El Toredo
“Garbajosa is one of the most important sportsmen that we have,” says Esther Benito, a guide from Madrid’s Tourist Board.

“He is a toredo. Here in Spain, when a male is a winner, he is a toredo. And toredo is a great compliment.”

It means bullfighter. And like a bullfighter, Garbajosa is brave and beloved, a basketball hero — and a dark and handsome heartthrob — in a soccer-mad country that can never seem to win a World Cup.