JUAN FERNÁNDEZ SIGNS FOR GIRONA BASKETBALL

First Team | Monday, 10 June 2024

The Argentinian player with a Spanish passport is the team’s first signing

Fernández, born in Santa Fe, Argentina, in 2002, is a 210 cm pivot, and his last team was Río Breogán.

He is a pivot who can occupy either of the two interior positions. He has had Spanish nationality since the summer of 2023, which is why he counts as a training player for the ACB League.

The new player of the Girona team started at Club Atlético Unión in the city of Santa Fe. He subsequently moved to Fuenlabrada in 2019 and made his ACB league debut with Urbas Fuenlabrada on November 14, 2021 in the derby against Real Madrid.

In his first full season in the ACB league with Carplus Fuenlabrada, he averaged 6.4 points and 2.9 rebounds per game.

This season’s numbers with Río Breogán are 8.5 points, 4.2 rebounds and 0.9 assists per game.

Juan Fernández has been part of the Argentine national teams since he was very young, being called up by the absolute selection in the last FIBA ​​windows.

This season, Fernández, after voting by coaches, players, media and fans, was named in the Best Five Youth of the 2023-24 ACB league.