Tomas Van Den Spiegel (born 10 July 1978 in Ghent, Belgium) is a Belgian former professional basketball player and the current president of ULEB. At a height of 2.14 m (7 ft 1⁄4) tall, he played at the center position.
Van Den Spiegel first began playing basketball in the youth age club ranks of Osiris Denderleeuw, from 1987 to 1995, and then with the youth clubs of Okapi Aalst. He debuted at age 17, in the Belgian first division. He was named Belgian League Rookie of the year in 1996. In 1997, he moved to Sunair Oostende. With Oostende, he won two Belgian League championship titles and 2 Belgian Cups.
With CSKA Moscow, Van Den Spiegel won the EuroLeague championship in both 2006 and 2008. With CSKA, he was also a EuroLeague runner-up in 2007. With CSKA, Van Den Spiegel also won three Russian Championships and two Russian Cups.
After a couple of short stints, one in Poland with Prokom Trefl Sopot, and one in the Ukraine with Azovmash Mariupol, he played two seasons with Real Madrid. After moving to the Italian club Olimpia Milano for the 2010–11 season, he moved back to the Belgian League, in early 2011, as he signed a 4-and-a-half-year contract with Telenet Oostende in March 2011. He announced his retirement from playing basketball, in July 2013.
^omas VAN DEN SPIEGEL (BEL) participated in 14 FIBA / FIBA Zones events.
^Tomas Van Den Spiegel is the new president of ULEB.
External links
Euroleague.net Profile
Italian League Profile (in Italian)
Spanish League Profile (in Spanish)
January 07, 2023
tomas, spiegel, born, july, 1978, ghent, belgium, belgian, former, professional, basketball, player, current, president, uleb, height, tall, played, center, position, spiegel, warm, with, real, madrid, personal, informationborn, 1978, july, 1978, ghent, belgiu. Tomas Van Den Spiegel born 10 July 1978 in Ghent Belgium is a Belgian former professional basketball player and the current president of ULEB At a height of 2 14 m 7 ft 1 4 tall he played at the center position Tomas Van Den SpiegelVan den Spiegel in a warm up with Real Madrid Personal informationBorn 1978 07 10 10 July 1978 age 44 Ghent BelgiumNationalityBelgianListed height7 ft 0 25 in 2 14 m Listed weight260 lb 118 kg Career informationNBA draft2000 UndraftedPlaying career1995 2012PositionCenterCareer history1995 1997Okapi Aalstar1997 2001Telindus Oostende2001 2002Fortitudo Bologna2002Telindus Oostende2002 2004Fortitudo Bologna2004 2006Virtus Roma2006 2007CSKA Moscow2007 2008Prokom Trefl Sopot2008CSKA Moscow2008Azovmash Mariupol2008 2010Real Madrid2010 2011Olimpia Milano2011 2012Telenet OostendeCareer highlights and awards2 EuroLeague champion 2006 2008 Belgian Player of the Year 2001 Contents 1 Basketball playing career 1 1 Pro clubs 1 2 Belgian national team 2 Executive career 3 References 4 External linksBasketball playing career EditPro clubs Edit Van Den Spiegel first began playing basketball in the youth age club ranks of Osiris Denderleeuw from 1987 to 1995 and then with the youth clubs of Okapi Aalst He debuted at age 17 in the Belgian first division He was named Belgian League Rookie of the year in 1996 In 1997 he moved to Sunair Oostende With Oostende he won two Belgian League championship titles and 2 Belgian Cups In 2001 he was named the Belgian Player of the Year and he then signed a three year contract with the top tier level Italian LBA League club Fortitudo Bologna where he was a EuroLeague runner up in 2004 He them moved to the Italian club Virtus Roma After a season and a half with Virtus Roma he chose the Russian club CSKA Moscow as his next career destination With CSKA Moscow Van Den Spiegel won the EuroLeague championship in both 2006 and 2008 With CSKA he was also a EuroLeague runner up in 2007 With CSKA Van Den Spiegel also won three Russian Championships and two Russian Cups After a couple of short stints one in Poland with Prokom Trefl Sopot and one in the Ukraine with Azovmash Mariupol he played two seasons with Real Madrid After moving to the Italian club Olimpia Milano for the 2010 11 season he moved back to the Belgian League in early 2011 as he signed a 4 and a half year contract with Telenet Oostende in March 2011 He announced his retirement from playing basketball in July 2013 Belgian national team Edit Van Den Spiegel was also a member of the senior men s Belgian national basketball team With Belgium s senior national team he played at the EuroBasket 2011 1 Executive career EditIn 2016 Van Den Spiegel became the President of the Union of European Leagues of Basketball ULEB 2 Since 2018 Van Den Spiegel is the CEO of Flanders Classics References Edit omas VAN DEN SPIEGEL BEL participated in 14 FIBA FIBA Zones events Tomas Van Den Spiegel is the new president of ULEB External links EditEuroleague net Profile Italian League Profile in Italian Spanish League Profile in Spanish Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Tomas Van Den Spiegel amp oldid 1129716927, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
