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Pau Ribas
	Ribas with Joventut Badalona in 2020
No. 4 – Joventut Badalona
Position	Shooting guard
League	Liga ACB
Personal information
Born	2 March 1987 (age 37); Barcelona, Spain
Listed height	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Listed weight	95 kg (209 lb)
Career information
NBA draft	2009: undrafted
Playing career	2005–present
Career history
2005–2009	Joventut
2005–2007	→Prat
2009–2012	Caja Laboral
2012–2015	Valencia
2015–2020	Barcelona
2020–present	Joventut
Career highlights and awards
	All-Spanish League Team (2015); Spanish League (2010); Spanish King's Cup (2008, 2018 and 2019); Spanish Supercup MVP (2015);
Men's basketball
Representing Spain
World Cup
EuroBasket

Pau Ribas Tossas (born 2 March 1987) is a Spanish professional basketball player for Joventut Badalona of the Spanish Liga ACB. Standing at 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in),^[1] he primarily plays the shooting guard position. His father, Jordi Ribas, was also a professional basketball player.

Professional career

Ribas played with Prat, and then with the Spanish ACB League club Joventut Badalona, before joining the Spanish EuroLeague club Caja Laboral in 2009.^[2] In July 2012, he signed a three-year deal with Valencia Basket.^[3]

On 23 July 2015, he signed a three-year deal with FC Barcelona Lassa.^[4] After winning the 2015 Supercopa, Ribas was named the Supercopa MVP. On 26 October 2016, Ribas had a season-ending injury and was out for the rest of the 2016–17 season after just three EuroLeague games.^[5] On 17 July 2018, he re-signed with FC Barcelona Lassa on a three-year deal.^[6] On 4 July 2020, it was announced that Ribas had mutually parted ways with the Catalan club after five seasons.

Spain national teams

Ribas played internationally with the Spain junior national teams at the 2005 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, and at the 2006 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. They won the silver medal at the 2007 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship.

With the senior Spain national team, Ribas won gold medal at the EuroBasket 2015 and at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup.

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

*	Led the league


Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG	PIR
2008–09	Badalona	10	4	19.8	.383	.313	.778	1.4	2.3	1.2	—	7.0	5.9
2009–10	Baskonia	20	15	20.2	.391	.360	1.000	2.0	2.1	.5	.1	4.5	4.3
2010–11		20	2	12.9	.444	.320	.200	1.6	1.0	.5	—	2.5	2.8
2011–12		10	3	17.5	.420	.176	.875	2.5	1.8	.9	—	5.2	5.3
2014–15	Valencia	10	4	24.1	.489	.439	.769	2.3	3.6	1.1	—	11.8	12.3
2015–16	Barcelona	27	4	18.5	.447	.424	.939*	1.9	2.7	.7	—	6.1	7.6
2016–17		2	0	10.0	.429	.500	—	.5	.5	.5	—	4.5	3.5
2017–18		28	12	17.8	.500	.478	1.000	1.6	3.0	.7	.1	6.7	8.1
2018–19		26	11	17.4	.356	.386	.800	1.9	2.1	.7	—	5.4	5.3
2019–20		12	1	9.3	.261	.188	.571	1.2	1.5	.3	—	1.6	2.2
Career		165	56	17.3	.426	.389	.833	1.8	2.2	.7	.0	5.5	5.9

Awards and accomplishments

Club honours

FIBA EuroCup: 2005–06
EuroCup: 2007–08, 2013–14
Spanish League: 2009–10
Spanish King's Cup: 2008, 2018 and 2019
Spanish Supercup: 2015

Spain national team

Senior

EuroBasket 2015: Gold
World Cup 2019 : Gold

Under-20

2007 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship: Silver

Personal

Ribas is known for his frequent take on political stances.^[7] He has also written articles for the Catalan newspaper Ara,^[8] known for its Catalan nationalist and independentist editorial policy.^[9]^[10]