Ricardo Guillén

Ricardo Guillén Mendoza (born 17 June 1976, in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain) is a Spanish basketball player. He currently plays as a power forward at CB Marbella La Cañada in Liga EBA.

Ricardo Guillén
No. 4 – CB Marbella La Cañada
PositionPower forward
LeagueLiga EBA
Personal information
Born (1976-06-17) June 17, 1976
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
NationalitySpanish
Listed height2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)
Career information
Playing career1994–present
Career history
1993–1999Unicaja
1999–2000Baloncesto León
2000–2001Gijón Baloncesto
2002CB Granada
2002–2003Gran Canaria
2003–2004Tenerife Baloncesto
2004–2005Ciudad de Algeciras
2005–2007Villa de Los Barrios
2007–2008Cantabria Baloncesto
2008–2009Villa de Los Barrios
2009–2013Canarias
2013–2014Clínicas Rincón
2014Obradoiro
2014–2015Clínicas Rincón
2015–2016Palma
2016–presentMarbella
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's Basketball
Representing  Spain
FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship
1996 Turkey Under-20 Team
FIBA Under-19 World Championship
1995 Athens Under-19 Team
FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship
1994 Tel Aviv Under-18 Team

After seven seasons in LEB Oro, he is the top scorer in the history of the league.[2]

Playing career

In 2012, Guillén won with Iberostar Canarias the Copa Príncipe and the LEB Oro, achieving the promotion to Liga ACB.

Guillén announced his retirement on 3 November 2016.[3]

However, he continued playing as amateur player in the fifth tier with CB Marbella, achieving promotion to Liga EBA.

Achievements

With Unicaja

With Spain national youth teams

References
  1. El quinteto ideal de la temporada en la Adecco Oro Archived May 9, 2011, at the Wayback Machine FEB.es
  2. Richi Guillén, máximo anotador de la historia de la liga LEB
  3. "Richi Guillén pone punto final a su carrera profesional" (in Spanish). 3 November 2016.
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