Pilar Valero

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Pilar Valero
Valero in 2014
Personal information
Born(1970-05-27)27 May 1970
Zaragoza, Spain
Died7 November 2022(2022-11-07) (aged 52)
Zaragoza, Spain
Listed height5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Career information
Playing career1988–2014
PositionShooting guard
Career history
1988–1992CB Zaragoza
1992–1996Ros Casares Godella
1997Pool Getafe [es]
1997–2002Celta de Vigo Baloncesto
2002–2003CB Ciudad de Burgos
2003–2005Stadium Casablanca
2005–2007CB Islas Canarias
2007–2011Celta de Vigo Baloncesto
2011–2014Stadium Casablanca

María Pilar Valero Cebrián (27 May 1970 – 7 November 2022) was a Spanish basketball player who played as a shooting guard.[1]

Biography[edit]

Valero played on the youth team of CB Zaragoza until 1988 and subsequently joined the senior team, with whom she won the Copa de la Reina de Baloncesto in 1990. In 1992, she joined Ros Casares Godella, with whom she won the Liga Femenina de Baloncesto in 1993, 1994, 1995, and 1996, the Copa de la Reina in 1994 and 1995, and the 1992–93 FIBA Women's European Champions Cup. In 1997, she played for Pool Getafe [es] before joining Celta de Vigo Baloncesto, staying there from 1997 to 2002.

Valero played for CB Ciudad de Burgos from 2002 to 2003, Stadium Casablanca from 2003 to 2005, and CB Islas Canarias from 2005 to 2007. In 2007, she rejoined Celta de Vigo Baloncesto and rejoined Stadium Casablanca in 2011, where she stayed until her retirement in 2014.

Valero played in over 100 games for the Spain women's national basketball team, notably participating in the 1994 FIBA World Championship for Women, the 1998 FIBA World Championship for Women, EuroBasket Women 1993, EuroBasket Women 1995, and EuroBasket Women 1997.[2]

Valero died in Zaragoza on 7 November 2022, at the age of 52.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "La FEB expresa sus condolencias por el fallecimiento de la ex internacional Pilar Valero". Spanish Basketball Federation (in Spanish). 7 November 2022. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Valero Cebrian, Pilar". Spanish Basketball Federation (in Spanish).
  3. ^ "Muere Pilar Valero, pionera del baloncesto femenino en Aragón". Heraldo de Aragón (in Spanish). 7 November 2022. Retrieved 14 November 2022.