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Alex Laurent
Luxembourgian basketball player
Alex Laurent (born 6 June 1993) is a Luxembourgian-German professional basketball player. He currently plays for BBC Amicale Steinsel. He is also a member of the Luxembourg national basketball team.
Laurent with Luxembourg in 2014 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1993-06-06) 6 June 1993 (age 30) Luxembourg, Luxembourg |
| Nationality | Luxembourgian |
| Listed height | 196 cm (6 ft 5 in) |
| Career information | |
| Playing career | 2012–present |
| Position | Power forward |
| Number | 22 |
| Career history | |
| 2012–2017 | Amicale Steinsel |
| 2017–2019 | Den Helder Suns |
| 2019 | Ciudad de Ponferrada |
| 2019–2020 | BSC Fürstenfeld Panthers |
| 2020–2021 | Klosterneuburg Dukes |
| 2021–2022 | Kortrijk Spurs |
| 2022–2023 | Gladiators Trier |
| 2023–present | Amicale Steinsel |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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From 2012 until 2017, Laurent played for BBC Amicale Steinsel in the Luxembourgian first division Total League. Laurent's best season was the 2013–14 season, in which he averaged 11.4 points in 24.8 minutes per game.[1] In his last two seasons with Amicale, he won the Luxembourgian national championship.
On 27 July 2017 Laurent signed with Den Helder Suns of the Dutch Basketball League (DBL).[2] He averaged 11.3 points and 4.9 rebounds per game in his first year on the team. On 17 July 2018 Laurent re-signed with the squad.[3] In July 2018, he re-signed for another season with Den Helder.[4]
Laurent started the 2019-20 campaign with CB Ciudad de Ponferrada of the Spanish LEB Plata[5] and then joined the BSC Fürstenfeld Panthers of Austria's top-flight during the season.[6] He subsequently was signed by fellow Austrian side Klosterneuburg Dukes.[7]
In the 2021-22 season, Laurent played for the Kortrijk Spurs in Belgium's second-tier league. He was granted German citizenship in 2022. Laurent's mother is of German descent.[8]
On 12 June 2022 he signed with Gladiators Trier of the German ProA league.[9] He parted company with the Trier side at the conclusion of the 2022-23 campaign.[10]
On 3 October 2023, he returned to BBC Amicale Steinsel.[11]
- "Laurent blijft bij de Suns". www.basketballleague.nl. Archived from the original on 22 July 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
- "Alex Laurent llega al Ciudad de Ponferrada". Federación Española de Baloncesto (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-04-28.
- "Panthers reagieren auf Simon-Verletzung. Als Ersatz für Patrick Simon verpflichten die Panthers den Luxemburger Forward Alex Laurent". Panthers Fürstenfeld. Retrieved 2023-04-28.
- "Alex Laurent spillt nächst Saison bei Klosterneuburg". Fédération Luxembourgeoise de Basket Ball FLBB. Retrieved 2023-04-28.
- "Basketball / Ein perfektes Timing: Alex Laurent über seinen Wechsel zu den Gladiators Trier". Tageblatt Lëtzebuerg (in German). Retrieved 2023-04-28.
- "Nächster Neuzugang bei den RÖMERSTROM Gladiators Trier. Alex Laurent wechselt an die Mosel" (in German). Gladiators Treves. June 12, 2022. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
- "Basketball / "Das mental schwierigste Jahr": Alex Laurent blickt auf seine Saison in Trier zurück". Luxemburger Tageblatt (in German). Retrieved 2023-06-04.
- "Basketball / Alex Laurent kehrt nach Steinsel zurück". www.tageblatt.lu (in German). 2023-10-03. Retrieved 2024-01-06.