Personal information | |
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Born | Pasadena, California | October 30, 1979
Nationality | Panamanian / American |
Listed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
Listed weight | 210 lb (95 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Bellarmine-Jefferson (Burbank, California) |
College | Arizona (1998–1999) New Mexico (2000–2003) |
Playing career | 2003–present |
Position | Point guard / Shooting guard |
Career history | |
2003–2004 | Panionios |
2004–2005 | Climamio Bologna |
2005–2006 | Dynamo Moscow |
2006–2009 | Valencia |
2009 | Lottomatica Roma |
2010 | Cajasol Sevilla |
2012 | Uşak Üniversitesi Belediyespor |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Ruben Enrique Douglas (born October 30, 1979 in Pasadena, California, U.S.) is a Panamanian-American professional basketball player. He is a 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 210 lb (95 kg) point guard-shooting guard.
Amateur career
He played high school basketball at Bellarmine-Jefferson High School in Burbank, California. He is ranked as one of the most prolific high school scorers in California state history. He then played college basketball at the University of Arizona with the Arizona Wildcats in the 1998-99 season. Douglas led the NCAA in scoring with a 28.0 points per game average during the 2002-03 season as a senior year at the University of New Mexico while playing with the New Mexico Lobos. He was also named the Mountain West Conference MVP.
Pro career
After going undrafted by any NBA teams, Douglas took his game overseas. He has played for Panionios of the Greek league (2003–04), Virtus Roma and Fortitudo Bologna (2004–05) of the Italian league, the latter with whom he won the Italian national championship, as well as Dynamo Moscow of the Russian league (2005–06), and Valencia of the Spanish league (2006–09). In 2010 he returned to Panionios.[1]
Douglas won the Eurocup championship in 2006 with Dynamo Moscow, and he was also named the Finals MVP. Ruben Douglas last played for Uşak Üniversitesi Belediyespor which is a team in the 2nd division of Turkish league starting from January 2012. He's played against Tenis Eskrim Dağcılık in his first match for Uşak Belediyespor on 8 January 2012.
Panamanian national team
Douglas was also a member of the Panamanian national basketball team that competed at the 2006 FIBA World Championship.