Fernando San Emeterio

{{short description|Spanish basketball player}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Fernando San Emeterio | image = Fernando San Emeterio 19 Valencia Basket 20171102 (2).jpg | image_size = 280px | caption = San Emeterio in 2017, with the [[Valencia Basket]]. | position = [[Assistant coach]] | league = [[Liga ACB]]<br>[[EuroLeague]] | team = Valencia Basket | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 6.5 | weight_lbs = 232 | number = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1984|1|1|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Santander, Cantabria|Santander]], Spain | draft_year = 2006 | career_start = 2001 | career_end = 2021 | career_position= [[Small forward]] / [[shooting guard]] | years1 = 2001–2006 | team1 = [[CB Valladolid|Valladolid]] | years2 = 2006–2008 | team2 = [[Akasvayu Girona|Girona]] | years3 = 2008–2015 | team3 = [[Saski Baskonia|Baskonia]] | years4 = 2015–2021 | team4 = [[Valencia Basket]] | cyears1 = 2021–present | cteam1 = Valencia Basket (assistant) | highlights = * [[EuroCup Basketball|EuroCup]] champion ([[2018–19 EuroCup Basketball|2019]]) * 2× [[Liga ACB]] champion (2010, 2017) * [[EuroCup Basketball All-EuroCup Team|All-EuroCup Second Team]] ([[2016–17 EuroCup Basketball|2017]]) * [[All-EuroLeague]] First Team ([[2010–11 Euroleague|2011]]) * [[All-Liga ACB Team]] ([[2010-11 ACB season|2011]]) * [[Liga ACB]] [[ACB Most Valuable Player Award|MVP]] ([[2010-11 ACB season|2011]]) * [[Liga ACB]] Domestic Player of the Year (2011) | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's basketball}} {{MedalCountry|{{bk|ESP}}}} {{MedalOlympic}} {{MedalSilver|[[2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London]]|[[Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|Team]]}} {{MedalCompetition|[[EuroBasket]]}} {{MedalGold|[[EuroBasket 2011|2011 Lithuania]]|}} {{MedalGold|[[EuroBasket 2015|2015 France–Croatia–Germany–Latvia]]|}} {{MedalBronze|[[EuroBasket 2013|2013 Slovenia]]|}} {{Medal|Bronze|[[EuroBasket 2017|2017 Finland–Israel–Romania–Turkey]]|}} {{MedalCompetition|[[Basketball at the Mediterranean Games|Mediterranean Games]]}} {{MedalBronze|[[2005 Mediterranean Games|2005 Almería]]|[[§Basketball at the 2005 Mediterranean Games|Team]]}} }} {{family name hatnote|San Emeterio|Lara|lang=Spanish}} '''Fernando San Emeterio Lara''' (born 1 January 1984) is a Spanish professional [[basketball]] coach and former player. He is currently working as an [[assistant coach]] for [[Valencia Basket|Valencia]] of the Spanish [[Liga ACB]] and the [[EuroLeague]].

He was an [[All-EuroLeague Team|All-EuroLeague First Team]] selection in [[2010–11 Euroleague|2011]], as well as the [[Liga ACB|ACB]] [[ACB Most Valuable Player Award|MVP]] the same year.

==Professional career== San Emeterio began his professional career with [[CB Valladolid|Valladolid]], during the 2001–02 season. In 2006, he joined [[Akasvayu Girona|Girona]]. In 2008, he moved to [[Saski Baskonia|Baskonia]]. He was named the [[ACB Most Valuable Player Award|ACB MVP]] in 2011.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.acb.com/redaccion.php?id=76149 |title=ACB.com Fernando San Emeterio, MVP Orange 2010–11 . |access-date=2011-05-17 |language=es |archive-date=2013-01-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130118095810/http://www.acb.com/redaccion.php?id=76149 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2011, he signed a new four-year contract extension with Baskonia. On 30 June 2015, he parted ways with Baskonia.<ref>[http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/spain/166268/fernando-san-emeterio-baskonia-part-ways.html Fernando San Emeterio, Baskonia part ways.]</ref> On 8 July 2015, he signed a two-year contract with [[Valencia Basket]].<ref>[http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/spain/167728/valencia-officially-lands-fernando-san-emeterio-until-2017.html Valencia officially lands Fernando San Emeterio until 2017.]</ref> San Emeterio signed a contract extension on 13 July 2020.<ref>{{cite news |title=Fernando San Emeterio will return for his sixth season at Valencia Basket |url=https://sportando.basketball/en/fernando-san-emeterio-will-return-for-his-sixth-season-at-valencia-basket/ |website=Sportando |access-date=13 July 2020 |date=13 July 2020 |last1=Maggi |first1=Alessandro }}</ref>

==Retirement== On 1 July 2021 San Emeterio announced his retirement from professional basketball.

==Coaching career== Following retirement, he has started his coaching career by becoming [[assistant coach]] for [[Valencia Basket]] of the Spanish [[Liga ACB]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://sportando.basketball/en/fernando-san-emeterio-retires-remains-in-valencia-in-joan-penarroya-coaching-staff/|title=Fernando San Emeterio retires, remains in Valencia in Joan Peñarroya coaching staff|last=|first=|date=July 3, 2021|website=|newspaper=Sportando|language=En|access-date=July 5, 2021 |last1=Carchia |first1=Emiliano }}</ref>

==Spain national team== San Emeterio was a part of the Spain national team that won the bronze medal at the [[Basketball at the 2005 Mediterranean Games|2005 Mediterranean Games]]. He also was a member of the senior men's [[Spain men's national basketball team|Spain national team]] that participated at the [[2010 FIBA World Championship]], and won the gold medal at the [[EuroBasket 2011]]. He also won the silver medal at the [[Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2012 Summer Olympics]],<ref>{{Cite web|title = Fernando San Emeterio Bio, Stats, and Results|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/fernando-san-emeterio-1.html|website = Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|access-date = 2015-07-16|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150721214204/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/fernando-san-emeterio-1.html|archive-date = 2015-07-21}}</ref> the bronze medal at the [[EuroBasket 2013]], and the gold medal at the [[EuroBasket 2015]].

