[EN] Former Casademont Zaragoza player Carla Leite signs for CBK Mersin in Turkey

Far away is Casademont Zaragoza that Monday last April when the recent joy of having won the bronze medal in Euroleague was partly tarnished by the news that Carla Leite, by her own decision, was leaving the red-and-white discipline ahead of time. Now and a few months later, the French point guard, who is currently having his best campaign in the WNBA, signs for the Turkish CBK Mersin for the next two seasons.

In this way and when his participation in the American league ends, Leite will return to Europe again after his departure from the Aragonese capital to join the Ottoman team. After debuting last season in the WNBA in a situation that later made her join the ranks of Casademont, the Frenchwoman is signing her best campaign in the American competition this year, leaving several outstanding performances and averaging 15.8 points, 2.1 rebounds and 6.3 assists per game with the Portland Fire.

In Turkey, the French point guard will play in the national competition, but will not play this season in a Euroleague competition where last year he signed his best performances with the Casademont jersey. This is because Mersin, despite being the reigning Eurocup champions, has not won a ticket to the best continental tournament and will return to play in the second competition on the European scene that, precisely, Leite won in the 2024-2025 season with Villeneuve d’Ascq before joining Casademont.

HIS DEPARTURE FROM ZARAGOZA

After paying the termination clause of his contract, Leite left Zaragoza last April, just one day after winning the bronze medal in the Euroleague Final Six. Precisely, the Frenchwoman was the best player of the Aragonese team in the triumph against Girona (66-63) that ruled the third and fourth place in the European competition, harvesting 20 points, 6 assists and 20 rating credits in the conquest of the continental bronze medal.

A bombshell that caused Casademont to be left without one of its most valuable and differential pieces on the court while losing a key player in the outside game. All this at a time when the red-and-white club was about to finish the regular phase of the league and start facing a playoff for the title where the Aragonese fell in the final against Valencia Basket.