Darío Brizuela

Darío Brizuela Arrieta (born 8 November 1994) is a Spanish professional basketball player for FC Barcelona of the Spanish Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. He also represents the Spain national team.

Darío Brizuela

Brizuela playing for FC Barcelona in 2025
No. 8 – FC Barcelona
Position	Shooting guard
League	Liga ACB EuroLeague
Personal information
Born	(1994-11-08) 8 November 1994 (age 30) San Sebastián, Spain
Listed height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Listed weight	73 kg (161 lb)
Career information
Playing career	2012–present
Career history
2012–2019	Estudiantes
2014–2015	→Peñas Huesca
2019–2023	Unicaja
2023–present	FC Barcelona
Career highlights
All-Champions League First Team (2023) Copa del Rey (2023)
Medals Men's basketball Representing  Spain EuroBasket 2022 Germany U20 European Championship 2014 Greece U20 Team

Career

Dario Brizuela was trained in the young teams of Easo. In 2011, he was signed by Estudiantes, where he played in the junior team and also played 13 games with the reserve team in Liga EBA.

Brizuela made his debut in Liga ACB in the round 32 of the 2012–13 season, where his club lost by a score of 93–82 against Real Madrid.^[1]

In August 2014, he was loaned to Peñas Huesca, of the LEB Oro.^[2] After the 2014–15 season, his loan finished and he returned to Estudiantes.

On 13 July 2023, he signed with FC Barcelona of the Spanish Liga ACB.^[3] After playing an increasingly important role in the team during his second season with the Catalans, Brizuela signed a contract extension on July 17, 2025. The contract extension linked him to Barcelona until 2028.^[4]

Spain national team

Brizuela won the silver medal at the 2014 FIBA U20 European Championship. He has also played at the 2010 FIBA U16 European Championship and the 2013 FIBA Under-19 World Cup.

His official match debut with the Spain national team was on 1 July 2018 against Belarus in a 2019 FIBA World Cup qualifier.

Career statistics

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	PIR	Performance index rating
Bold	Career high

EuroLeague

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG	PIR
2023–24	Barcelona	32	7	13.8	.421	.320	.727	1.0	1.6	.3	.1	5.7	3.7
2024–25		36	0	18.2	.533	.460	.796	1.4	2.2	.4	.1	10.0	8.4
Career		68	7	16.1	.516	.411	.783	1.2	1.9	.3	.1	8.0	6.2

EuroCup

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG	PIR
2019–20	Málaga	7	2	22.6	.386	.297	.875	1.0	2.3	.9	—	12.3	9.4
2020–21		14	2	22.6	.493	.344	.826	2.0	3.2	.7	.1	12.9	11.9
Career		21	4	22.6	.458	.327	.851	1.7	2.9	.8	.1	12.7	11.0

Basketball Champions League

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2017–18	Estudiantes	14	2	18.2	.405	.289	.700	1.9	1.5	1.3	—	6.8
2021–22	Málaga	13	8	20.1	.483	.429	.850	2.1	2.6	.6	—	11.5
2022–23		15	4	22.6	.504	.431	.906	1.4	2.2	.7	—	12.4
Career		42	14	18.8	.471	.388	.833	1.8	2.1	.9	—	10.3

Domestic leagues

Year	Team	League	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2012–13	Estudiantes	ACB	2	1.0	.000	.000	—	—	—	—	—	0.0
2013–14	Estudiantes	ACB	5	5.7	.250	.250	.500	1.4	—	—	—	1.4
2014–15	Peñas Huesca	LEB Oro	22	20.1	.454	.317	.844	2.0	2.5	.7	.0	12.1
2014–15	Estudiantes	ACB	3	17.4	.600	.500	—	1.3	1.0	.7	—	5.0
2015–16	Estudiantes	ACB	33	16.5	.437	.348	.824	1.3	1.0	.9	.1	6.4
2016–17	Estudiantes	ACB	26	9.4	.310	.176	.750	.9	.9	.4	.1	2.1
2017–18	Estudiantes	ACB	32	18.7	.452	.320	.824	1.9	1.5	.6	.1	7.7
2018–19	Estudiantes	ACB	30	23.8	.477	.313	.833	1.8	3.0	.9	.1	14.7
2019–20	Estudiantes	ACB	10	29.0	.429	.381	.872	2.6	2.5	.9	—	14.1
	Málaga	ACB	17	21.0	.445	.402	.824	1.8	1.3	.4	—	11.7
2020–21	Málaga	ACB	34	23.7	.460	.356	.785	1.6	3.1	.9	.1	13.9
2021–22	Málaga	ACB	30	22.2	.457	.348	.852	2.2	2.3	1.1	.1	13.8
2022–23	Málaga	ACB	34	15.8	.468	.303	.807	1.4	2.2	.5	—	9.2
2023–24	Barcelona	ACB	35	15.5	.491	.427	.818	1.3	1.7	.4	.0	7.7

Awards and accomplishments

Spain national team

• 2014 FIBA U20 European Championship:  Silver