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Germán Antonio Gabriel Benaches (born November 16, 1980) is a Spanish retired professional basketball player. He played as a power forward and as a center.
Professional career
Gabriel signed with the Liga ACB club Estudiantes in 2009. After spending four years in the club of Madrid, he signed for Bilbao Basket.
He came back to Unicaja, his first club, in 2015 once he left Bilbao. On December 2, he left Unicaja.
On 4 November 2016, Gabriel announced his retirement from professional basketball.
National team career
After playing with the junior national teams of Spain, Gabriel joined the senior Spain men's national basketball team. He was selected to play with Spain at the EuroBasket 2013.
Career statistics
| Legend | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||||
Note: The EuroLeague is not the only competition in which the player participated for the team during the season. He also played in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable.
EuroLeague
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | PIR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003–04 | Unicaja | 14 | 1 | 10.1 | .514 | .556 | .700 | 2.6 | .4 | .4 | .1 | 3.9 | 4.1 |
| 2007–08 | Unicaja | 18 | 3 | 16.6 | .556 | .491 | .692 | 2.8 | .8 | .7 | .1 | 8.1 | 8.4 |
| 2008–09 | Unicaja | 6 | 0 | 9.3 | .500 | .467 | 1.000 | 1.5 | .2 | .7 | .0 | 5.7 | 6.0 |
| 2014–15 | Unicaja | 7 | 0 | 9.0 | .438 | .375 | .714 | 2.0 | .6 | .1 | .1 | 3.1 | 3.4 |
| Career | 45 | 4 | 12.4 | .527 | .483 | .704 | 2.5 | .6 | .5 | .1 | 5.7 | 5.9 |