Arica Carter, new foreign addition for Bàsquet Girona

Spar Girona | Thursday, 21 August 2025

Arica Derris Carter (Los Angeles, California; 19/07/1996) is a new Spar Girona player for the 2024/25 season. The scout, 1.75 meters tall and of Azerbaijani nationality, arrives from Perfumerías Avenida, with whom she has played in the Liga Femenina Endesa and EuroLeague Women.

Carter graduated from the prestigious University of Louisville, where she played five seasons (2014–2019) in the NCAA with the Cardinals. In 2019, she was selected in the WNBA draft in the third round, at number 32, by the Phoenix Mercury, with whom she debuted that same year.

Her international career began at Nissan CB Al-Qázeres Extremadura (2019–2020) and continued at Movistar Estudiantes (2020–2022), where she stood out until being chosen as the best winger in the Endesa Women’s League in 2022. She later played for Panathinaikos (2022–2023). She began the 2023/24 season at Hozono Global Jairis and, midway through the campaign, signed for Perfumerías Avenida, where she also completed the 2024/25 season.

In her final year before joining Spar Girona, with Perfumerías Avenida, she played 27 games in the Endesa Women’s League, averaging 11.9 points (45.4% from two-point range, 41.2% from three-point range and 81.6% from free throws), 2.5 rebounds, 3 assists, 1.5 steals and a rating of 11 per game. She also played 12 games in the EuroLeague Women, averaging 10.7 points, 3.5 assists and a rating of 10.3 per game.

With great reliability from the perimeter, ability to generate play and defensive solidity, Carter will bring experience and imbalance to Spar Girona’s outside line.

With this move, Bàsquet Girona continues to define its women’s sports project, with Carter as the eleventh player confirmed on the squad.

Statements from Pere Puig, sports director:
“With the arrival of Carter, what we have been looking for is a combo : a player who helps us in the point guard and guard position, a scorer and a good defender. She must be one of the team’s references. We have high hopes for her. She has a lot of experience in the league and is used to playing important shots.”