Rosa Castillo (basketball)

Rosa Castillo Araujo (born 14 February 1956 in Barcelona) is a former Spanish women's basketball player, member of the Spain women's basketball team. She won 11 League titles and 11 Cups. She is the all-time top scorer of the Spanish Cup finals with 215 points in 13 finals.[1]

Rosa Castillo
Personal information
BornFebruary 14, 1956
Barcelona
NationalitySpanish
Listed height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Career information
Playing career1973–1992
PositionCenter / Forward
Career history
1973-1974PEM Aerpons
1974-1985Picadero JC - Comansi
1985-1989Sabor d'Abans – Ravenós – C. Tarragona
1989-1990Mikrobank El Masnou
1991-1992Dorna Godella
Career highlights and awards
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Castillo and the second or maternal family name is Araujo.

Club career

Rosa Castillo played in the Spanish League for 18 years, winning 11 League titles and 11 Cup titles. Even though it was the top tier, at the time even the best players were totally amateur.

She began playing with newly founded local club PEM, in Barcelona, at the age of 13, along with her sister and a future player of the Spain national team Mercedes Castillo. The team, coached by future Spain head coach María Planas got promoted three years in a row until they reached the top tier. Due to the local character of the club and the difficulties to play in the top tier, she signed for Picadero JC in 1974, which for sponsorship reasons was known as PICEFF Barcelona, and later Picadero Evax, Íntima Barcelona, Picadero Comansi and finally Natural Cusí, even changing their home ground: in 1984 the Picadero merged with El Masnou Basquetbol.[2]

At 1.80 metres, Castillo symbolized the evolution of the league from her position, playing as a tall center in the mid-70s and ending her career in the early 90s as a small forward.

A serious knee injury in 1990 almost forced her to retire, but she recovered and signed for Dorna Godella in 1991, her only year as a real professional player and outside Catalonia. She retired in 1992 with an undefeated season and winning the treble (Spanish League, Spanish Cup and European Champions Cup) with Dorna Godella.[3]

National team

She made her debut with Spain women's national basketball team at the age of 18. She played with the senior team for 13 years, from 1974 to 1987, with a total of 113 caps and 10.8 PPG.[4] She participated in six European Championships:[5]

References
  1. "Máximas anotadoras de las finales de Copa | Baloncesto enCancha". www.encancha.com. Retrieved 2017-10-01.
  2. "ACB.COM - Rosa Castillo, retrato de una época del baloncesto femenino". www.acb.com. Retrieved 2017-10-01.
  3. "25 AÑOS DE LA COPA DE EUROPA DE DORNA GODELLA". lokosxelbaloncestofemenino.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-10-01.
  4. "Selección Española Absoluta Femenina de Baloncesto". seleccionfemenina.feb.es. Retrieved 2017-10-01.
  5. "archive.fiba.com: Players". www.archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 2017-10-01.
  6. "Rosa Castillo profile, European Championship for Women 1980 | FIBA.COM". FIBA.COM. Retrieved 2017-10-01.


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