David Cubillán

{{Short description|Venezuelan basketball player (born 1987)}} {{BLP sources|date=April 2015}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = David Cubillán | image = David Cubillan.jpg | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|7|27}} | birth_place = Maracaibo, Venezuela | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 0 | weight_lb = 175 | league = Superliga Profesional de Baloncesto | team = Trotamundos de Carabobo | position = Point guard | number = 8 | high_school = Saint Benedict's Preparatory School<br>(Newark, New Jersey) | college = Marquette (2006–2010) | draft_year = 2010 | career_start = 2010 | career_end = | years1 = 2010 | team1 = Espartanos de Margarita | years2 = 2011 | team2 = Trotamundos de Carabobo | years3 = 2011–2012 | team3 = Soles de Mexicali | years4 = 2012–2013 | team4 = Trotamundos de Carabobo | years5 = 2013–2014 | team5 = Maccabi Haifa | years6 = 2014 | team6 = Maccabi Ashdod | years7 = 2014–2015 | team7 = Trotamundos de Carabobo | years8 = 2015 | team8 = Guaros de Lara | years9 = 2015–2017 | team9 = Trotamundos de Carabobo | years10 = 2017–2018 | team10 = Flamengo | years11 = 2018–2019 | team11 = Guaros de Lara | years12 = 2018–2019 | team12 = Trotamundos de Carabobo | years13 = 2019–2020 | team13 = Fuerza Regia de Monterrey | years14 = 2020–2021 | team14 = CB Peñas Huesca | years15 = 2021 | team15 = Trotamundos de Carabobo | years16 = 2021–2022 | team16 = Unifacisa Basquete | years17 = 2022 | team17 = Trotamundos de Carabobo | years18 = 2022 | team18 = Caribbean Storm Islands | years19 = 2022 | team19 = Titanes de Barranquilla | years20 = 2023 | team20 = Goes | years21 = 2023 | team21 = Guaiqueríes de Margarita | years22 = 2023 | team22 = Abejas de León | years23 = 2024 | team23 = Halcones de Xalapa | years24 = 2024 | team24 = Dorados de Chihuahua | years25 = 2025–present | team25 = Trotamundos de Carabobo | highlights = | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's basketball}} {{MedalCountry|{{bk|VEN}}}} {{MedalCompetition|FIBA South American Championship}} {{MedalGold|2014 Isla Margarita|}} {{MedalGold|2016 Venezuela|}} {{MedalSilver|2012 Argentina|}} {{MedalCompetition|FIBA AmeriCup}} {{MedalGold|2015 Mexico City|}} }}

'''David Alejandro Cubillán León'''<ref>{{Cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120826032435/http://www.lnbp.com.mx/web2/admin_lv2/estadisticas/concentrado_lnbp_2011.php?action=resumenlideres&cual=asistencias|url=http://www.lnbp.com.mx/web2/admin_lv2/estadisticas/concentrado_lnbp_2011.php?action=resumenlideres&cual=asistencias|title=Asistencias|language=es|archive-date=August 26, 2012|website=lnbp.com.mx|access-date=May 14, 2020}}</ref> (born July 27, 1987) is a Venezuelan professional basketball player for the Trotamundos de Carabobo of the Superliga Profesional de Baloncesto (SPB). He played college basketball with the Marquette Golden Eagles, where he was a key part of Marquette's bench play.

==College career== While at Marquette, Cubillán was the first man off the bench, backing up starting point guard, Dominic James. As a freshman, he scored a career-high 20 points, in a 75–71 win over Pittsburgh, on March 3, 2007.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070306070110/http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=270620269 Matthews, Cubillán step up, lead Golden Eagles past Pitt]</ref>

==Professional career== In July 2013, Cubillán signed with Maccabi Haifa of the Israeli Basketball Premier League.<ref>{{cite web|title=Maccabi Haifa sign David Cubillan|url=http://www.sportando.net/eng/europe/israel/60397/maccabi-haifa-sign-david-cubillan.html|publisher=Sportando.net|accessdate=31 July 2013}}</ref> However, he was released from the roster that season, and moved to the Israeli club Maccabi Ashdod. He finished that 2013–14 season, playing with his third team of that season, Trotamundos de Carabobo, on the Venezuelan professional league, where he is considered to be one of the best point guards in the league. In August 2017, Cubillan announced that he is going to play in Brazilian league, using the colors of Flamengo.

He later returned to Trotamundos.<ref>{{cite news|author1=Diego Bolívar |title= Trotamundos arrolló a Broncos y clasificó a la final|url=https://www.el-carabobeno.com/trotamundos-arrollo-a-broncos-y-clasifico-a-la-final/ |accessdate=20 October 2021 |work=El Carabobeño |date=29 May 2021|language=Spanish}}</ref>

==National team career== With the senior men's Venezuelan national basketball team, Cubillán has won the gold medal at the 2014 South American Championship, the 2015 FIBA Americas Championship, and the 2016 South American Championship. He also won a silver medal at the 2012 South American Championship.<ref name="2014 South American Basketball Championship -">{{cite web|url=https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/86442/sid/9952/tid/383/_/2014_South_American_Championship_for_Men/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200723035946/https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/86442/sid/9952/tid/383/_/2014_South_American_Championship_for_Men/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 23, 2020|title=2014 South American Basketball Championship - Venezuela - David Cubillan|publisher=FIBA|accessdate=26 April 2015}}</ref>

He also played at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

==Player profile== Cubillán's strengths as a player, include his quickness, and his ability to shoot the three-point shot at a high percentage.

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==External links== *[https://twitter.com/davidatrota Twitter] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110811131222/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/rpp/q/David%20Cubillan/pid/_/players.html FIBA Profile] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20151104002319/http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/gamecent/p/pid/6054024/playerview.html FIBA Game Center Profile] *[https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/?seasoncode=U2013&pcode=005101 EuroCup Profile] *[https://basketball.latinbasket.com/player/David-Cubillan/Venezuela/Trotamundos_de_Carabobo/99303 Latinbasket.com Profile]

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