Carlos Alocén Explained

Carlos Alocén Arrondo (born 30 December 2000) is a Spanish professional basketball player who plays for CB Gran Canaria of the Spanish Liga ACB. He plays at the point guard position.

Early life and career

Alocén grew up playing basketball at the youth level for Zaragoza. He made his professional debut on 30 October 2016, playing for Zaragoza in a Liga ACB game against Real Madrid. At age 15 years and 10 months, Alocén became the youngest ACB debutant in club history, breaking Sergi García's record. He also became the third-youngest player in Liga ACB history, behind Ángel Rebolo and Ricky Rubio.^[1] At the end of the 2018-19 ACB season, Alocén signed with Real Madrid, but remained on loan at Zaragoza for one season.^[2] Alocén was named the Best Young Player of the 2019–20 Basketball Champions League.^[3]

On 15 July 2020, he joined Real Madrid's first team.^[4] In February 2022 he tore his ACL, which halted his career for 21 months. Eventually, on June 18, 2024, Alocén left Real Madrid^[5] to join CB Gran Canaria.^[6]

National team career

Playing with the Spanish team, Alocén won gold at the 2016 FIBA U16 European Championship, averaging 9.9 points, 6.4 assists (tournament leader), 2 steals and 2.3 rebounds. Earlier that year he had also played at the 2016 FIBA Under-17 World Championship in his hometown Zaragoza, finishing fourth. In February 2019, Alocén made his first appearance for the Spain men's national basketball team.^[7]

Career statistics

EuroLeague

|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2020–21| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="3"| Real Madrid| 28 || 16 || 13.4 || .430 || .282 || .583 || 1.4 || 2.3 || .2 || .1 || 3.9 || 3.3|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2021–22| 9 || 2 || 10.8 || .226 || .125 || .800 || 1.3 || 1.6 || .3 || || 2.7 || 2.4|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2023–24| 12 || 3 || 8.8 || .219 || .091 || .600 || 1.3 || 1.4 || .2 || .1 || 1.5 || 1.5|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career| 49 || 21 || 11.8 || .353 || .212 || .667 || 1.3 || 1.9 || .2 || .1 || 3.1 || 2.7

Basketball Champions League

|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2019–20| style="text-align:left;"| Zaragoza| 16 || 12 || 23.3 || .393 || .200 || .607 || 3.4 || 3.7 || .9 || .1 || 7.0|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career| 16 || 12 || 23.3 || .393 || .200 || .607 || 3.4 || 3.7 || .9 || .1 || 7.0

Domestic leagues

Year	Team	League
			2	2.5	.000	.000						0.0
			4	14.2	.385	.250	.000	2.2	2.2			2.7
			37	15.9	.458	.400	.644	1.6	2.4	.6	.0	5.4
			28	20.5	.453	.351	.700	2.5	3.4	.5	.1	7.2
			38	13.8	.344	.275	.722	1.9	2.0	.4	.0	4.7
			11	10.2	.316	.318	.625	1.2	.9	.4		3.3
			18	11.1	.283	.167	.773	1.3	1.8	.7	.2	3.1 External links Liga ACB profile

Notes and References

1. Web site: Carlos Alocén, tercer jugador más joven en debutar en la Liga Endesa. 30 October 2016. ACB. es. 31 May 2019. 30 May 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190530075327/http://www.acb.com/redaccion.php?id=126916. dead.
2. News: Carchia . Emiliano . Real Madrid to sign Carlos Alocen, to keep him on loan in Zaragoza . Sportando . 25 June 2019.
3. Web site: Star Lineup revealed, Alocen Best Young Player. 29 September 2020. 8 October 2020. Basketball Champions League.
4. Web site: Alocén: "Quiero ayudar a que el Madrid siga ganando títulos" . . 15 July 2020 . Spanish . 15 July 2020.
5. News: Carlos Alocen leaves Real Madrid . Basket News . 18 June 2024.
6. News: Vasiljevic . Bogdan . Carlos Alocen is the new player of Gran Canaria . Basketball Sphere . 19 June 2024.
7. Web site: Los 14 convocados por Scariolo, con la novedad de Carlos Alocén. 12 February 2019. Federación Española de Baloncesto. es.