Jorn Steinbach

{{short description|Belgian basketball player}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Jorn Steinbach | image = | career_number = 4 | career_position = [[Point guard]] | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 11 | weight_lb = | league = | team = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1989|1|20}} | birth_place = [[Ghent]], [[Belgium]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Leroux |first=Daniel |url=http://basketball.realgm.com/player/Jorn_Steinbach/Summary/26009 |title=Jorn Steinbach – Profile |work=RealGM.com |date= |accessdate=2014-08-10}}</ref> | high_school = | college = | draft_year = 2011 | career_start = 2008 | career_end= 2014 | years1 = [[2009–10 Basketball League Belgium Division I|2009]]–[[2011–12 Basketball League Belgium Division I|2012]] | team1 = [[Okapi Aalstar]] | years2 = [[2012–13 Basketball League Belgium Division I|2012]]–[[2013–14 Basketball League Belgium Division I|2014]] | team2 = [[Spirou Charleroi]] | highlights = *[[Belgian Player of the Year (basketball)|Belgian Player of the Year]] ([[2011–12 Basketball League Belgium Division I|2012]]) *[[Ethias League Most Promising Player of the Year|Belgian League Most Promising Player of the Year]] ([[2009–10 Basketball League Belgium Division I|2010]]) *[[Belgian Basketball Cup|Belgian Cup]] winner (2012) | letter = | bbr = | nba_profile = }} [[File:Basketbal april 2013 Oostende-Charleroi.JPG|thumb|Basketball match: BC Telenet Oostende (yellow) - Belgacom Spirou Charleroi (red) in the Sleuyter Arena, Ostend]] '''Jorn Steinbach''' (born 20 January 1989) is a former Belgian professional [[basketball]] player.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/?seasoncode=U2013&pcode=004297 |title=STEINBACH, JORN |publisher=EurocupBasketball.com |date=1989-01-20 |accessdate=2014-08-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Jorn_Steinbach/Belgium/Belgacom_Spirou_Charleroi/78244 |title=Jorn Steinbach – Profile |publisher=Eurobasket.com |accessdate=2014-08-10}}</ref>

==Professional career== Steinbach made his debut in the Tweede Nationale (the Belgian second division) for Waregem. In March 2009 he signed a contract with professional club [[Okapi Aalstar]] for the rest of the season. Steinbach won the [[Belgian Basketball Cup|Belgian Cup]] in 2011–12, the season in which he had a breakthrough campaign. Steinbach averaged 10.3 points a game for Okapi and was named [[Belgian Player of the Year (basketball)|Belgian Player of the Year]].

He signed a 2-year contract with [[Spirou Charleroi]] at the start of the 2012–13 season.<ref>{{Cite news | url = http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/home/transactions/eurocup-2012-13/i/98347/7363/belgacom-spirou-tabs-steinbach | title = BELGACOM SPIROU tabs Steinbach | work = EurocupBasketball.com | date = 2012-06-11 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20140812210843/http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/home/transactions/eurocup-2012-13/i/98347/7363/belgacom-spirou-tabs-steinbach | archivedate = 2014-08-12 }}</ref>

Steinbach retired at the age of 26 after several hip operations which ended his career.<ref>[http://sportmagazine.knack.be/sport/andere-sporten/steinbach-ik-ben-een-slechte-investering-geweest-voor-charleroi/article-normal-536013.html Steinbach: 'Ik ben een slechte investering geweest voor Charleroi']</ref>

==Honours== *[[Ethias League Most Promising Player of the Year|Belgian League Most Promising Player of the Year]]: (2010) *[[Belgian Basketball Cup|Belgian Cup]] Champion (1): (2012) *[[Belgian Player of the Year (basketball)|Belgian Player of the Year]] (1): (2012)

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