Two-time EuroCup champion Pau Ribas announces his retirement

The guard won the BKT EuroCup with both Joventut and Valencia

Pau Ribas has announced that he will retire from the game of basketball at the end of the season. The 38-year-old combo guard decided to finish his 20-year playing career, in which he won titles with all four teams he played for: Joventut Badalona, Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz, Valencia Basket and FC Barcelona.

Ribas joined Joventut at age 4. His parents became Joventut season ticket holders right after he was born. After playing for all of the team's youth categories, Ribas made his first-team debut in 2005. He became a full-time member of Joventut's first team before the start of the 2007-08 season and helped the team win the Copa del Rey and the EuroCup. He also won the FIBA EuroChallenge with Joventut in 2006.

Ribas went on to play for Baskonia, with which he won the Spanish League in 2010. He claimed a second EuroCup crown, this time with Valencia in 2014. Ribas made a series-winning shot late in the second leg of the two-game, total points eighthfinals against Khimki Moscow Region, which eventually allowed Valencia to lift the trophy. Ribas later won back-to-back Copa del Rey titles with Barça in 2018 and 2019. He was also a member of the Spanish national team, which he helped to win gold medals at EuroBasket 2015 and the 2019 Basketball World Cup.

In 132 EuroCup career games with Joventut and Valencia, Rivas averaged 7.9 points and 2.9 assists. He made 41.5% of his three-point shots. Ribas ranks 10th in games played and three-point shots made (182), as well as 27th in points scored (1,049). Ribas also took part in 165 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague games with Baskonia, Barca, Valencia and Joventut, amassing 901 points and 371 assists.