{{short description|Belgian basketball player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Tomas Van Den Spiegel | image = Tomas Van Den Spiegel.jpg | width = 200px | caption = Van den Spiegel in a warm up with [[Real Madrid Baloncesto|Real Madrid]]. | position = | height_ft = 7 | height_in = 0.25 | weight_lbs = 260 | league = | team = | number = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1978|07|10}} | birth_place = [[Ghent]], Belgium | high_school = | college = | draft_year = 2000 | career_start = 1995 | career_end = 2012 | career_number = | career_position = [[Center (basketball)|Center]] | coach_start = | coach_end = | years1 = 1995–1997 | team1 = [[Okapi Aalstar]] | years2 = 1997–2001 | team2 = [[Telindus Oostende]] | years3 = 2001–2002 | team3 = [[Fortitudo Pallacanestro Bologna|Fortitudo Bologna]] | years4 = 2002 | team4 = Telindus Oostende | years5 = 2002–2004 | team5 = Fortitudo Bologna | years6 = 2004–2006 | team6 = [[Pallacanestro Virtus Roma|Virtus Roma]] | years7 = 2006–2007 | team7 = [[PBC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]] | years8 = 2007–2008 | team8 = [[Prokom Trefl Sopot]] | years9 = 2008 | team9 = CSKA Moscow | years10 = 2008 | team10 = [[BC Azovmash Mariupol|Azovmash Mariupol]] | years11 = 2008–2010 | team11 = [[Real Madrid Baloncesto|Real Madrid]] | years12 = 2010–2011 | team12 = [[Pallacanestro Olimpia Milano|Olimpia Milano]] | years13 = 2011–2012 | team13 = Telenet Oostende | highlights = *2× [[EuroLeague]] champion ([[2006 EuroLeague Final Four|2006]], [[2008 EuroLeague Final Four|2008]]) *[[FIBA EuroStar]] (2007) *3× [[Russian Basketball Super League|Russian Super League]] champion (2006–2008) *2× [[Russian Basketball Cup|Russian Cup]] winner (2006, 2007) *2× [[Belgian Basketball League|Belgian League]] champion (2001, 2002) *[[Belgian Basketball Cup|Belgian Cup]] winner (1998, 2001) *[[Belgian Player of the Year (basketball)|Belgian Player of the Year]] (2001) *2× [[Belgian Basketball League|Belgian League]] All-Star (2000, 2001) | medaltemplates = }}
'''Tomas Van Den Spiegel''' (alternate spelling: Thomas, 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 (basketball)|center]] position.
==Professional career== 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 [[Basketball League Belgium Division I|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 [[Basketball League Belgium Division I|Belgian League]] championship titles and 2 [[Belgian Basketball Cup|Belgian Cup]]s.
In 2001, he was named the [[Belgian Player of the Year (basketball)|Belgian Player of the Year]], and he then signed a three-year contract with the [[Italian basketball league system|top-tier level]] [[Lega Basket Serie A|Italian LBA League]] club [[Fortitudo Pallacanestro Bologna|Fortitudo Bologna]], where he was a [[EuroLeague]] runner-up in [[2004 Euroleague Final Four|2004]]. He them moved to the Italian club [[Pallacanestro Virtus Roma|Virtus Roma]]. After a season-and-a-half with Virtus Roma, he chose the Russian club [[PBC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]], as his next career destination.
With CSKA Moscow, Van Den Spiegel won the [[EuroLeague]] championship in both [[2006 Euroleague Final Four|2006]] and [[2008 Euroleague Final Four|2008]]. With CSKA, he was also a EuroLeague runner-up in [[2007 Euroleague Final Four|2007]]. With CSKA, Van Den Spiegel also won three [[Russian Professional Basketball Championship|Russian Championships]] and two [[Russian Basketball Cup|Russian Cups]].
After a couple of short stints, one in Poland with [[Prokom Trefl Sopot]], and one in Ukraine with [[BC Azovmash Mariupol|Azovmash Mariupol]], he played two seasons with [[Real Madrid Baloncesto|Real Madrid]]. After moving to the Italian club [[Pallacanestro Olimpia Milano|Olimpia Milano]] for the 2010–11 season, he moved back to the Belgian League, in early 2011, as he signed a {{frac|4|1|2}}-year contract with [[Telenet Oostende]] in March 2011. He announced his retirement from playing basketball, in July 2013.
