Laia Palau


Laia Palau Altés is a Spanish professional basketball player, currently playing for Spanish team Spar CityLift Girona. At 286, she is the most capped player in the Spain women's national basketball team. With 12 medals in final tournaments, she is also the top medallist.

Club career

Palau began her professional career with Universitari de Barcelona in 1997, and continued to play with CBF Universitari de Barcelona through 2004, winning one league title. In 2004, she joined Bourges Basket, and played with them through 2006, winning 1 league and 2 French cups.
Back in Spain, she played for Ros Casares Valencia between 2006 and 2012, winning 5 league titles, 4 cups and the 2011–12 EuroLeague Women. After the club's decision not to play in top tier any more, in PLKK season 2012/13, she joined CCC Polkowice and won Championship's title and Polish Cup as well. With CCC she participated in EuroLeague Women 2012–13 reaching Final Eight and ranked #1 overall in Assists, #2 overall in Turnovers and #2 overall in Minutes.
From 2013 to 2017 she played for USK Praha with whom she won the 2014–15 EuroLeague Women, 4 leagues and 2 cups. In 2017, after 20 years playing professionally in Europe, she signed for Australian team Jayco Rangers.. In January 2018 she signed for EuroLeague French team Bourges Basket, winning both French League and French Cup. Back in Spain, she signed for Spar CityLift Girona, winning the 2019 league.

EuroLeague statistics

SeasonTeamGPMPPPPPRPPAPP
2003–04 Universitari de Barcelona1427.910.64.73.9
2004–05 Bourges Basket1730.613.53.63.4
2005–06 Bourges Basket1530.712.93.54.0
2006–07 Ros Casares Valencia1727.16.42.83.2
2007–08 Ros Casares Valencia1624.96.92.93.5
2008–09 Ros Casares Valencia1416.93.41.62.1
2009–10 Ros Casares Valencia1623.96.92.62.8
2010–11 Ros Casares Valencia1522.35.93.63.2
2011–12 Ros Casares Valencia1924.36.53.55.6
2012–13 CCC Polkowice1736.27.65.16.4
2013–14 USK Praha1835.26.75.36.8
2014–15 USK Praha1634.98.65.17.1
2015–16 USK Praha1832.37.44.97.1
2016–17 USK Praha1932.25.13.67.8
2017–18 Bourges Basket625.27.23.34.8
2019–20 Spar CityLift Girona1428.04.42.94.5
TOTAL25128.37.03.33.7

EuroCup statistics

SeasonTeamGPMPPPPPRPPAPP
2018–19 Spar CityLift Girona1428.37.23.16.0
2019–20 Spar CityLift Girona

National team

She made her debut with Spain women's national basketball team at the age of 22. She has played with the senior team since 2002. She is the most capped player in the Spain national team with a total of 286 caps and 6.3 PPG. She participated in 3 Olympic Games, 5 World Championships and in 9 European Championships: