Cecilia Liñeira

María Cecilia Liñeira (born 10 May 1983) is an Argentine-Czech professional basketball player, who played the 2018–2019 season for Megacalzado Ardoi in Liga Femenina 2.

Cecilia Liñeira
Born
María Cecilia Liñeira

(1983-05-10) 10 May 1983
Buenos Aires, Argentina
NationalityArgentine, Czech
Other namesMiss Ascenso
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Basketball career
No. 26 – Megacalzado Ardoi
PositionSmall forward
LeagueLiga Femenina 2

Biography

María Cecilia Liñeira was born in Buenos Aires in 1983.[1] She has a university degree in Surgical Instrumentation, a profession she practiced in her home country, where she attended several operations. Her degree was not recognized in Spain,[2] and she has studied in two other fields: nursing, and psychology at the National University of Distance Education (UNED).[3][4]

Career

Cecilia Liñeira started her professional basketball career at her native Lanús, but when she was very young she decided to cross the Atlantic. She has a Community passport, since she has family connections to Argentina, Poland, Spain, Italy, and the Czech Republic. The passport of the latter country, the home of her grandfather, opened the doors to European basketball for her.[2]

She has been described as "a leader both on the court and in the locker room."[1] Since 2006 she has played for six Spanish clubs. The first was CB Pio XII in A Coruña, where she spent two seasons playing in Liga Femenina 2 (LF2). Since then, Liñeira's career has been linked to the Basque Autonomous Community. From 2008 to 2011 she joined the ranks of UNB Obenasa Navarra, playing her last season there in the Liga Femenina (LF). From there she returned to the lower division to play for Irlandesas for half a year, before joining Ibaizabal. The club achieved promotion to the LF, with Liñeira being named Most Valuable Player that season.

She has played for promotion to the LF five times, achieving it twice, hence her nickname "Miss Ascenso".[5] In 2014, Liñeira was named to LF2's "Ideal Quintet" (Quinteto Ideal) of the day on four occasions, highlighting her performance in Ourense, where she was named MVP of Day 16 with 30 points, 19 rebounds and 4 assists for a total of 50 valuation points. She has averaged 14.2 points and 8.4 rebounds (19.1 valuation points, making her the fifth most valued player in group A).[1]

Days before the start of the 2017–2018 season, Cecilia Liñeira, renewed by Araski AES, was forced to suspend her sports career due to an irrevocable job offer in Pamplona, which she felt she had to accept due to economic concerns.[6]

For the 2018–2019 season she signed for the club Megacalzado Ardoi, with which she achieved promotion to LF2.[7]

Clubs
  • Burzaco, Argentina
  • Lanús, Argentina
  • 2006–2008 – CB Pio XII, A Coruña: LF2
  • 2008–2011 – UNB Obenasa Navarra: 2 seasons in LF2 and the last in the LF
  • 2011–2012 – Irlandesas: half year in LF2
  • 2012–2015 – GDKO Ibaizábal: 2 seasons in LF2 and one in the LF
  • 2015 – Granate, Argentina, since the end of the season in Spain[8]
  • 2015-2016 – Araski AES: LF2
  • 2016-2017 – Araski AES: LF
  • 2018–2019 – Megacalzado Ardoi[7]

Argentine national team

Liñeira has played for the Argentina women's national basketball team, nicknamed Las Gigantes (The Giants),[3][9] in the following competitions:

National championships
Title Club Country Year
Liga Femenina 2 Champions Araski AES Spain 2016
Copa de la Reina Semifinalists Araski AES Spain 2017
Liga Femenina Semifinalists Araski AES Spain 2017

References
  1. "Cecilia Liñeira refuerzo de lujo para Araski" [Cecilia Liñeira Luxury Reinforcement for Araski] (in Spanish). Spanish Basketball Federation. 2 September 2015. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  2. Guillén Santiago, C. (5 March 2007). "Cecilia Liñeira: 'Vine a jugar a España con una sola meta, poder mejorar'" [Cecilia Liñeira: 'I Came to Play in Spain with Only One Goal, to Improve']. El Correo Gallego (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  3. "Cecilia Liñeira, una 'gigante' Argentina en el Araski" [Cecilia Liñeira, an Argentine 'Giant' at Araski] (in Spanish). EITB. 11 January 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  4. San Martín, Oscar (26 January 2016). "'El chuletón está muy rico, pero me quedo con un buen asado argentino'" ['The Ribeye is Very Rich, But I Prefer a Good Argentine Barbecue']. Noticias de Álava (in Spanish). Vitoria. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  5. "Cecilia Liñeira, una temporada más en Lacturale Araski" [Cecilia Liñeira, One More Season at Lacturale Araski] (in Spanish). Spanish Basketball Federation. 24 August 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  6. "Cecilia Liñeira no continuará en el Lacturale Art Araski" [Cecilia Liñeira Will Not Continue at Lacturale Art Araski]. Noticias de Álava (in Spanish). Vitoria. 25 August 2017. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  7. "Cecilia Liñeira con el Fundación Navarra Ardoi consigue el ascenso a la LF2" [Cecilia Liñeira with Fundación Navarra Ardoi Gets the Promotion to LF2]. La Graderia (in Spanish). 20 May 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  8. "Cecilia Liñeira, de Lanús: 'Me acoplé muy bien al grupo'" [Cecilia Liñeira, of Lanús: 'I Fit Very Well Into the Group'] (in Spanish). Basquet Plus. Archived from the original on 6 March 2017. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  9. "Básquet: 'Las Gigantes' llegaron a Venezuela con tres entrerrianas" [Basketball: 'The Giants' Arrived in Venezuela with Three from Entre Ríos]. Análisis Digital (in Spanish). 18 May 2016. Archived from the original on 6 March 2017. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  10. "Brasil, campeón invicto del Cto. Sudamericano" [Brazil, Undefeated South American Champion] (in Spanish). Spanish Basketball Federation. 8 July 2006. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  11. "Argentina enciende la gran ilusión y debuta en el Sudamericano" [Argentina Ignites the Grand Illusion and Debuts in the South American Championship] (in Spanish). Basquet Plus. 31 July 2013. Archived from the original on 6 March 2017. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
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