Alimerka Oviedo Basketball and Raúl Lobaco will continue together for another season. Club and player have reached an agreement for the escort to dispute its fourth campaign on the team, the third consecutively.
Born in Zaragoza in 2000, with 1.90 stature, Lobaco arrived in Oviedo for the first time in the 21-22 season, with Natxo Lezkano on the bench. The Zaragozano landed in Asturias after having surrendered at high level in Ponferrada, in Leb Plata. That course was part of a team that qualified to play the promotion play-offs to the ACB. A first stage that served as learning and in which he had little prominence in terms of minutes. The following year he returned to Plata, this time in the ranks of Basket Navarra.
Lobaco’s progression was spectacular, setting a great campaign in silver, so the OCB decided to bet again on him, this time to join the project that Javi Rodríguez began as a coach. On this occasion it became a centerpiece of the team, adding to its offensive qualities an indispensable defensive level to meet the objectives of the blue team.
This past season, Lobaco took another step later, being a pillar of the Javi Rodríguez team, with 8 average points per match in the League in 22.30 minutes of play. Lobaco is one of the pieces in which the coach has more confident, being a reliable shooter and always a delivered team player.
For the Alimerka Oviedo Basketball it is a great joy to be able to announce that Raúl Lobaco will continue in a season as special as the transfer of the first team to the Palace of Sports. A challenge that faces more confidently knowing that we will be able to have one of the most beloved players for the fans of the OCB and a reference of the club, which will also be one of the captains of the team and the player who has played the most seasons with this shirt.
For Íñigo de la Villa, sports director of Alimerka Oviedo Basketball, Raúl’s renewal is the best way to start the new project: «It is the first piece to give continuity to this project that we continue to build among all. This will be his third consecutive season in Oviedo, a clear sign of identity and commitment, ”he said.
For De la Villa, it is “a player settled in the category, who also continues to grow year after year thanks to his effort and his honest daily work.” Therefore, “he concluded,” we are very happy to remain a fundamental part of the OCB. “
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