Léo Westermann

Player information
Léo Westermann

birthday	July 24, 1992
place of birth	Haguenau , France
size	201 cm
position	Point guard
Club information
society	Turkey Fenerbahçe Istanbul
Jersey number	9
Clubs as active
2010–2012 ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne 2012–2014 KK Partizan Belgrade 2014–2016 Limoges CSP 2016–2017 Žalgiris Kaunas 2017–2018 PBK CSKA Moscow 2018–2019 Žalgiris Kaunas Since 2019 Fenerbahçe Istanbul0France 0Serbia France Lithuania Russia Lithuania 00 Turkey
National team ¹
Since 2012 00 France	France	14 games
¹ As of September 30, 2015

Westermann 2017

Léo Westermann (born July 24, 1992 in Haguenau , France ) is a French basketball player who is currently under contract with Fenerbahçe Istanbul .

Career

Europe

Westermann played for ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne in the first French league LNB Pro A between 2010 and 2012 . In the 2011/12 season he was voted the second best young player in the league behind Evan Fournier .

In July 2012 Westermann signed a three-year contract with the Serbian first division club KK Partizan Belgrade . In 2013 and 2014 Westermann was Serbian champion with Partizan Belgrade. In 2013, the Adriatic Basketball League was also won. However, he tore a cruciate ligament in November 2013 , the second of his career, and was no longer used in the 2013/14 season.

In July 2014 he moved to the Spanish first division club FC Barcelona . However, he was immediately loaned to the French champions Limoges CSP for a year . With Limoges, Westermann became French champions in the 2014/15 season . He then decided to play at Limoges for another year. In 2016 he left his homeland for Lithuania and Žalgiris Kaunas . With the team he won the Lithuanian championship and then accepted an offer from the Russian top club PBK CSKA Moscow . In Moscow he experienced a season that was marked by a hip injury, in which he won the national championship title with the team. In the summer break of 2018, ZSKA used a contractual clause to terminate the employment relationship. Before the start of the 2018/19 game year, Westermann returned to Kaunas and became Lithuanian champion again.

During the 2019 summer break, the Frenchman was signed by Fenerbahçe Istanbul .

National team

In the summer of 2012, Westermann spent a few days preparing the French national team for the 2012 Olympic Games . He made his international debut on July 7, 2012 in the friendly against Great Britain . In preparation for the 2013 European Championship , Westermann also took part in a number of friendly games, but did not make it into the EM squad. After Antoine Diot's injury, Westermann moved up to the French national team for the 2015 European Championship . He was used in seven games and contributed 2.7 points per game to winning the bronze medal.