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Pau Gasol Sáez is a Spanish basketball player and actor born in Barcelona on July 6, 1980. He plays the power forward and center positions and has represented the Spain men's national basketball team in competitions including EuroBasket 2001, EuroBasket 2003, EuroBasket 2007, and FIBA EuroBasket 2009. His professional club career includes stints with FC Barcelona Bàsquet, the Memphis Grizzlies, and the Los Angeles Lakers, where he wore number 16. He began his work period in 1998 and has competed in the National Basketball Association and Liga ACB.
Gasol was drafted by the Atlanta Hawks and educated at the University of Barcelona. He speaks Catalan, English, Spanish, and French, and resides in Barcelona and Los Angeles. His awards include the Princess of Asturias Award for Sports, the NBA Rookie of the Year Award, selection to the NBA All-Rookie Team, and the J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award. He is the sibling of Marc Gasol and is known by the name Pau Gasol i Sáez in his native language.
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Film & TV
Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Known for
- Jordi Fernádez's Coaching Journey: From Badalona to Brooklyn — Self2026
- Volver2025
- Imbroda, el legado del maestro — Self2024
- Marc Gasol: Memphis Made — Self2024
- Los Anillos de Pau2024
- Ona Carbonell: Starting Over — Self2022
- My Decision, by Andrés Iniesta2022
- The Redeem Team — Self - Spain 20082022
- FC Barcelona: A New Era — Self2022
- Martínez y hermanos — Self - Guest2022
via TMDB
Sports profile
- Sport
- Basketball
- Position
- Center
- Nationality
- Spain
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Spain
- Place of birth
- Barcelona
- Educated at
- University of Barcelona
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Native language
- Catalan
- Award
- FIBA Hall of Fame
- Field of work
- professional sport
- Sport
- basketball
- Member of team
- Portland Trail Blazers
- Position played
- center
- League
- Liga ACB
- Country for sport
- Spain
- Mass
- 113
- Official website
- www.paugasol.com
- Image
- Pau Gasol 2022 (cropped).png
- Height
- 215
- Residence
- Los Angeles
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- Commons category
- Pau Gasol
- date of birth
- 1980-07-06
- drafted by
- Atlanta Hawks
- name in native language
- Pau Gasol i Sáez
- sport number
- 16
- start of work period
- 1998-00-00
- birth name
- Pau Gasol Sáez
- social media followers
- 9520
- end of work period
- 2021-00-00
- IPA transcription
- ˈpaw ɣəˈzɔl
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Encyclopedic overview
Pau Gasol Sáez ( Catalan: [ˈpaw ɣəˈzɔl], Spanish: [ˈpaw ɣaˈsol]; born July 6, 1980) is a Spanish former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for 18 seasons, primarily as a power forward. He was a six-time NBA All-Star and a four-time All-NBA team selection, twice on the second team and twice on the third team. Gasol won two NBA championships with the Los Angeles Lakers in 2009 and 2010. He was the NBA Rookie of the Year in 2002 with the Memphis Grizzlies, the first non-American to win that award. He is regarded as one of the greatest power forwards of all time and one of the greatest European players of all time. He is the older brother of former NBA player Marc Gasol.
Gasol was selected by the Atlanta Hawks with the third overall pick in the first round of the 2001 NBA draft, but his rights were traded to the Vancouver Grizzlies. He holds the Grizzlies' franchise record for free throws made and attempted. Following more than six seasons with Memphis, Gasol played for the Los Angeles Lakers (2008–2014), Chicago Bulls (2014–2016), San Antonio Spurs (2016–2019), and Milwaukee Bucks (2019).
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