Sergio De Randamie

{{short description|Surinamese basketball player}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Sergio De Randamie

| image = Sergio de Randamie 2011-2012.jpg

| caption =De Randamie with GasTerra Flames in 2011

| position = Power forward

| height_m = 2.01

| weight_kg =109

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| nationality = Surinamese

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1984|7|5}}

| birth_place = Paramaribo, Suriname

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| draft_year = 2006

| career_start = 2007

| career_end = 2022

| team1 = ABC Amsterdam | years1 = 20072011

| team2 = Donar | years2 = 20112013

| team3 = Landstede Zwolle | years3 = 2013–2014

| team4 = Den Helder Kings | years4 = 2014

| team5 = Apollo Amsterdam | years5= 2014–2015

| team6 = Rotterdam | years6 = 2015–2016

| team7 = Apollo Amsterdam | years7 = 2016–2017

| team8= ZZ Leiden | years8= 2017–2020

| team9=Apollo Amsterdam | years9=2020–2022

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Sergio De Randamie (born 5 July 1984) is a Surinamese former basketball player. He played the power forward or center position.

Born in Paramaribo, De Randamie played college basketball in the United States with the Houston Cougars before starting his professional career. He played 14 seasons in the Netherlands; the most with ABC and Apollo Amsterdam where he spent nine seasons. He won two national championships, in 2008 and 2009.

He played for the Suriname national basketball team on occasion.

Career

De Randamie played high school basketball for Midland CC and later college basketball for the Houston Cougars from 2004 until 2006.{{Cite web|url=http://www.uhcougars.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/050404aaa.html|title=Sergio de Randamie signs with Houston at uhcougars.com (May 4, 2004)}} De Randamie started his professional career in the Netherlands with ABC Amsterdam in the Dutch Basketball League. De Randamie played four years for the team, first as a back-up but later as a starter. In 2011, De Randamie left for GasTerra Flames in Groningen along with his Amsterdam coach Hakim Salem.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nhnieuws.nl/|title=NH Nieuws|website=www.nhnieuws.nl}} De Randamie played two years for Groningen. At June 11, 2013 he signed a contract with Landstede Basketbal from Zwolle.{{Cite web|url=https://www.weblogzwolle.nl/nieuws/35520/sergio-de-randamie-naar-landstede-basketbal.html|title=Sergio de Randamie naar Landstede Basketbal | Weblog Zwolle - Nieuws|date=June 11, 2013|website=Weblog Zwolle}}

For the 2014–15 season De Randamie signed with Port of Den Helder Kings.{{cite web |url=http://www.noordhollandsdagblad.nl/stadstreek/denhelder/article27135922.ece/Port-of-Den-Helder-Kings-legt-vier-nieuwe-spelers-vast |title=Noordhollands Dagblad - Port of Den Helder Kings legt vier nieuwe spelers vast |website=www.noordhollandsdagblad.nl |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808035423/http://www.noordhollandsdagblad.nl/stadstreek/denhelder/article27135922.ece/Port-of-Den-Helder-Kings-legt-vier-nieuwe-spelers-vast |archive-date=2014-08-08}} In December 2014, Den Helder went bankrupt and De Randamie left for BC Apollo.

De Randamie signed with ZZ Leiden for the 2017–18 season.{{Cite web|url=http://www.basketballleague.nl/nieuws/3323|title=De Randamie naar ZZ Leiden}} In the 2018–19 season, De Randamie came off the bench of Leiden. In April 2019, he won the DBL Sixth Man of the Year award.{{cite web|url=https://basketballleague.nl/nieuws/4845|title=De Randamie beste zesde man|work=basketballleague.nl|accessdate=23 April 2019}}

On 8 July 2020, De Randamie signed with Apollo Amsterdam for his third stint with the team.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nhnieuws.nl/nieuws/269882/basketballer-sergio-de-randamie-keert-terug-bij-apollo|title=Basketballer Sergio de Randamie keert terug bij Apollo|website=www.nhnieuws.nl}} On 16 August 2021, he extended his contract until 2022.{{cite news |title=De Randamie plakt er nog een jaar aan vast |url=https://www.dutchbasketballleague.nl/nieuws/de-randamie-plakt-er-nog-een-jaar-aan-vast/ |access-date=19 August 2021 |work=Basketball League |language=nl}} He retired at the end of the 2021–22 season, at age 38.{{cite news |title=Bericht van bestuur Apollo Amsterdam – Apollo Amsterdam |url=https://www.apollobasketball.nl/2022/05/15/bericht-van-bestuur-apollo-amsterdam/ |access-date=18 May 2022 |work=Apollo Amsterdam |date=15 May 2022 |language=nl}}

International career

De Randamie represented Suriname at the 2015 FIBA CBC Championship in the British Virgin Islands.

Honours

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