Maxime De Zeeuw

Maxime De Zeeuw (born April 27, 1987) is a Belgian professional basketball player for New Basket Brindisi of the Lega Basket Serie A. 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]

Maxime De Zeeuw
No. 14 – New Basket Brindisi
PositionPower forward
LeagueLega Basket Serie A
Basketball Champions League
Personal information
Born (1987-04-27) April 27, 1987
Uccle, Belgium
NationalityBelgian
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
2012–2014Antwerp Giants
2014–2015Virtus Roma
2015–2016ČEZ Nymburk
2016–2018EWE Oldenburg
2018–2020Obradoiro
2020–2022Hapoel Holon
2022–presentBrindisi
Career highlights and awards

Professional career

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

On July 16, 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 September 19, 2020, De Zeeuw signed with Stelmet Zielona Góra of the PLK and the VTB United League.[8] On September 28, 2020, without playing a single game, his contract has been terminated by mutual agreement.[9]

On November 23, 2020, he has signed with Hapoel Holon of the Israeli Basketball Premier League.[10] On January 27, 2022, De Zeeuw signed with New Basket Brindisi of the Lega Basket Serie A.[11]

International career

He represented Belgium at the EuroBasket 2015 where they lost to Greece in eighth finals with 75–54.[12]

References
  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. Eurocup. Retrieved on 2015-06-30.
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-07-02. Retrieved 2016-06-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. "ACB.COM - El Monbus Obradoiro ficha a Maxime de Zeeuw". www.acb.com (in European Spanish). 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. "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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