Christian Dalmau

Christian Dalmau (born August 29, 1975) is a Puerto Rican retired professional basketball player. He is the second son of the legendary Puerto Rican basketball star Raymond Dalmau. Dalmau has played in the NCAA, the National Basketball Development League, and the Baloncesto Superior Nacional in Puerto Rico. Dalmau has played internationally in Turkey, Poland, and Israel. Dalmau was a member of the Puerto Rican National Basketball Team that defeated the United States in the 2004 Olympic Games.

Christian Dalmau
Personal information
Born (1975-08-29) August 29, 1975
Arecibo, Puerto Rico
NationalityPuerto Rican
Listed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
Playing career1992–2017
PositionPoint guard / Shooting guard
Number9
Career history
1992–1994Piratas de Quebradillas
1995Maratonistas de Coamo
1996–1998Avancinos de Villalba
1999–2000Maratonistas de Coamo
2001–2005San German Athletics
2004–2005Hapoel Galil Elyon
2005–2007Prokom Trefl Sopot
2007–2008Beşiktaş Cola Turka
2008Ural Great Perm
2009–2012Vaqueros de Bayamón
2013, 2015Mets de Guaynabo
2014Cangrejeros de Santurce
2013Halcones Xalapa
2015–2016Piratas de Quebradillas
2017Vaqueros de Bayamón
Career highlights and awards
  • BSN champion (2009)
  • BSN Finals MVP (2009)
  • 3× BSN Most Valuable Player (2004, 2010, 2011)
  • 6× BSN First Team (2001, 2004, 2009–2012)
  • BSN Second Team (2005)
  • 6× BSN All-Star (2000, 2001, 2004, 2010–2012)
  • BSN All-Star Game MVP (2004)
  • BSN three-point contest winner (2002)
  • Polish Cup winner (2006)
  • Polish Cup MVP (2006)
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Puerto Rico
FIBA AmeriCup
2009 Puerto Rico
Centrobasket
2004 Dominican Republic
2006 Panama
Central American and Caribbean Games
2010 Puerto Rico

Biography

After playing college basketball in the NCAA, Dalmau began his professional career in 1993 with the Piratas de Quebradillas in Puerto Rico's top level Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN). As a rookie, he showed great potential but the team decided to trade him for more experienced players. His new team was the Maratonistas de Coamo where he would become a star. Dalmau joined the BSN's new Avancinos de Villalba in 1996, playing there from 1996–1998. When Villalba folded after its third season, Dalmau returned to Coama for two seasons, then was traded to the Atleticos de San German in 2001.

In the 2002-2003 season, Dalmau signed with the Mobile Revelers of the National Basketball Development League. Dalmau was named Most Valuable Player in 2004. That same year he was selected to replace his brother, Richie, on the Puerto Rican National Basketball Team. He played in the Israeli Basketball League with Hapoel Galil Elyon. From 2005-07, Dalmau played in Poland with Prokom Trefl Sopot.

For the 2007-08 season, Dalmau played with Beşiktaş Cola Turka of the Turkish League. In July 2008 he signed a contract with PBC Ural Great Perm in Russian Basketball Super League 1.[1]

In 2009, Dalmau returned to the BSN to play for the Vaqueros de Bayamón. He led the team to victory at the 2009 BSN Championship, and was chosen as the 2009 BSN Finals MVP. In 2010, after being named the league's MVP during the regular season, Dalmau led Bayamón to their second straight BSN Finals appearance, losing at home in game seven to the Capitanes de Arecibo.

After the 2012 BSN season with Bayamón, now in his late 30s, Dalmau moved to a number of teams, in different leagues, over the next five seasons. In the BSN, he played with the Mets de Guaynabo, Cangrejeros de Santurce and returned to his rookie team, the Piratas de Quebradillas. He also played with Halcones Xalapa in Mexico's Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional.

Dalmau returned to Bayamón in 2017, retiring from playing basketball at the end of that season.

In 2018, Dalmau became head coach of the senior boys basketball team at Central Pointe Christian Academy, a small prep high school in Kissimmee, Florida. In March 2020, the team won the Sunshine Independent Athletic Association championship.[2]

See also

Sources
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Christian Dalmau". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.

References
  1. "Rumbo a Rusia Christian Dalmau" (in Spanish). Primera Hora. 2008-07-20. Retrieved 2008-07-21.
  2. Collings, Buddy (2020-03-01). "Central Pointe tops West Oaks for SIAA basketball title". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
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