==Career statistics== {{Euroleague player statistics legend}}

===EuroLeague===

{| class="wikitable" |- | style="background:#CFECEC; width:1em"|* | Led the league |}

{{Euroleague player statistics start}} |- | style="text-align:left;"| [[2008–09 Euroleague|2008–09]] | style="text-align:left;" rowspan="7"| [[Saski Baskonia|Baskonia]] | 20 || 4 || 11.0 || .403 || .286 || .882 || 1.8 || .6 || .3 || '''.1''' || 3.5 || 3.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| [[2009–10 Euroleague|2009–10]] | 20 || 18 || 27.9 || .484 || .426 || .800 || 3.8 || 2.3 || '''.8''' || {{sort|-|—}} || 11.8 || 14.1 |- | style="text-align:left;"| [[2010–11 Euroleague|2010–11]] | 20 || 20 || '''33.8''' || '''.569''' || style="background:#CFECEC;"|'''.500'''* || .771 || '''5.5''' || '''2.4''' || '''.8''' || '''.1''' || '''13.7''' || style="background:#CFECEC;"|'''19.1'''* |- | style="text-align:left;"| [[2011–12 Euroleague|2011–12]] | 10 || 5 || 28.1 || .472 || .343 || '''.960''' || 4.6 || 2.1 || '''.8''' || {{sort|-|—}} || 12.0 || 13.4 |- | style="text-align:left;"| [[2012–13 Euroleague|2012–13]] | '''28''' || 9 || 24.3 || .464 || .338 || .772 || 3.3 || 2.1 || .5 || {{sort|-|—}} || 9.0 || 10.1 |- | style="text-align:left;"| [[2013–14 Euroleague|2013–14]] | 21 || '''21''' || 26.7 || .496 || .435 || .793 || 2.8 || 2.0 || .3 || {{sort|-|—}} || 9.3 || 9.2 |- | style="text-align:left;"| [[2014–15 Euroleague|2014–15]] | 24 || 7 || 23.2 || .421 || .319 || .797 || 3.0 || 1.8 || .5 || {{sort|-|—}} || 10.3 || 10.3 |- | style="text-align:left;"| [[2017–18 EuroLeague|2017–18]] | style="text-align:left;" rowspan="3"| [[Valencia Basket|Valencia]] | 20 || 10 || 22.2 || .450 || .403 || .793 || 2.8 || 2.3 || .3 || {{sort|-|—}} || 9.4 || 8.9 |- | style="text-align:left;"| [[2019–20 EuroLeague|2019–20]] | 24 || 15 || 17.8 || .479 || .468 || .750 || 1.8 || 1.6 || .4 || {{sort|-|—}} || 7.3 || 8.5 |- | style="text-align:left;"| [[2020–21 EuroLeague|2020-21]] | 24 || 5 || 13.3 || .414 || .362 || .950 || 1.3 || 1.3 || .3 || {{sort|-|—}} || 4.9 || 5.0 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan=2|Career | 211 || 114 || 22.4 || .473 || .393 || .806 || 2.9 || 1.8 || .5 || .0 || 8.9 || 9.8 {{S-end}}

==Awards and accomplishments== ===Professional career=== *'''[[EuroChallenge|FIBA EuroCup]]''': [[2006–07 FIBA EuroCup|2006–07]], [[2018–19 FIBA EuroCup|2018–19]] *'''[[Spanish Basketball Cup|Spanish King's Cup]]:''' [[2009 Copa del Rey de Baloncesto|2009]] *'''[[Spanish Basketball Supercup|Spanish Super Cup]]:''' [[2008 Supercopa de España de Baloncesto|2008]], [[2018 Supercopa de España de Baloncesto|2018]] *'''2× [[Liga ACB|Spanish ACB League]]''': [[2009–10 ACB season|2009–10]], [[2016–17 ACB season|2016–17]]

===Spain national team=== *[[Basketball at the 2005 Mediterranean Games|2005 Mediterranean Games]]: {{bronze medal}} *[[EuroBasket 2011]]: {{gold medal}} *[[Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2012 Summer Olympics]]: {{silver medal}} *[[EuroBasket 2013]]: {{bronze medal}} *[[EuroBasket 2015]]: {{gold medal}} *[[EuroBasket 2017]]: {{bronze medal}}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20150923042034/http://www.acb.com/jugador.php?id=A8T Fernando San Emeterio] at acb.com {{in lang|es}} *[http://www.eurobasket.com/player.asp?Cntry=ESP&PlayerID=38521 Fernando San Emeterio] at eurobasket.com *[http://www.euroleague.net/competition/players/showplayer?pcode=000518 Fernando San Emeterio] at euroleague.net *[https://web.archive.org/web/20131021190412/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/q/Fernando%20SAN%20EMETERIO/pid/39340/_//players.html Fernando San Emeterio] at fiba.com (archive) *[http://www.fibaeurope.com/cid_KNce8jInH7Qj1EsyH5rjn2.playerID_39340.compID_BYg5Rb55Jw-G5I3MZ6JB01.season_2007.roundID_5084.teamID_5305.html Fernando San Emeterio] at fibaeurope.com *{{Twitter}}

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