| No. 8 – FC Barcelona | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Shooting guard | ||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Liga ACB EuroLeague | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1994-11-08) 8 November 1994 (age 30) San Sebastián, Spain | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 73 kg (161 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2012–present | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2019 | Estudiantes | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | →Peñas Huesca | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2023 | Unicaja | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023–present | FC Barcelona | ||||||||||||||||||||
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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
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.
In August 2014, he was loaned to Peñas Huesca, of the LEB Oro. 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.
Spain national team
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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| Year | Team | League | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012–13 |  Estudiantes |
ACB | 2 | 1.0 | .000 | .000 | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0 |
| 2013–14 | Estudiantes |
ACB | 5 | 5.7 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1.4 | — | — | — | 1.4 |
| 2014–15 | Peñas Huesca |
LEB Oro | 22 | 20.1 | .454 | .317 | .844 | 2.0 | 2.5 | .7 | .0 | 12.1 |
| 2014–15 | Estudiantes |
ACB | 3 | 17.4 | .600 | .500 | — | 1.3 | 1.0 | .7 | — | 5.0 |
| 2015–16 | Estudiantes |
ACB | 33 | 16.5 | .437 | .348 | .824 | 1.3 | 1.0 | .9 | .1 | 6.4 |
| 2016–17 | Estudiantes |
ACB | 26 | 9.4 | .310 | .176 | .750 | .9 | .9 | .4 | .1 | 2.1 |
| 2017–18 | Estudiantes |
ACB | 32 | 18.7 | .452 | .320 | .824 | 1.9 | 1.5 | .6 | .1 | 7.7 |
| 2018–19 | Estudiantes |
ACB | 30 | 23.8 | .477 | .313 | .833 | 1.8 | 3.0 | .9 | .1 | 14.7 |
| 2019–20 | Estudiantes |
ACB | 10 | 29.0 | .429 | .381 | .872 | 2.6 | 2.5 | .9 | — | 14.1 |
| Málaga |
ACB | 17 | 21.0 | .445 | .402 | .824 | 1.8 | 1.3 | .4 | — | 11.7 | |
| 2020–21 | Málaga |
ACB | 34 | 23.7 | .460 | .356 | .785 | 1.6 | 3.1 | .9 | .1 | 13.9 |
| 2021–22 | Málaga |
ACB | 30 | 22.2 | .457 | .348 | .852 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 1.1 | .1 | 13.8 |
| 2022–23 | Málaga |
ACB | 34 | 15.8 | .468 | .303 | .807 | 1.4 | 2.2 | .5 | — | 9.2 |
| 2023–24 | Barcelona |
ACB | 35 | 15.5 | .491 | .427 | .818 | 1.3 | 1.7 | .4 | .0 | 7.7 |
Awards and accomplishments
Spain national team
- 2014 FIBA U20 European Championship:
Silver
References
- "ACB | Real Madrid-Estudiantes boxscore". acb.com. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
- El CB Peñas Huesca recibe la cesión de Darío Brizuela FEB.es
- Skerletic, Dario (13 July 2023). "Barcellona officially signs Dario Brizuela". Sportando. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
External links
- Profile on ACB.com
- Profile at FEB.es
- Profile at seleccionbalencesto.es
- Profile at fibaeurope.com
- Profile on clubestudiantes.com
- Darío Brizuela at Olympics.com
- Darío Brizuela at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
- Darío Brizuela – COE – Paris 2024 (in Spanish)
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- 1994 births
- Living people
- 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup players
- Baloncesto Málaga players
- Basketball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Basketball players from the Basque Country (autonomous community)
- CB Estudiantes players
- CB Peñas Huesca players
- Liga ACB players
- Olympic basketball players for Spain
- Shooting guards
- Spanish men's basketball players
- Sportspeople from San Sebastián
- 21st-century Spanish sportsmen