| No. 4 – Bàsquet Girona | |||||||||||||||
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| Position | Power forward | ||||||||||||||
| League | Liga ACB | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 May 1998 Girona, Spain | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Spanish | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 221 lb (100 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| NBA draft | 2021: undrafted | ||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2014–present | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| 2014–2016 | FC Barcelona | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2016 | →FC Barcelona B | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–present | Bàsquet Girona | ||||||||||||||
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Eric Martínez Vila (born 15 May 1998) is a Spanish basketball player for Bàsquet Girona of the Liga ACB.
A native of Girona, he played for FC Barcelona at the youth level since he was 12 years old. Vila received regular playing time for its reserve team. In December 2014, at age 16, he became the youngest player in club history to play in the Liga ACB.[1]
Vila started playing college basketball in the United States with Texas A&M. After one season, he transferred to Fresno State, sitting out his following year, but did not play for the team.[2] Vila played for Northwest Florida State College in 2018–19 before moving to UTEP as a redshirt junior.[3][4] He averaged 3.0 points and 5.0 rebounds per game.[5]
On 17 July 2021, Vila signed with Bàsquet Girona of the LEB Oro.[6]
Vila has represented Spain in several international tournaments. In 2014, he helped his team win a bronze medal at the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship in Latvia. In the 2017 FIBA Under-19 World Cup in Cairo, Vila averaged 13 points, 10.9 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game. At the quarterfinals of the tournament, he recorded 24 points, 11 rebounds and three assists in a 70–58 win over Argentina.[7]
