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Alex Laurent

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Alex Laurent
Laurent with Luxembourg in 2014
Personal information
Born (1993-06-06) 6 June 1993 (age 31)
Luxembourg, Luxembourg
NationalityLuxembourgian
Listed height196 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Career information
Playing career2012–present
PositionPower forward
Number22
Career history
2012–2017Amicale Steinsel
2017–2019Den Helder Suns
2019Ciudad de Ponferrada
2019–2020BSC Fürstenfeld Panthers
2020–2021Klosterneuburg Dukes
2021–2022Kortrijk Spurs
2022–2023Gladiators Trier
2023–presentAmicale Steinsel
Career highlights and awards

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.

Professional career

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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] In 2024, he captured the Luxembourg national championship title with Steinsel.[12]

References

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  1. ^ RealGM
  2. ^ Luxemburgse forward voor de Suns
  3. ^ Alex Laurent re-signs with Den Helder Suns[permanent dead link‍]
  4. ^ "Laurent blijft bij de Suns". www.basketballleague.nl. Archived from the original on 22 July 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  5. ^ "Alex Laurent llega al Ciudad de Ponferrada". Federación Española de Baloncesto (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-04-28.
  6. ^ "Panthers reagieren auf Simon-Verletzung. Als Ersatz für Patrick Simon verpflichten die Panthers den Luxemburger Forward Alex Laurent". Panthers Fürstenfeld. Retrieved 2023-04-28.
  7. ^ "Alex Laurent spillt nächst Saison bei Klosterneuburg". Fédération Luxembourgeoise de Basket Ball FLBB. Retrieved 2023-04-28.
  8. ^ "Basketball / Ein perfektes Timing: Alex Laurent über seinen Wechsel zu den Gladiators Trier". Tageblatt Lëtzebuerg (in German). Retrieved 2023-04-28.
  9. ^ "Nächster Neuzugang bei den RÖMERSTROM Gladiators Trier. Alex Laurent wechselt an die Mosel" (in German). Gladiators Treves. June 12, 2022. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  10. ^ "Basketball / "Das mental schwierigste Jahr": Alex Laurent blickt auf seine Saison in Trier zurück". Luxemburger Tageblatt (in German). Retrieved 2023-06-04.
  11. ^ "Basketball / Alex Laurent kehrt nach Steinsel zurück". www.tageblatt.lu (in German). 2023-10-03. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
  12. ^ "Steinsel ist zurück auf dem Basketball-Thron". luxemburger-wort-online (in German). 2024-05-16. Retrieved 2024-05-16.
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