==National team career== 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]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20161009141833/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/rpp//q/Tomas%20VAN%20DEN%20SPIEGEL/pid/20897/_//players.html omas VAN DEN SPIEGEL (BEL) participated in 14 FIBA / FIBA Zones events.]</ref>
==Career statistics== {{Euroleague player statistics legend}}
===EuroLeague===
{| class="wikitable" |- | style="background:#AFE6BA; width:3em;"|† |Denotes season in which Van Den Spiegel won the [[EuroLeague champion|EuroLeague]] |}
{{Euroleague player statistics start}} |- | style="text-align:left;"| [[2002–03 Euroleague|2002–03]] | style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"| [[Fortitudo Bologna]] | 15 || 0 || 11.6 || .684 || {{sort|-|—}} || .511 || 3.5 || .3 || .7 || .4 || 5.0 || 6.9 |- | style="text-align:left;"| [[2003–04 Euroleague|2003–04]] | 18 || '''10''' || 19.9 || .583 || {{sort|-|—}} || .554 || 5.8 || .2 || '''1.5''' || .8 || 7.4 || 9.8 |- | style="text-align:left;"| [[2005–06 Euroleague|2005–06]] | style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"| [[PBC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]] | 10 || 0 || 14.0 || .667 || {{sort|-|—}} || .390 || 2.7 || {{sort|-|—}} || .7 || .6 || 4.8 || 4.5 |- | style="text-align:left;"| [[2006–07 Euroleague|2006–07]] | '''21''' || 0 || 14.4 || .654 || {{sort|-|—}} || .489 || 2.9 || .5 || .5 || 1.3 || 4.3 || 5.3 |- | style="text-align:left;background:#AFE6BA;" rowspan="2"| [[2007–08 Euroleague|2007–08]]† | style="text-align:left;"| [[PBC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]] | 8 || 0 || 9.9 || .611 || {{sort|-|—}} || .474 || 2.9 || {{sort|-|—}} || .1 || .1 || 3.9 || 3.8 |- | style="text-align:left;"| [[Arka Gdynia (basketball)|Gdynia]] | 10 || 8 || '''23.8''' || .507 || {{sort|-|—}} || '''.792''' || '''7.6''' || '''.6''' || .9 || '''1.7''' || '''10.6''' || '''15.9''' |- | style="text-align:left;"| [[2008–09 Euroleague|2008–09]] | style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"| [[Real Madrid Baloncesto|Real Madrid]] | 12 || 3 || 13.8 || .667 || {{sort|-|—}} || .538 || 3.6 || .3 || .3 || .3 || 6.1 || 6.8 |- | style="text-align:left;"| [[2009–10 Euroleague|2009–10]] | 2 || 0 || 4.5 || '''1.000''' || {{sort|-|—}} || {{sort|-|—}} || {{sort|-|—}} || .5 || .5 || {{sort|-|—}} || 1.0 || -0.5 |- | style="text-align:left;"| [[2010–11 Euroleague|2010–11]] | style="text-align:left;"| [[Olimpia Milano|Milano]] | 5 || 2 || 7.6 || .333 || {{sort|-|—}} || .750 || 1.8 || {{sort|-|—}} || {{sort|-|—}} || .2 || 2.0 || 0.6 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan=2|Career | 101 || 23 || 14.9 || .605 || {{sort|-|—}} || .552 || 3.9 || .3 || .7 || .8 || 5.6 || 7.0 {{S-end}}
==Executive career== In 2016, Van Den Spiegel became the President of the [[Union of European Leagues of Basketball|Union of European Leagues of Basketball (ULEB)]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eurohoops.net/en/featured/322387/tomas-van-den-spiegel-new-president-uleb/|title=Tomas Van Den Spiegel is the new president of ULEB|date=6 October 2016|website=Eurohoops|accessdate=28 June 2023}}</ref> Since 2018, Van Den Spiegel is the CEO of [[Flanders Classics]].
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{Commonscatinline}} * [http://www.euroleague.net/competition/players/showplayer?gamecode=216&pcode=ASG#!careerstats Euroleague.net profile] * [http://web.legabasket.it/player/?id=VAN-TOM-78 Italian League profile] {{in lang|it}} * [http://www.acb.com/jugador.php?id=BG2 Spanish League profile] {{in lang|es}}
{{PBC CSKA Moscow 2005-06 Euroleague champions}} {{PBC CSKA Moscow 2007-08 Euroleague champions}} {{Belgian Basketball Player of the Year}}
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