{{short description|Belgian basketball player}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Jean Salumu | image = | image_size = 300px | caption = Jean Salumu | position = [[Shooting guard]] / [[small forward]] | height_m = 1.93 | weight_kg = 87 | league = | team = Free Agent | number = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|7|26|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Sint Niklaas]], Belgium | draft_year = 2012 | career_start = 2011 | career_end = | years1 = 2009–2011 | team1 = [[B.C. Oostende|Oostende]] | years2 = 2011–2012 | team2 = [[Leuven Bears]] | years3 = 2012–2018 | team3 = Oostende | years4 = 2018 | team4 = [[Sakarya BB|Sakarya Büyükşehir]] | years5 = 2018–2019 | team5 = [[Pallacanestro Varese|Varese]] | years6 = 2019–2020 | team6 = [[Pistoia Basket 2000|Pistoia]] | years7 = 2020–2021 | team7 = [[SC Rasta Vechta|Rasta Vechta]] | years8 = 2021–2022 | team8 = [[Champagne Chalons-Reims Basket|Champagne Châlons-Reims]] | years9 = 2022–2023 | team9 = [[Trefl Sopot]] | highlights = * 5× [[Basketball League Belgium Division I|PBL]] champion ([[2012–13 Basketball League Belgium Division I|2013]]–[[2016–17 Basketball League Belgium Division I|2017]]) * 7× [[Belgian Basketball Cup|Belgian Cup]] champion (2010, 2013–2018) * [[BNXT League]] champion (2024) * [[Basketball League Belgium Division I MVP|PBL Most Valuable Player]] ([[2017–18 Basketball League Belgium Division I|2018]]) * [[Belgian Player of the Year (basketball)|PBL Belgian Player of the Year]] ([[2017–18 Basketball League Belgium Division I|2018]]) * [[Ethias League Most Promising Player of the Year|PBL Most Promising Player]] ([[2012–13 Ethias League|2013]]) * [[All-Pro Basketball League Teams|PBL All-Offensive Team]] ([[2017–18 Basketball League Belgium Division I|2018]]) * [[All-Pro Basketball League Teams|PBL All-Defensive Team]] ([[2017–18 Basketball League Belgium Division I|2018]]) * [[Polish Basketball Cup|Polish Cup]] winner ([[2023 Polish Basketball Cup|2023]]) }} '''Jean Salumu''' (born 26 July 1990) is a Belgian professional [[basketball]] player who last played for [[Trefl Sopot]] of the [[Polish Basketball League]]. He also represents the [[Belgium national basketball team|Belgian national basketball team]].
In 2018, Salumu was the first Belgian ever to win the [[Basketball League Belgium Division I MVP|Most Valuable Player award]] of the Belgian domestic league.<ref name=mvp>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hln.be/sport/meer-sport/salumu-oostende-verkozen-tot-mvp-akyazili-antwerp-belofte-van-het-jaar~afbac7c8/|title=Salumu (Oostende) verkozen tot MVP, Akyazili (Antwerp) belofte van het jaar|date=22 May 2018|language=nl|access-date=29 May 2018|publisher=HLN.be}}</ref>
==Professional career== ===Belgium (2009–2018)===
Salumu started his career at the highest stage with [[B.C. Oostende]] in the 2009–10 season. In 2011–12 he played for the [[Leuven Bears]]. For the 2012–13 season he signed with Oostende again.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.euroleague.net/competition/players/showplayer?gamecode=3&pcode=004145&seasoncode=EQR13 |title=Salumu, Jean |work=Euroleague.net |date= |accessdate=2014-06-11}}</ref> In January 2013 he extended his contract with 2 seasons.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kw.knack.be/west-vlaanderen/sport/jean-salumu-blijft-twee-jaar-langer-bij-bc-oostende/article-4000237131470.htm?hidePaywall=y |title=Jean Salumu blijft twee jaar langer bij BC Oostende |work=Kw.knack.be |date= |accessdate=2014-06-11}}</ref> After the season, he won the Rookie of the Year/Most Promising Player award.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hetwinkelweb.be/handelaar/detail/bc-telenet-oostende/p/nieuws-detail/jean-salumu-rookie-of-the-year |title=Jean Salumu Rookie of the Year |work=Hetwinkelweb.be |date= |accessdate=2014-06-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160916220302/https://www.hetwinkelweb.be/handelaar/detail/bc-telenet-oostende/p/nieuws-detail/jean-salumu-rookie-of-the-year |archive-date=2016-09-16 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
