.jpg/1280px-25th_Laureus_World_Sports_Awards_-_Red_Carpet_-_Amaya_Valdemoro_-_240422_181103_(cropped).jpg) Valdemoro at the 25th Laureus World Sports Awards in 2024 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1976-08-18) August 18, 1976 |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Listed height | 182 cm (6 ft 0 in) |
| Career information | |
| Playing career | 1992–2013 |
| Position | Small forward |
| Career history | |
| 1992–1994 | Dorna Godella |
| 1994-1996 | Halcón Viajes |
| 1996-1998 | Pool Getafe |
| 1998-2000 | Houston Comets |
| 1998-2001 | Halcón Viajes |
| 2001–2005 | Ros Casares Valencia |
| 2005–2007 | CSKA Samara |
| 2007-2008 | CSKA Moscow |
| 2008-2010 | Ros Casares Valencia |
| 2010-2012 | Rivas Ecópolis |
| 2012-2013 | Tarsus Beledeyesi |
| 2013 | Real Canoe NC |
| Career highlights | |
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| Stats at Basketball Reference | |
Medals | |
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Amaya Valdemoro Madariaga (born August 18, 1976, in Alcobendas, Community of Madrid) is a Spanish former basketball player. She won three Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) championship rings with the Houston Comets, one EuroLeague title with Dorna Godella, as well as eight Spanish league title and one Russian Premier League title. She was the Russian League Player of the Year in 2006.
With the national team she competed in two Olympic Games, Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008. won a bronze medal at the 2010 FIBA World Championship and won 5 medals at EuroBasket women, including a gold medal at the 2013 EuroBasket Women.
Club career
1992-1998: Spanish clubs
She made her debut in the Spanish league in 1992, at only 16 years of age, with Dorna Godella, winning the national league and the 1992–93 Euroleague. In the 1993–1994 season, she won the league, the cup and was Euroleague runner-up. With her following club, Pool Getafe she won back-to-back league and cup titles in 1997 and 1998, and again Euroleague runner-up in 1998.
1998-2000: WNBA
Valdemoro was selected with the 30th overall pick (3rd round) in the 1998 WNBA draft by the Houston Comets, winning three consecutive championship rings in 1998, 1999 and 2000.[1]
1998-2005: Spanish clubs
After playing for both the Houston Comets and Halcón Viajes Salamanca for three seasons, she went back to Valencia, having the club changed its name to Ros Casares, going to win 2 leagues and 3 cups. She would have a brief spell at Brazilian team Unimed/Americana in 2004.
2005-2008: Russian clubs
She spent the next three seasons in the Russian Premier League, with BC Volgaburmash Samara and then CSKA Moscow, winning 1 league and 3 cups.
2008-2013: Spanish clubs
Returning to play for Ros Casares Valencia, she won back-to-back league and cup titles in 2009 and 2010, as well as Euroleague runner-up in 2009–10 EuroLeague. She spent two more seasons in her hometown, playing for Rivas Ecópolis, winning the 2011 Spanish cup and leading the team to the 2011–12 EuroLeague final.
After a brief stint in Turkey, her last club was Real Canoe NC.
National team
She made her debut with Spain women's national basketball team at the age of 17. She played with the senior team for 18 years, from 1995 to 2013. She is one of the most capped players with a total of 258 caps and 10.6 PPG.[2] She participated in two Olympic Games (Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008),[3] four World Championships and eight European Championships, retiring from the national team as captain and champion in the 2013 EuroBasket:
1993 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship for Women (youth)- 1994 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship for Women (youth)
- 9th 1995 Eurobasket
- 5th 1997 Eurobasket
- 5th 1998 World Championship
- 5th 2002 World Championship
- 2003 Eurobasket
- 6th 2004 Summer Olympics
- 2005 Eurobasket
- 8th 2006 World Championship
- 2007 Eurobasket (MVP)[4]
- 5th 2008 Summer Olympics
- 2009 Eurobasket
- 2010 World Championship
- 9th 2011 Eurobasket
- 2013 Eurobasket
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Career statistics
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game | RPG | Rebounds per game |
| APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game | BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game |
| TO | Turnovers per game | FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
| Bold | Career best | ° | League leader |
| † | Denotes seasons in which Stewart won a WNBA championship |
WNBA
Source[5]
Regular season
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998† | Houston | 16 | 0 | 3.8 | .500 | .400 | .706 | .6 | .4 | .4 | .1 | 1.1 | 1.9 |
| 1999† | Houston | 17 | 0 | 5.4 | .371 | .400 | .750 | .8 | .5 | .6 | .0 | .7 | 2.4 |
| 2000† | Houston | 22 | 0 | 7.8 | .333 | .379 | 1.000 | 1.0 | .6 | .4 | .2 | .6 | 2.6 |
| Career | 3 years, 1 team | 55 | 0 | 5.9 | .369 | .385 | .769 | .8 | .5 | .5 | .1 | .8 | 2.3 |
Playoffs
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999† | Houston | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .5 | 2.5 |
| 2000† | Houston | 3 | 0 | 5.3 | .400 | .333 | 1.000 | 1.3 | .0 | .3 | .0 | .0 | 3.0 |
| Career | 2 years, 1 team | 5 | 0 | 4.0 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | .8 | .0 | .2 | .0 | .2 | 2.8 |
References
- ^ Player File Archived September 15, 2008, at the Wayback Machine WNBA.com
- ^ "Selección Española Absoluta Femenina de Baloncesto". seleccionfemenina.feb.es. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Amaya Valdemoro". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020.
- ^ Valdemoro named MVP Archived September 5, 2008, at the Wayback Machine at eurobasketwomen2007.com
- ^ "Amaya Valdemoro WNBA Stats". Basketball Reference. Sports Reference. Retrieved January 18, 2026.