB 30 23.8 .477 .313 .833 1.8 3.0 .9 .1 14.7
2019–20 Spain Estudiantes ACB 10 29.0 .429 .381 .872 2.6 2.5 .9 14.1
Spain Málaga ACB 17 21.0 .445 .402 .824 1.8 1.3 .4 11.7
2020–21 Spain Málaga ACB 34 23.7 .460 .356 .785 1.6 3.1 .9 .1 13.9
2021–22 Spain Málaga ACB 30 22.2 .457 .348 .852 2.2 2.3 1.1 .1 13.8
2022–23 Spain Málaga ACB 34 15.8 .468 .303 .807 1.4 2.2 .5 9.2
2023–24 Spain Barcelona ACB 35 15.5 .491 .427 .818 1.3 1.7 .4 .0 7.7

Awards and accomplishments

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Spain national team

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References

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  1. ^ "ACB | Real Madrid-Estudiantes boxscore". acb.com. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  2. ^ El CB Peñas Huesca recibe la cesión de Darío Brizuela FEB.es
  3. ^ Skerletic, Dario (13 July 2023). "Barcellona officially signs Dario Brizuela". Sportando. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
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