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{{Short description|American-Panamanian basketball player (1979–2024)}} 
{{refimprove|date=April 2024}}
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{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Ruben Douglas
| image =
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 5
| weight_lbs = 210
| nationality = American / Panamanian
| birth_date = {{birth date|1979|10|30}}
| birth_place = [[Altadena, California]], U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|2024|4|12|1979|10|30}}
| death_place = Costa Rica
| high_school = [[Bellarmine-Jefferson High School|Bellarmine-Jefferson]]<br/>([[Burbank, California]])
| college = 
*[[Arizona Wildcats men's basketball|Arizona]] (1998–1999)
*[[New Mexico Lobos men's basketball|New Mexico]] (2000–2003)
| draft_year = 2003
| career_start = 2003
| career_end = 2012
| career_number = 
| career_position = [[Point guard]] / [[shooting guard]]
| years1       = 2003–2004
| team1        = [[Panionios BC|Panionios]]
| years2       = 2004–2005
| team2        = [[Fortitudo Bologna|Climamio Bologna]] 
| years3       = 2005–2006
| team3        = [[MBC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]] 
| years4       = 2006–2009 
| team4        = [[Valencia BC|Valencia]]
| years5       = 2009
| team5        = [[Lottomatica Roma]] 
| years6       = 2010
| team6        = [[CB Sevilla|Cajasol Sevilla]]
| years7       = 2012
| team7        = [[Uşak Üniversitesi Belediyespor]]
| highlights   = 
* [[EuroCup Basketball Finals MVP|EuroCup Finals MVP]]  ([[2005–06 ULEB Cup|2006]])
* [[EuroCup Basketball|EuroCup]] champion (2006)
* [[Lega Basket Serie A|Italian League]] champion (2005)
* [[Associated Press|AP]] Honorable Mention [[NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans|All-American]] ([[2003 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans|2003]])
* [[List of NCAA Division I men's basketball season scoring leaders|NCAA scoring champion]] (2003)
* [[Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year|Mountain West Player of the Year]] (2003)
* 2× First-team All-[[Mountain West Conference|Mountain West]] (2002, 2003)
* Second-team All-Mountain West (2001)
* Mountain West All-Freshman team (2001)
}}

'''Ruben Enrique Douglas''' (October 30, 1979 – April 12, 2024) was an American-Panamanian professional basketball player. He was a {{convert|1.96|m|adj=on}}, {{convert|210|lb|adj=on}} [[point guard]]-[[shooting guard]].

==High school==
Douglas was born in [[Altadena, California]].<ref name=grammer>{{cite web |last1=Grammer |first1=Geoff |title=Lobo basketball legend Ruben Douglas dies at age 44 |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/lobo-basketball-legend-ruben-douglas-035900563.html |website=Yahoo! Sports |access-date=August 30, 2024 |date=April 28, 2024}}</ref> He played high school basketball at [[Bellarmine-Jefferson High School]] in [[Burbank, California]]. He is ranked as one of the most prolific high school scorers in California state history.

==College career==
After high school, Douglas played [[college basketball]] at the [[University of Arizona]] with the [[Arizona Wildcats men's basketball|Arizona Wildcats]] in the 1998–99 season. Douglas led the [[NCAA]] in scoring with a 28.0 points per game average during the 2002–03 season as a senior at the [[University of New Mexico]] while playing with the [[New Mexico Lobos men's basketball|New Mexico Lobos]]. He was also named the [[Mountain West Conference]] MVP.

==Professional career==
After going [[undrafted]] by any [[NBA]] teams, Douglas played for [[Panionios BC|Panionios]] of the [[Greek Basket League|Greek league]] (2003–04), [[Virtus Roma]] and [[Fortitudo Bologna]] (2004–05) of the [[Lega Basket Serie A|Italian league]], the latter with whom he won the Italian national championship, as well as [[MBC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]] of the [[Russian Basketball Super League 1|Russian league]] (2005–06), and [[Valencia BC|Valencia]] of the [[Liga ACB|Spanish league]] (2006–09). In 2010, he returned to Panionios.<ref>[http://www.basketnet.gr/main/1/a1/articles/1/ouglas-agree-panionios.html Συμφώνησε ο Ντάγκλας!] {{in lang|el}}</ref>

Douglas won the [[ULEB Eurocup|EuroCup]] championship in 2006 with Dynamo Moscow, and he was also named the [[EuroCup Basketball Finals MVP|EuroCup Finals MVP]]. Douglas last played with [[Uşak Üniversitesi Belediyespor]], a Turkish team playing in the [[Turkish Basketball First League|Turkish Second Division]], starting in January 2012. He played against Tenis Eskrim Dağcılık in his first game with Uşak Belediyespor, on January 8, 2012.

