Rivero comes back to Valencia

- August 31, 2026

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

Jasiel Rivero

Defending champion Valencia Basket (Liga Endesa) added 32-year-old Cuban international center Jasiel Rivero (206cm-110kg-1993) to their roster for the 2026-27 season. Rivero is making a comeback to Valencia, having played there before. Last season, he played for Crvena zvezda in the Serbian KLS league, averaging 4.8ppg and 1.7rpg in 9 Euroleague games and 6.6ppg and 1.4rpg in 9 ABA League games. His team finished as the regular season runner-up in Adriatic League Group B in 2026.

For two previous seasons (2023-25), he played at Maccabi Tel Aviv in the Winner League in the Israeli league.
Rivero also represented Cuba at the Central American and Caribbean Games in San Salvador (El Salvador) three years ago.
He is a very experienced player. Rivero has played between Argentina (Boca Juniors and Estudiantes Concordia), Israel, Uruguay (Tabare), Spain (Burgos), and Cuba (Capitalinos).
In 2024, he was voted to Eurobasket.com All-Israeli League Honorable Mention. In 2026, his team finished as the regular season runner-up in Adriatic League Group B.

Valencia Basket roster for 2026-27:

Guards:
TJ Shorts
Armoni Brooks
Gonzalo Corbalan
Omari Moore
Lucas Mari
Mario Saint-Supery

Forwards:
Kameron Taylor
Elias Valtonen
Nathan Reuvers
Mouhamadou Gueye
Wildens Leveque

Centers:
Dylan Osetkowski
Jasiel Rivero

Coach: Xavier Albert

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