{{short description|Belgian basketball player (born 1987)}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Maxime De Zeeuw | image = | image_size = | caption = | position = [[Power forward (basketball)|Power forward]] | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 9 | weight_lb = 253 | league = | team = Free Agent | number = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|4|26|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Uccle]], Belgium | draft_year = 2009 | career_start = 2004 | career_end = | years1 = 2004–2005 | team1 = [[Excelsior Brussels|Brussels]] | years2 = 2005–2010 | team2 = [[VOO Wolves Verviers-Pepinster|Verviers-Pepinster]] | years3 = [[2010–11 Basketball League Belgium Division I|2010–2011]] | team3 = [[Optima Gent]] | years4 = [[2011–12 Basketball League Belgium Division I|2011–2012]] | team4 = Verviers-Pepinster | years5 = [[2012–13 Basketball League Belgium Division I|2012]]–[[2013–14 Basketball League Belgium Division I|2014]] | team5 = [[Antwerp Giants]] | years6 = [[2014–15 Lega Basket Serie A|2014–2015]] | team6 = [[Virtus Roma]] | years7 = [[2015–16 National Basketball League (Czech Republic) season|2015–2016]] | team7 = [[Basketball Nymburk|ČEZ Nymburk]] | years8 = [[2016–17 Basketball Bundesliga|2016]]–[[2017–18 Basketball Bundesliga|2018]] | team8 = [[EWE Baskets Oldenburg|EWE Oldenburg]] | years9 = [[2018–19 ACB season|2018]]–2020 | team9 = [[Obradoiro CAB|Obradoiro]] | years10 = 2020–2022 | team10 = [[Hapoel Holon]] | years11 = 2022 | team11 = [[New Basket Brindisi|Brindisi]] | years12 = 2022–2024 | team12 = [[Limburg United]] | highlights = *[[National Basketball League (Czech Republic)|Czech League]] champion ([[2015–16 National Basketball League (Czech Republic) season|2016]]) *[[Ethias League|Belgian League]] Rookie of the Year (2005) *[[Ethias League Most Promising Player of the Year|Belgian League Young Player of the Year]] ([[2008–09 Basketball League Belgium Division I|2009]]) *[[Belgian Player of the Year (basketball)|Belgian Player of the Year]] ([[2013–14 Basketball League Belgium Division I|2014]]) }} '''Maxime De Zeeuw''' (born 26 April 1987) is a Belgian professional [[basketball]] player who last played for [[Limburg United]] of the [[BNXT League]]. De Zeeuw usually plays at the [[power forward (basketball)|power forward]] position. He has also been a member of the [[Belgium national basketball team|Belgian national basketball team]], whom he played with at the [[EuroBasket|European championships]] of [[EuroBasket 2011|2011]], [[EuroBasket 2013|2013]], [[EuroBasket 2015|2015]], and [[EuroBasket 2017|2017]].<ref>[http://www.eurobasket2013.org/en/cid_8Xfg3jZMG1QuJnp6pnUWd3.playerID_43788.compID_qMRZdYCZI6EoANOrUf9le2.season_2013.roundID_8732.teamID_245.html Maxime de Zeeuw at eurobasket2013.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109140532/http://www.eurobasket2013.org/en/cid_8Xfg3jZMG1QuJnp6pnUWd3.playerID_43788.compID_qMRZdYCZI6EoANOrUf9le2.season_2013.roundID_8732.teamID_245.html |date=2013-11-09 }}</ref>
==Professional career== During the 2013-2014 [[EuroChallenge]] campaign with his team [[Antwerp Giants]], De Zeeuw was awarded the title of European Player of the Year and Best Defensive Player of the Year by ''[[Eurobasket.com]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.eurobasket.com/EuroChallenge/basketball.aspx?NewsID=359851 |title=All EuroChallenge Awards 2014 |access-date=2014-05-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140508042653/http://www.eurobasket.com/EuroChallenge/basketball.asp?NewsID=359851 |archive-date=2014-05-08 |url-status=live }}</ref>
De Zeeuw had an impressive 2013–14 season, in which he was named [[Belgian Player of the Year (basketball)|Belgian Player of the Year]].<ref>[http://www.nieuwsblad.be/sportwereld/cnt/dmf20140511_01100714 Maxime de Zeeuw van Antwerp Giants is Speler van het Jaar]. ''Nieuwsblad.be''. Retrieved on 2014-08-01.</ref>
For the 2014–15 season, De Zeeuw signed a contract with [[Virtus Roma|Acea Roma]] of the [[Italy|Italian]] [[Lega Basket Serie A|LBA]].<ref>[http://www.basketinside.com/2014/ufficiale-la-virtus-roma-ingaggia-maxime-de-zeeuw/ Ufficiale: la Virtus Roma ingaggia Maxime de Zeeuw]. ''Basketinside.com''. Retrieved on 2014-08-01.</ref>
