Fernando San Emeterio Explained

Fernando San Emeterio
Position:Assistant coach
League:Liga ACB
EuroLeague
Team:Valencia Basket
Height Ft:6
Height In:6.5
Weight Lbs:232
Nationality:Spanish
Birth Date:1 January 1984
Birth Place:Santander, Spain
Draft Year:2006
Career Start:2001
Career End:2021
Career Position:Small forward / shooting guard
Years1:2001–2006
Team1:Valladolid
Years2:2006–2008
Team2:Girona
Years3:2008–2015
Team3:Baskonia
Years4:2015–2021
Team4:Valencia Basket
Cyears1:2021–present
Cteam1:Valencia Basket (assistant)
Highlights:

Fernando San Emeterio Lara (born 1 January 1984) is a Spanish professional basketball coach and former player. He is currently working as an assistant coach for Valencia of the Spanish Liga ACB and the EuroLeague.

He was an All-EuroLeague First Team selection in 2011, as well as the ACB MVP the same year.

Professional career

San Emeterio began his professional career with Valladolid, during the 2001–02 season. In 2006, he joined Girona. In 2008, he moved to Baskonia. He was named the ACB MVP in 2011.[1] In 2011, he signed a new four-year contract extension with Baskonia. On 30 June 2015, he parted ways with Baskonia.[2] On 8 July 2015, he signed a two-year contract with Valencia Basket.[3] San Emeterio signed a contract extension on 13 July 2020.[4]

Retirement

On 1 July 2021 San Emeterio announced his retirement from professional basketball.

Coaching career

Following retirement, he has started his coaching career by becoming assistant coach for Valencia Basket of the Spanish Liga ACB.[5]

Spain national team

San Emeterio was a part of the Spain national team that won the bronze medal at the 2005 Mediterranean Games. He also was a member of the senior men's Spain national team that participated at the 2010 FIBA World Championship, and won the gold medal at the EuroBasket 2011. He also won the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics,[6] the bronze medal at the EuroBasket 2013, and the gold medal at the EuroBasket 2015.

Career statistics

EuroLeague

Led the league

|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2008–09| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="7"| Baskonia| 20 || 4 || 11.0 || .403 || .286 || .882 || 1.8 || .6 || .3 || .1 || 3.5 || 3.0|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2009–10| 20 || 18 || 27.9 || .484 || .426 || .800 || 3.8 || 2.3 || .8 || || 11.8 || 14.1|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2010–11| 20 || 20 || 33.8 || .569 || style="background:#CFECEC;"|.500* || .771 || 5.5 || 2.4 || .8 || .1 || 13.7 || style="background:#CFECEC;"|19.1*|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2011–12| 10 || 5 || 28.1 || .472 || .343 || .960 || 4.6 || 2.1 || .8 || || 12.0 || 13.4|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2012–13| 28 || 9 || 24.3 || .464 || .338 || .772 || 3.3 || 2.1 || .5 || || 9.0 || 10.1|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2013–14| 21 || 21 || 26.7 || .496 || .435 || .793 || 2.8 || 2.0 || .3 || || 9.3 || 9.2|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2014–15| 24 || 7 || 23.2 || .421 || .319 || .797 || 3.0 || 1.8 || .5 || || 10.3 || 10.3|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2017–18| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="3"| Valencia| 20 || 10 || 22.2 || .450 || .403 || .793 || 2.8 || 2.3 || .3 || || 9.4 || 8.9|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2019–20| 24 || 15 || 17.8 || .479 || .468 || .750 || 1.8 || 1.6 || .4 || || 7.3 || 8.5|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2020-21| 24 || 5 || 13.3 || .414 || .362 || .950 || 1.3 || 1.3 || .3 || || 4.9 || 5.0|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan=2|Career| 211 || 114 || 22.4 || .473 || .393 || .806 || 2.9 || 1.8 || .5 || .0 || 8.9 || 9.8

Awards and accomplishments

Professional career

2006–07, 2018–19

2009

2008, 2018

Individual awards

2010–11

2010–11

2016–17

Spain national team

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ACB.com Fernando San Emeterio, MVP Orange 2010–11 . . 2011-05-17 . es . 2013-01-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130118095810/http://www.acb.com/redaccion.php?id=76149 . dead .
  2. http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/spain/166268/fernando-san-emeterio-baskonia-part-ways.html Fernando San Emeterio, Baskonia part ways.
  3. http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/spain/167728/valencia-officially-lands-fernando-san-emeterio-until-2017.html Valencia officially lands Fernando San Emeterio until 2017.
  4. News: Fernando San Emeterio will return for his sixth season at Valencia Basket . Sportando . 13 July 2020 . 13 July 2020 . Maggi . Alessandro .
  5. News: Fernando San Emeterio retires, remains in Valencia in Joan Peñarroya coaching staff. July 3, 2021. Sportando. En. July 5, 2021 . Carchia . Emiliano .
  6. Web site: Fernando San Emeterio Bio, Stats, and Results. Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. 2015-07-16. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150721214204/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/fernando-san-emeterio-1.html. 2015-07-21.