==National team career==
Douglas was also a member of the senior men's [[Panama national basketball team]] that competed at the [[2006 FIBA World Championship]].

== Career statistics ==

=== Domestic leagues ===

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center;"
! Season
! Team
! League
! {{Tooltip|GP|Games played}}
! {{Tooltip|MPG|Minutes per game}}
! {{Tooltip|FG%|Field goal percentage}}
! {{Tooltip|3P%|3 point field goal percentage}}
! {{Tooltip|FT%|Free throw percentage}}
! {{Tooltip|RPG|Rebounds per game}}
! {{Tooltip|APG|Assists per game}}
! {{Tooltip|SPG|Steals per game}}
! {{Tooltip|BPG|Blocks per game}}
! {{Tooltip|PPG|Points per game}}
|-
| 2003–04 || [[Panionios B.C.]] || [[Greek Basket League|GBL]] || 26 || 32.2 || .468 || .395 || .808 || 3.7 || 1.5 || 1.3 || .2 || 20.0
|-
| 2004–05 || [[Fortitudo Pallacanestro Bologna|Climamio Bologna]] || [[Lega Basket Serie A|LBA]] || 44 || 27.0 || .514 || .350 || .783 || 5.0 || 1.5 || 1.4 || .1 || 13.0
|-
| 2005–06 || [[BC Dynamo Moscow]] || [[Russian Basketball Super League|Superleague A]] || 22 || 27.5 || .417 || .357 || .842 || 3.6 || 1.8 || .9 || .1 || 15.3
|-
| 2006–07 || rowspan="3" | [[Valencia BC|Pamesa Valencia]] || rowspan="3" | [[Liga ACB|ACB]] || 38 || 29.9 || .469 || .321 || .812 || 3.6 || .9 || 1.0 || .4 || 13.6
|-
| 2007–08 || 37 || 30.5 || .591 || .385 || .839 || 3.1 || 1.1 || .8 || .2 || 16.5
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2008–09 || 20 || 25.4 || .452 || .252 || .836 || 3.4 || .7 || 1.1 || .1 || 10.2
|-
| [[Pallacanestro Virtus Roma|Lottomatica Roma]] || [[Lega Basket Serie A|LBA]] || 16 || 19.8 || .292 || .355 || .690 || 2.1 || 1.3 || .9 || .1 || 7.2
|-
| 2009–10 || [[CB Sevilla|Cajasol Sevilla]] || [[Liga ACB|ACB]] || 16 || 15.2 || .476 || .383 || .867 || 1.8 || .3 || .4 || .3 || 6.7
|-
| 2011–12 || [[Uşak Sportif|Uşak Üniversitesi Belediyespor]] || [[Turkish Basketball First League|TBL]] || 4 || 21.5 || .375 || .267 || .762 || 4.0 || 1.3 || 1.3 || 1.0 || 13.0
|}

==Personal life and death==
Douglas had two children.<ref name=grammer /> He lived in [[Arizona]] and Costa Rica.<ref name=grammer />

Douglas died on April 12, 2024, in Costa Rica, at the age of 44, after experiencing an undisclosed medical issue.<ref>{{cite web|title=Former EuroCup champ Ruben Douglas dead at 44|url=https://www.eurohoops.net/en/euroleague/1664335/former-eurocup-champ-ruben-douglas-dead-at-44/|website=Eurohoops|date=April 26, 2024|accessdate=April 26, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Geoff|last=Grammer|title= Lobo basketball legend Ruben Douglas dies at age 44 |url= https://www.abqjournal.com/sports/lobo-basketball-legend-ruben-douglas-dies-at-age-44/article_521da6c0-0411-11ef-889e-f36b7a920a8e.html | date = April 26, 2024 | website= abqjournal.com | publisher = [[Albuquerque Journal]]|access-date=April 28, 2024}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/ruben-douglas-1.html College statistics]
*{{sports links}}


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