In May 2018, Salumu was the first ever Belgian player to be named the [[Basketball League Belgium Division I MVP|Belgian League MVP]].<ref name=mvp /> He was also named to the league's All-Offensive and All-Defensive Team, while also winning the [[Belgian Player of the Year (basketball)|Belgian Player of the Year]] award. Salumu's MVP season would be his last one with Oostende, as after the season it was announced he was leaving.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20180711_03608043|title = Jean Salumu verlaat BC Oostende}}</ref>
=== Sakarya Büyükşehir (2018)===
On 18 June 2018, it was announced that Salumu had signed with Turkish club [[Sakarya BB|Sakarya Büyükşehir]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fanatik.com.tr/sakarya-buyuksehir-belediyespor-jean-salumu-yu-transfer-etti-1384823|title=Sakarya Büyükşehir Belediyespor, Jean Salumu'yu transfer etti}}</ref>
=== Pallacanestro Varese (2018–2019) === Salumu signed with the [[Pallacanestro Varese]] of the [[Lega Basket Serie A]] on 18 December 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pallacanestrovarese.it/en/jean-salumu-nuova-firma-per-la-openjobmetis-varese/|title=Jean Salumu, New Signing for Openjobmetis Varese|date=18 December 2018|publisher=Pallacanestro Varese official website|access-date=14 March 2019|archive-date=17 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190317050218/http://www.pallacanestrovarese.it/en/jean-salumu-nuova-firma-per-la-openjobmetis-varese/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
=== Pistoia Basket 2000 (2019–2020) === On 16 September 2019 he signed with [[Pistoia Basket 2000|Pistoia]] of the Italian [[Lega Basket Serie A]] (LBA).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.basketinside.com/serie-a/news-serie-a/a1-pistoia-basket-presentato-jean-salumu/|title=Pistoia Basket, presentato Jean Salumu|date=September 16, 2019|website=Basketinside|language=Italian|access-date=September 20, 2019}}</ref> Salumu averaged 13.1 points, 2.3 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game.<ref name="Yahyabeyoglu" />
=== Rasta Vechta (2020–2021) === On 22 September 2020 Salumu signed with [[SC Rasta Vechta|Rasta Vechta]] of the [[Basketball Bundesliga]].<ref name="Yahyabeyoglu">{{cite web |last1=Yahyabeyoglu |first1=Fersu |title=Vechta inks Jean Salumu |url=https://www.eurobasket.com/Germany/news/645511/Vechta-inks-Jean-Salumu |website=Eurobasket |accessdate=September 22, 2020 |date=September 22, 2020}}</ref>
=== Champagne Basket (2021–2022) === On 13 July 2021 Salumu signed with [[Champagne Chalons-Reims Basket|Champagne Châlons-Reims]] in the [[LNB Pro A|Pro A]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Champagne Basket announces Jean Salumu |url=https://sportando.basketball/en/champagne-basket-announces-jean-salumu/ |website=Sportando |access-date=July 14, 2021 |date=July 13, 2021}}</ref>
=== Trefl Sopot (2022–2023) === On 3 August 2022 he signed with [[Trefl Sopot]] of the [[Polish Basketball League]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://treflsopot.pl/jean-salumu-nowym-zawodnikiem-trefla-sopot/|title=Jean Salumu nowym zawodnikiem Trefla Sopot|last=|first=|date=August 3, 2022|website=treflsopot.pl|publisher=|language=pl|access-date=August 21, 2022}}</ref>
==International career== He represented Belgium at the [[EuroBasket 2015]], where they lost to [[Greece national basketball team|Greece]] in eighth finals with 75–54.<ref>{{cite news|title=GREECE TOO MUCH FOR BELGIUM|url=http://www.eurobasket2015.org/en/compID_qMRZdYCZI6EoANOrUf9le2.season_2015.roundID_9322.coid_99zgqUGsGhQ2C9b0JYJcP1.articleMode_on.html|accessdate=12 September 2015|work=eurobasket2015.org|date=12 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150913160056/http://www.eurobasket2015.org/en/compID_qMRZdYCZI6EoANOrUf9le2.season_2015.roundID_9322.coid_99zgqUGsGhQ2C9b0JYJcP1.articleMode_on.html|archive-date=13 September 2015|url-status=usurped}}</ref>
==Honours== ;[[B.C. Oostende|Telenet Oostende]] *[[Ethias League|Belgian Championship]] (5): 2012-2013, 2013-2014, 2014–2015, 2015-2016, 2016-2017 *[[Belgian Basketball Cup|Belgian Cup]] (6): 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 Individual awards: *[[Ethias League Most Promising Player of the Year|BLB Most Promising Player]]: 2013
==Trivia== His brother Sylvestre is a rapper, better known as Woodie Smalls.
==References== {{reflist}}
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