2023-07-08 11:18:00
Real captain of the Spanish selection and captain at the last EuroBasket, Rudy Fernandez announced that the Paris Olympic Games in 2024 would be his last tournament played with La Roja. The end of an era !
2 silver medals and one bronze at the Olympic Games, 2 gold medals at the World Cup and 4 more at the EuroBasket. A quick glance at Rudy Fernandez’s track record is enough to measure the immense career accomplished by the native of Mallorca. A member of Spain’s golden generation, alongside the Gasol brothers, Sergio Llull and Juan Carlos Navarro, the swingman has helped collect La Roja trophies over the past two decades.
Obviously in France, we know him particularly for his shots of vice but also his ability to be lethal to shoot in hot moments. How many times have the Blues suffered the banners of a boiling Rudy Fernandez? We prefer to forget.
Once again summoned for the 2023 World Cup despite being 38 years old, the one who has been defending the colors of Real Madrid for ten years now simply seems indestructible. However, good things must also come to an end and Fernandez has put a date on his calendar when it comes to his international retirement.
During the opening of a campus in Mallorca bearing his name, the Roja duty player explained that he intended to go until the 2024 Olympics in Paris with the national team. A promise he made to his father before he died in 2022. Words translated by Basket News.
“I promised my father that the Olympics would be my last tournament and I think it will be the same on a professional level; I hope to end my career there with the Spanish national team”.
International retirement then and even retirement for the nightmare of the Blues?
“I have one year left at Real Madrid, it’s signed, it’s almost done (the contract) but the Olympics will be my last tournament.”
A year to grab a few more club titles before a grand final at the Olympics with a shirt he wore successfully for more than 20 years (between youth sections and team A). With the 2023 World Cup and the Olympics, Rudy Fernandez still has two opportunities to fill his FIBA trophy cabinet. It only remains to hope for our Blues that the one who went through the Blazers and the Nuggets in the NBA in particular will not end up with two golden medals.
Source texte : Basket News
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