For the 2015–16 season, De Zeeuw signed with the Czech team [[Basketball Nymburk|ČEZ Nymburk]] of [[EuroCup Basketball|EuroCup]].<ref>[http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/news/i/665wp679gmc4s7gl/nymburk-signs-de-zeeuw-and-sant-roos-extends-hruban Nymburk signs De Zeeuw and Sant-Roos, extends Hruban]{{dead link|date=February 2023|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}. ''Eurocup''. Retrieved on 2015-06-30.</ref>
On 29 June 2016 De Zeeuw signed with [[EWE Baskets Oldenburg]] of the [[Basketball Bundesliga]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ewe-baskets.de/medien/pressemitteilungen/top-news/1347-kader-komplett-maxime-de-zeeuw-besetzt-letzte-schluesselposition |title=Kader komplett: Maxime de Zeeuw besetzt letzte Schlüsselposition |access-date=2016-06-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160702003829/http://ewe-baskets.de/medien/pressemitteilungen/top-news/1347-kader-komplett-maxime-de-zeeuw-besetzt-letzte-schluesselposition |archive-date=2016-07-02 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
On 16 July 2018 De Zeeuw signed a two-year deal with [[Obradoiro CAB|Monbus Obradoiro]] of the [[Liga ACB]].<ref>{{cite news |title=ACB.COM - El Monbus Obradoiro ficha a Maxime de Zeeuw |url=http://www.acb.com/redaccion.php?id=142166 |accessdate=16 July 2018 |work=www.acb.com |date=16 July 2018 |language=es-ES |archive-date=16 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180716165551/http://www.acb.com/redaccion.php?id=142166 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He averaged 3.4 points and 2.0 rebounds per game in the 2019-20 season.
On 19 September 2020 De Zeeuw signed with [[Basket Zielona Góra|Stelmet Zielona Góra]] of the [[Polish Basketball League|PLK]] and the [[VTB United League]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Maxime de Zeeuw signs with Stelmet Zielona Gora |url=https://sportando.basketball/en/maxime-de-zeeuw-signs-with-stelmet-zielona-gora/ |website=Sportando |accessdate=September 19, 2020 |date=September 19, 2020}}</ref> On 28 September 2020, without playing a single game, his contract has been terminated by mutual agreement.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.basketzg.pl/news/rolands-freimanis-w-zielonej-gorze|title=Rolands Freimanis w Zielonej Górze |last=|first=|date=September 28, 2020|website=|publisher=basketzg.pl|language=Polish|access-date=September 29, 2020}}</ref>
On 23 November 2020 he signed with [[Hapoel Holon]] of the [[Israeli Basketball Premier League]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sportando.basketball/en/hapoel-holon-lands-maxime-de-zeeuw/|title=Hapoel Holon lands Maxime de Zeeuw|last=|first=|date=November 23, 2020|website=|publisher=Sportando|language=En|access-date=November 23, 2020}}</ref>
On 27 January 2022 De Zeeuw signed with [[New Basket Brindisi]] of the [[Lega Basket Serie A]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Happy Casa Brindisi officially signs Maxime de Zeeuw |url=https://sportando.basketball/en/happy-casa-brindisi-officially-signs-maxime-de-zeeuw/ |website=Sportando |access-date=January 27, 2022 |date=January 27, 2022}}</ref>
On 1 July 2022 he signed with [[Limburg United]] of the [[BNXT League]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hubolimburgunited.be/nl/nieuws/hubo-limburg-united-heeft-toptransfer-beet-en-versterkt-zich-met-kersvers-belgian-lions-kapitein-maxime-de-zeeuw~gptjp21ubh|title=Hubo Limburg United heeft toptransfer beet en versterkt zich met kersvers Belgian Lions kapitein Maxime de Zeeuw!|last=|first=|date=July 1, 2022|website=hubolimburgunited.be|publisher=|language=nl|access-date=August 29, 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>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[http://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Maxime_De_Zeeuw/Port_of_Antwerp_Giants/77355?Cntry=&PlayerID=77355&stats=2013 Eurobasket.com profile]
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