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Belgian basketball player

Maxime De Zeeuw

Free Agent
Position Power forward
Personal information
Born (1987-04-26) 26 April 1987 (age 37)Uccle, Belgium
Listed height 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight 253 lb (115 kg)
Career information
NBA draft 2009: undrafted
Playing career 2004–present
Career history
2004–2005 Brussels
2005–2010 Verviers-Pepinster
2010–2011 Optima Gent
2011–2012 Verviers-Pepinster
20122014 Antwerp Giants
2014–2015 Virtus Roma
2015–2016 ČEZ Nymburk
20162018 EWE Oldenburg
2018–2020 Obradoiro
2020–2022 Hapoel Holon
2022 Brindisi
2022–2024 Limburg United
Career highlights and awards
Czech League champion (2016) Belgian League Rookie of the Year (2005) Belgian League Young Player of the Year (2009) Belgian Player of the Year (2014)

Maxime De Zeeuw (born 26 April 1987) is a Belgian professional basketball player who last played for Limburg United of the BNXT League. De Zeeuw usually plays at the power forward position. He has also been a member of the Belgian national basketball team, whom he played with at the European championships of 2011, 2013, 2015, and 2017.[1]

Professional career

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During the 2013-2014 EuroChallenge campaign with his team Antwerp Giants, De Zeeuw was awarded the title of European Player of the Year and Best Defensive Player of the Year by Eurobasket.com.[2]

De Zeeuw had an impressive 2013–14 season , in which he was named Belgian Player of the Year.[3]

For the 2014–15 season, De Zeeuw signed a contract with Acea Roma of the Italian LBA.[4]

For the 2015–16 season, De Zeeuw signed with the Czech team ČEZ Nymburk of EuroCup.[5]

On 29 June 2016 De Zeeuw signed with EWE Baskets Oldenburg of the Basketball Bundesliga.[6]

On 16 July 2018 De Zeeuw signed a two-year deal with Monbus Obradoiro of the Liga ACB.[7] He averaged 3.4 points and 2.0 rebounds per game in the 2019-20 season.

On 19 September 2020 De Zeeuw signed with Stelmet Zielona Góra of the PLK and the VTB United League.[8] On 28 September 2020, without playing a single game, his contract has been terminated by mutual agreement.[9]

On 23 November 2020 he signed with Hapoel Holon of the Israeli Basketball Premier League.[10]

On 27 January 2022 De Zeeuw signed with New Basket Brindisi of the Lega Basket Serie A.[11]

On 1 July 2022 he signed with Limburg United of the BNXT League.[12]

International career

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He represented Belgium at the EuroBasket 2015 where they lost to Greece in eighth finals with 75–54.[13]

  1. ^ Maxime de Zeeuw at eurobasket2013.com Archived 2013-11-09 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "All EuroChallenge Awards 2014". Archived from the original on 2014-05-08. Retrieved 2014-05-07.
  3. ^ Maxime de Zeeuw van Antwerp Giants is Speler van het Jaar. Nieuwsblad.be. Retrieved on 2014-08-01.
  4. ^ Ufficiale: la Virtus Roma ingaggia Maxime de Zeeuw. Basketinside.com. Retrieved on 2014-08-01.
  5. ^ Nymburk signs De Zeeuw and Sant-Roos, extends Hruban[_dead link_]. Eurocup. Retrieved on 2015-06-30.
  6. ^ "Kader komplett: Maxime de Zeeuw besetzt letzte Schlüsselposition". Archived from the original on 2016-07-02. Retrieved 2016-06-28.
  7. ^ "ACB.COM - El Monbus Obradoiro ficha a Maxime de Zeeuw". www.acb.com (in European Spanish). 16 July 2018. Archived from the original on 16 July 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  8. ^ "Maxime de Zeeuw signs with Stelmet Zielona Gora". Sportando. September 19, 2020. Retrieved September 19, 2020.
  9. ^ "Rolands Freimanis w Zielonej Górze" (in Polish). basketzg.pl. September 28, 2020. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
  10. ^ "Hapoel Holon lands Maxime de Zeeuw". Sportando. November 23, 2020. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
  11. ^ "Happy Casa Brindisi officially signs Maxime de Zeeuw". Sportando. January 27, 2022. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  12. ^ "Hubo Limburg United heeft toptransfer beet en versterkt zich met kersvers Belgian Lions kapitein Maxime de Zeeuw!". hubolimburgunited.be (in Dutch). July 1, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
  13. ^ "GREECE TOO MUCH FOR BELGIUM". eurobasket2015.org. 12 September 2015. Archived from the original on 13 September 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2015.