Alex Laurent
{{short description|Luxembourgish basketball player}}
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| name = Alex Laurent
| image = Alex Laurent Luxembourg.jpg
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| caption = Laurent with Luxembourg in 2014
| number = 22
| position = Power forward
| height_cm = 196
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1993|6|6|df=y}}
| birth_place = Luxembourg, Luxembourg
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| nationality = Luxembourgish
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| career_start = 2012
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| years1 = 2012–2017
| team1 = Amicale Steinsel
| years2 = 2017–2019
| team2 = Den Helder Suns
| years3 = 2019
| team3 = Ciudad de Ponferrada
| years4 = 2019–2020
| team4 = BSC Fürstenfeld Panthers
| years5 = 2020–2021
| team5 = Klosterneuburg Dukes
| years6 = 2021–2022
| team6 = Kortrijk Spurs
| years7 = 2022–2023
| team7 = Gladiators Trier
| years8 = 2023–present
| team8 = Amicale Steinsel
| highlights = *2x Luxembourgian League champion (2016–2017)
- Luxembourgian Cup champion (2017)
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Alex Laurent (born 6 June 1993) is a Luxembourgish-German professional basketball player. He currently plays for BBC Amicale Steinsel. He is also a member of the Luxembourg national basketball team.
Professional career
From 2012 until 2017, Laurent played for BBC Amicale Steinsel in the Luxembourgish first division Total League. Laurent's best season was the 2013–14 season, in which he averaged 11.4 points in 24.8 minutes per game.[https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Alex-Laurent/Summary/51850 RealGM] In his last two seasons with Amicale, he won the Luxembourgish national championship.
On 27 July 2017 Laurent signed with Den Helder Suns of the Dutch Basketball League (DBL).[http://www.basketballleague.nl/nieuws/3357 Luxemburgse forward voor de Suns] He averaged 11.3 points and 4.9 rebounds per game in his first year on the team. On 17 July 2018 Laurent re-signed with the squad.[https://sportando.basketball/en/europe/holland/282207/alex-laurent-re-signs-with-den-helder-suns.html Alex Laurent re-signs with Den Helder Suns]{{Dead link|date=June 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} In July 2018, he re-signed for another season with Den Helder.{{cite web|url=http://www.basketballleague.nl/nieuws/4141|title=Laurent blijft bij de Suns|work=www.basketballleague.nl|accessdate=22 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180722125823/http://www.basketballleague.nl/nieuws/4141|archive-date=22 July 2018|url-status=dead}}
Laurent started the 2019-20 campaign with CB Ciudad de Ponferrada of the Spanish LEB Plata{{Cite web |title=Alex Laurent llega al Ciudad de Ponferrada |url=https://www.feb.es/2019/8/25/baloncesto/alex-laurent-llega-ciudad-ponferrada/79773.aspx |access-date=2023-04-28 |website=Federación Española de Baloncesto |language=ES}} and then joined the BSC Fürstenfeld Panthers of Austria's top-flight during the season.{{Cite web |title=Panthers reagieren auf Simon-Verletzung. Als Ersatz für Patrick Simon verpflichten die Panthers den Luxemburger Forward Alex Laurent |url=https://www.panthers.at/index.php?seitenid=3&seite=bundesliga&blnewsdetail=go&blnewsid=122&blnewsdate=1575716400 |access-date=2023-04-28 |website=Panthers Fürstenfeld}} He subsequently was signed by fellow Austrian side Klosterneuburg Dukes.{{Cite news |title=Alex Laurent spillt nächst Saison bei Klosterneuburg |language= |work=Fédération Luxembourgeoise de Basket Ball FLBB |url=https://www.luxembourg.basketball/alex-laurent-spillt-nachst-saison-bei-klosterneuburg/ |access-date=2023-04-28}}
In the 2021-22 season, Laurent played for the Kortrijk Spurs in Belgium's second-tier league. He was granted German citizenship in 2022. Laurent's mother is of German descent.{{Cite web |title=Basketball / Ein perfektes Timing: Alex Laurent über seinen Wechsel zu den Gladiators Trier |url=https://www.tageblatt.lu/headlines/ein-perfektes-timing-alex-laurent-ueber-seinen-wechsel-zu-den-gladiators-trier/ |access-date=2023-04-28 |website=Tageblatt Lëtzebuerg |language=de}}
On 12 June 2022 he signed with Gladiators Trier of the German ProA league.{{Cite web|url=https://xn--rmerstrom-gladiators-39b.de/2022/06/12/naechster-neuzugang-bei-den-roemerstrom-gladiators-trier-alex-laurent-wechselt-an-die-mosel/|title=Nächster Neuzugang bei den RÖMERSTROM Gladiators Trier. Alex Laurent wechselt an die Mosel.|last=|first=|date=June 12, 2022|website=|publisher=Gladiators Treves|language=de|access-date=November 21, 2022}} He parted company with the Trier side at the conclusion of the 2022-23 campaign.{{Cite web |title=Basketball / "Das mental schwierigste Jahr": Alex Laurent blickt auf seine Saison in Trier zurück |url=https://www.tageblatt.lu/sport/das-mental-schwierigste-jahr-alex-laurent-blickt-auf-seine-saison-in-trier-zurueck/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=Luxemburger Tageblatt |language=de}}
On 3 October 2023, he returned to BBC Amicale Steinsel.{{Cite web |date=2023-10-03 |title=Basketball / Alex Laurent kehrt nach Steinsel zurück |url=https://www.tageblatt.lu/sport/andere_sportarten/alex-laurent-kehrt-nach-steinsel-zurueck/ |access-date=2024-01-06 |website=www.tageblatt.lu |language=de}} In 2024, he captured the Luxembourg national championship title with Steinsel.{{Cite web |date=2024-05-16 |title=Steinsel ist zurück auf dem Basketball-Thron |url=https://www.wort.lu/sport/steinsel-ist-zurueck-auf-dem-basketball-thron/12534407.html |access-date=2024-05-16 |website=luxemburger-wort-online |language=de}}
References
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Category:BBC Amicale Steinsel players
Category:Den Helder Suns players
Category:Klosterneuburg Dukes players
Category:Luxembourgian men's basketball players
Category:Sportspeople from Luxembourg City
Category:Luxembourgian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
Category:Luxembourgian expatriate sportspeople in Spain
Category:Luxembourgian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Category:Luxembourgian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
Category:Naturalized citizens of Germany
Category:Naturalised basketball players