The Costa Rican basketball player Ian Martínez Carrillo will make the leap to professional basketball in Europe after signing with the Oberwart Gunners, current leaders of the Austrian first division.
Martínez, 24 years old, He will immediately join the team that competes in the win2day Superliga, after the departure of the scorer Nate Pierre-Louiswho left the team to continue his career in Bosnia.
The Costa Rican arrives at Oberwart after an outstanding university career in the NCAA, with steps through Utah, Maryland and Utah State, where in his last season he averaged 16.4 points per game and established himself as one of the team’s offensive references.
Martínez started his professional career in Israel, with Elitzur Yavne, where he averaged 17.7 points, 6.3 rebounds and 3.8 assists per gamefigures that caught the attention of the Austrian club.
With this signing, The Costa Rican becomes the first player from the country to join the Oberwart Gunners squad and will face a new stage in one of the competitive markets of European basketball.
The club reported that Martínez He will join training this week, while the date of his official debut in the league is defined.
