Tomas Van Den Spiegel

Tomas Van Den Spiegel

Van den Spiegel, in a warm up with Real Madrid
Personal information
Born	(1978-07-10) 10 July 1978 Ghent, Belgium
Nationality	Belgian
Listed height	7 ft 0.25 in (2.14 m)
Listed weight	260 lb (118 kg)
Career information
NBA draft	2000 / Undrafted
Playing career	1995–2012
Position	Center
Career history
1987–1995	Osiris Denderleeuw
1995–1997	Okapi Aalstar
1997–2001	Telindus Oostende
2001–2002	Fortitudo Bologna
2002	Telindus Oostende
2002–2004	Fortitudo Bologna
2004–2006	Virtus Roma
2006–2007	CSKA Moscow
2007–2008	Prokom Trefl Sopot
2008	CSKA Moscow
2008	Azovmash Mariupol
2008–2010	Real Madrid
2010–2011	Olimpia Milano
2011–2012	Telenet Oostende
Career highlights and awards
Belgian Player of the Year (2001) 2x Euroleague champion (2006, 2008)

Tomas Van Den Spiegel (born 10 July 1978 in Ghent, Belgium) is a Belgian former professional basketball player. He is a 2.14 m (7 ft ¼) tall center.

He first went through the youth ranks of Osiris Denderleeuw, then those of Okapi Aalst and debuted at age 17 in the Belgian first division. After an election in 1996 as Rookie of the year Van Den Spiegel then moved in 1997 to Sunair Oostende. With Oostende he won two championship titles and two cups. Van den Spiegel was elected in 2001 as Belgian basketball player of the year and then signed a three-year contract with the Italian top club Fortitudo Bologna. After one and a half season with Virtus Roma he chose CSKA Moscow as his next destination. With Moscow Van Den Spiegel won the Euroleague in both 2006 and 2008. He was also a Euroleague runner-up in 2004 with Bologna and in 2007 with Moscow. Van Den Spiegel with CSKA also won three Russian titles and two cups. After two short stints with Prokom Trefl Sopot in Poland and Azovmash Mariupol in the Ukraine Van Den Spiegel later also played two seasons for Real Madrid. After a season start with Olimpia Milano in 2010, he moved back to the Belgian League by the beginning of 2011. Tomas signed a contract for 4.5 years at Telenet Oostende in March 2011. He announced retirement in July 2013.

External links

• Euroleague.net Profile