— The acquisition of this player is one more great success of our team. – said the General Director of BC Khimki Victor Bychkov. – The negotiations were hard but concluded with the beneficial effect. We signed 2 year contract.

Garbajosa had many offers from great European and NBA teams. But we can with great pleasure establish the fact that Jorge is the player of BC Khimki. He is a very experienced master.

Now Jorge is in a roster of National team of Spain prepares for the Olympic Games. Last year he was injured, but now he got rehabilitated completely as medical examination showed. After Olympic Games he will join our team.

We are sure that with Garbajosa our club will stronger. Last week was very important for us. Our selection campaign is almost completed. And we are satisfied with the results.

Jorge Garbajosa
Position: forward
Born: December 19, 1977
Height: 206 cm


Teams played:
1995/2000 — Taugres/TAU Cerámica
2000/04 — « Benetton Treviso
2004/06 — « Unicaja Málaga
2006/08 — Toronto Raptors
since 2008 — BC Khimki

Achievements:

2006 — The World champion
2003, 2004 — the winner of Italian Cup
2003 — The silver medalist of European championship
2002, 2003 — the champion of Italy
2001, 2002 — The winner of Supercup of Italy
2001 — the bronze medalist of European championship

The player of National team of Spain