— As you remember, last season the position of playmaker wasn’t the strongest in our team, said the BC Khimki general manager Victor BYCHKOV. – The guard of high-level is our first-priority in our transfer company. We explored many possibilities and our work was crowned with success. Raul Lopez is very experienced player. He will help us in first Euroleague season,

Raul LOPEZ
Height: 182 см
Weight: 72 kg
Born: 15 of April 1980
Nationality: Spain

Team played:

DKV Joventut (1998-00)
Real Madrid (2000-02)
Utah Jazz (2002-05)
Akasvayu Girona (2005-06)
Real Madrid (2005-09)
BC Khimki — since 2009

Achievements:
2001 – The “All stars game” in Spanish game.
2007 — The Spanish champion, ULEB Cup winner.
2008 – the Spanish championship regular season winner.
Since 2000 — The National team of Spain player;
1999 – The World champion (U18);
2001 — The European championship bronze medalist;
2008 — The Olympic Games silver medalist