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Maxime De Zeeuw

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Maxime De Zeeuw
Free Agent
PositionPower forward
Personal information
Born (1987-04-26) 26 April 1987 (age 37)
Uccle, Belgium
Listed height6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight253 lb (115 kg)
Career information
NBA draft2009: undrafted
Playing career2004–present
Career history
2004–2005Brussels
2005–2010Verviers-Pepinster
2010–2011Optima Gent
2011–2012Verviers-Pepinster
20122014Antwerp Giants
2014–2015Virtus Roma
2015–2016ČEZ Nymburk
20162018EWE Oldenburg
2018–2020Obradoiro
2020–2022Hapoel Holon
2022Brindisi
2022–2024Limburg United
Career highlights and awards

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]

References

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  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.
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