Joel Parra

Joel Parra
Parra playing for Joventut in 2020
No. 44 – FC Barcelona
PositionSmall forward / Power forward
LeagueLiga ACB
EuroLeague
Personal information
Born (2000-04-04) 4 April 2000 (age 24)
Barcelona, Spain
Listed height2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)
Listed weight88 kg (194 lb)
Career information
Playing career2017–present
Career history
2017–2023Joventut Badalona
2017–2018→Joventut Badalona Junior
2018–2019→CB Prat
2023–presentFC Barcelona
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Spain
EuroBasket
Gold medal – first place 2022 Germany
U20 European Championship
Silver medal – second place 2019 Israel U20 Team
U18 European Championship
Silver medal – second place 2017 Slovakia U18 Team
U16 European Championship
Gold medal – first place 2016 Poland U16 Team

Joel Parra López (born 4 April 2000) is a Spanish professional basketball player for FC Barcelona of the Spanish Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. He also has also represented the Spanish national team. Standing at 6 ft 8 in (2.02 m), Parra can play both as a small forward and a power forward.

Early life and youth career

Joel Parra started playing basketball in the youth ranks of Joventut de Badalona, which he joined at only 4 years old.[1] Parra would also play for Arenys Bàsquet in the Liga EBA during his youth career.[2]

Professional career

Parra during a 2017 BCL game against Kataja

Parra made his debut in Liga ACB for Joventut in 2017, in a 86-74 defeat against Unicaja Málaga.[3] Parra would also play in the LEB Oro during a loan spell at CB Prat in the 2018-19 season. He would become a first-team Joventut player in the 2019-20 season, achieving an important role for the team during the following seasons. Parra would be named ACB Best Young Player of the 2021-22 season, also making the All-ACB Best Young Players Team that same season.[4] Playing for the Catalans, he would reach the semi-finals of the EuroCup in the 2022-23 season. Parra would terminate his contract with Joventut at the end of the 2022-23 season, after 6 seasons with the Badalona-based club.[5]

On July 11, 2023, Parra would sign a 4-year contract with Joventut's traditional rivals, FC Barcelona of the Liga ACB and Euroleague.[6]

National team career

Parra playing an exhibition game for Catalonia in 2023

Parra played in several international tournaments with the youth ranks of the Spanish national team, winning the U16 European Championship in 2016.[7]

He was selected to the Spanish team for the 2022 EuroBasket in Germany, in which Spain were crowned champions in a final against France.[8]

Parra has also played for the Catalan national team in an exhibition game in July 2023.[9]

Career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  PIR  Performance Index Rating
 Bold  Career high

EuroLeague

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2023–24 Barcelona 26 1 13.0 .484 .272 .692 2.1 .2 .3 .1 2.9 2.7
Career 26 1 13.0 .484 .272 .692 2.1 .2 .3 .1 2.9 2.7

EuroCup

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2019–20 Joventut 16 3 10.9 .478 .285 1.000 2.3 .3 .1 — 2.8 2.8
2020–21 18 4 14.4 .593 .181 .800 2.6 .5 .5 .2 3.1 4.2
2021–22 18 15 23.7 .591 .317 .760 4.9 1.4 .6 .1 10.5 12.4
2022–23 21 16 26.2 .595 .493 .854 3.9 1.2 .5 .0 12.8 14.4
Career 73 38 19.2 .583 .392 .822 3.5 .9 .5 .1 7.7 8.9

Domestic leagues

Year Team League GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2017–18 Spain Joventut ACB 1 3 — .000 — — — — — 0.0
2018–19 Spain Joventut ACB 11 1.8 .556 .000 — 0.5 — — — 0.9
2019–20 Spain Joventut ACB 22 8.7 .400 .227 .625 1.1 .1 .0 .0 1.8
2020–21 Spain Joventut ACB 39 13.8 .539 .378 .767 2.8 .2 .4 .1 3.7
2021–22 Spain Joventut ACB 41 24.2 .536 .369 .831 4.4 .9 .9 .2 8.6
2022–23 Spain Joventut ACB 40 26.3 .551 .308 .823 5.4 1.1 .4 .2 9.6
2023–24 Spain Barcelona ACB 36 17.5 .578 .340 .735 3.2 .6 .5 .1 6.4

Awards and accomplishments

Individual

Spanish junior national team

Spanish national team

References

  1. ^ "Fitxa Joel Parra". verdinegres.cat (in Catalan). Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  2. ^ Toribio, Carles (3 May 2020). "Figures del Bàsquet envien missatges per la gent de l'Arenys Bàsquet: Joel Parra, jugador del Joventut de Badalona de lliga ACB". arenysbasquet.cat (in Catalan). Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  3. ^ "Fitxa Joel Parra". verdinegres.cat (in Catalan). Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  4. ^ "Joel Parra es el Mejor Joven de la Liga Endesa 2021-22". acb.com (in Spanish). 28 April 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  5. ^ "Comunicat oficial: Joel Parra". penya.com (in Catalan). 7 July 2023. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  6. ^ "Joel Parra signa el seu contracte amb el Barça". fcbarcelona.cat (in Catalan). 11 July 2023. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  7. ^ "El uno a uno de los campeones de Europa". Marca (in Spanish). 21 August 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  8. ^ "Spain claim FIBA EuroBasket 2022 crown". FIBA Basketball. 18 September 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  9. ^ "88-94: Regreso histórico de la selección catalana, que cae ante Argentina". Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 5 July 2023. Retrieved 21 January 2025.