Pep Busquets
.jpg?lang=en) Busquets with Joventut in 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 4 – Bàsquet Girona | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Shooting guard / small forward | ||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Liga ACB | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 2 March 1999 Granollers, Spain | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 90 kg (198 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Playing career | 2017–present | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2025 | Joventut | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | →Arenys Bàsquet | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | →CB Prat | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | →Lucentum Alicante | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | →Bàsquet Girona | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025–present | Bàsquet Girona | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Josep "Pep" Busquets Costa (born 2 March 1999), is a Spanish professional basketball player for Bàsquet Girona of the Spanish Liga ACB. He has also represented the Spanish national team. Standing at 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m), Busquets can play both as a guard or a forward.
Early life and youth career
[edit]Growing up in Granollers, Catalonia, Busquets is a product of the Joventut Badalona basketball academy, which he joined in 2011. After making his way through the club's youth ranks, Busquets made his debut for the first team in 2017.[1]
Professional career
[edit]Joventut Badalona (2017-2025)
[edit]In 2017, Busquets was loaned to associated club Bàsquet Arenys to compete in the Liga EBA.[2] The following season, he was loaned to CB Prat, then playing in the LEB Oro.[3]
He would make his Liga ACB debut with Joventut at the end of the 2018-19 season, before joining Lucentum Alicante in the LEB Oro on loan for the rest of the season. He would return to Joventut in Jun 2020 and take part in the 2020 ACB Playoffs[1]
He would join Bàsquet Girona on loan in June 2020, playing in the 2020-21 LEB Oro.[3] He spent the next three and a half seasons playing in the Liga ACB with Joventut, playing 213 official games with 'la Penya' before leaving the Badalona-based team in January 2025.[1]
Bàsquet Girona (2025-present)
[edit]Busquets was announced as a new Bàsquet Girona player on January 2, 2025. When Busquets joined, the team was in a relegation battle at the bottom of the Liga ACB.[4] By the end of the season, Girona successfully secured a spot in the 2025-26 ACB season and Busquets extended his contract with the Catalans until 2028.[5]
National team career
[edit]Busquets has played in several international tournaments with the youth ranks of the Spanish national team, playing the U18 European Championship in 2017[6] and the U20 European Championship in 2019.[7]
He made his debut the senior Spanish national team in a qualifier game for 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup.[8]
Awards and accomplishments
[edit]Spanish junior national team
[edit]- 2017 U18 European Championship:
Silver - 2019 U20 European Championship: Silver
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Comunicat oficial: Pep Busquets". penya.com (in Catalan). 2 January 2025. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
- ^ "El Joventut renueva a tres grandes promesas de su cantera". marca.com (in Spanish). 20 November 2017. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
- ^ a b "Pep Busquets, el primer fichaje del Baloncesto Girona". feb.es (in Spanish). 13 July 2020. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
- ^ "PEP BUSQUETS FITXA FINS A FINAL DE TEMPORADA PEL BÀSQUET GIRONA". basquetgirona.com (in Catalan). 2 January 2025. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
- ^ "Pep Busquets renova amb el Bàsquet Girona fins al 2028". basquetgirona.com (in Catalan). 27 May 2025. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
- ^ "Spain 2017 U18 Euro Championship A Roster". basketball.realgm.com. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
- ^ "Spanish U20 National Team 2019". eurobasket.com. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
- ^ "Pep Busquets profile". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
External links
[edit]- Pep Busquets Profile at ACB.com (in Spanish)
- Pep Busquets Profile at euroleaguebasketball.net
- Pep Busquets Profile at fiba.basketball