Germán Gabriel

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Gabriel and the second or maternal family name is Benaches.

Germán Antonio Gabriel Benaches (born November 16, 1980) is a Spanish retired professional basketball player. He played as a power forward and as a center.

Germán Gabriel

Gabriel setting to shoot a free-throw while playing with Estudiantes.
Personal information
Born	(1980-11-18) November 18, 1980 (age 44) Caracas, Venezuela
Nationality	Spanish
Listed height	6 ft 9.5 in (2.07 m)
Listed weight	245 lb (111 kg)
Career information
NBA draft	2002: undrafted
Playing career	1998–2016
Position	Power forward / center
Coaching career	2016–present
Career history
As a player:
1998–1999	Unicaja B
1999–2004	Unicaja
2001	→Club Ourense Baloncesto
2001–2003	→CB Estudiantes
2004–2005	Bilbao Basket
2005–2007	CB Girona
2007–2009	Unicaja
2009–2013	CB Estudiantes
2013–2014	Bilbao Basket
2014	Marinos de Anzoátegui
2014–2015	Bilbao Basket
2015	Unicaja
2015–2016	Marinos de Anzoátegui
As a coach:
2016–2017	Iowa Energy (assistant)
Medals FIBA EuroBasket 2013 Slovenia National Team Mediterranean Games 2005 Almería National Team

Professional career

Gabriel signed with the Liga ACB club Estudiantes in 2009.^[1] After spending four years in the club of Madrid, he signed for Bilbao Basket.

He came back to Unicaja, his first club, in 2015 once he left Bilbao.^[2] On December 2, he left Unicaja.^[3]

On 4 November 2016, Gabriel announced his retirement from professional basketball.

National team career

After playing with the junior national teams of Spain, Gabriel joined the senior Spain men's national basketball team. He was selected to play with Spain at the EuroBasket 2013.

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
2003–04	Unicaja	14	1	10.1	.514	.556	.700	2.6	.4	.4	.1	3.9	4.1
2007–08	Unicaja	18	3	16.6	.556	.491	.692	2.8	.8	.7	.1	8.1	8.4
2008–09	Unicaja	6	0	9.3	.500	.467	1.000	1.5	.2	.7	.0	5.7	6.0
2014–15	Unicaja	7	0	9.0	.438	.375	.714	2.0	.6	.1	.1	3.1	3.4
Career		45	4	12.4	.527	.483	.704	2.5	.6	.5	.1	5.7	5.9