Raquel Carrera profile
- Club
- New York Liberty
- Position
- Power Forward
- Nationality
- Spain
- Date of birth
- 2001-10-31
- Birthplace
- Ourense, Spain
- Height
- 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
- Shirt number
- 14
About Raquel Carrera
Raquel Carrera Quintana (born 31 October 2001) is a Spanish professional basketball player for the New York Liberty of the WNBA. She previously played for Valencia Basket of the Liga Femenina de Baloncesto.
She was drafted by the Atlanta Dream with the 15th overall in the 2021 WNBA draft, but her draft rights were later traded to the New York Liberty. Carrera is the third highest Spanish player ever picked in the WNBA draft.
Carrera spent three years in Spain's Women's League 2 with Celta Zorka, where she averaged 12.3 points and 6.5 rebounds. She signed with Valencia in 2019 on a five-year contract. After signing with Valencia, Carrera spent a year with Araski while recovering from injury before returning to Valencia. In her first season with Valencia Basket she won the 2020-21 EuroCup Women scoring two last-second free-throws.