Robin Smeulders
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| Player information | ||
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| Nickname | Flying Dutchman | |
| birthday | June 19, 1987 | |
| place of birth | Munster , Germany | |
| size | 208 cm | |
| position |
Power Forward / Small Forward |
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| college | Portland | |
| Club information | ||
| society | EWE Baskets Oldenburg | |
| league | BBL | |
| Jersey number | 12 | |
| Clubs as active | ||
2004–2006 SG Braunschweig 2006–2010 University of Portland 2010–2016 EWE Baskets Oldenburg
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| Netherlands | ||
Robin Smeulders (born June 19, 1987 in Münster ) is a former Dutch - German basketball player in the position of forward .
Life
Smeulders is the son of an Austrian and a Dutch citizen and has Dutch and Austrian citizenship. Smeulders, who lived in his home country of Germany before he went to college, has now received German citizenship . He graduated from high school in 2006 at the Hoffmann von Fallersleben School in Braunschweig .
From 2004 to 2006 he played in the 2nd basketball league for SG Braunschweig and was a regular there at the age of 18. He has already been appointed to the selection teams of the Dutch Basketball Federation several times. He was already in the extended group of U-18 juniors and has already taken part in several international tournaments and a junior European championship. His previous positions were: EBBC Hertogenbosch (NL), Vellmar.
On June 8, 2010, EWE Baskets Oldenburg announced that they would sign Smeulders for 2 years (plus option). His contract was extended by two years to 2015 in 2013. In June 2015 he signed another two-year contract with Lower Saxony. On June 27, 2016, Smeulders announced the end of his career. During the Bundesliga playoffs in the spring of 2016, he had to sit out due to a back injury, which led to the decision not to want to expose himself to the physical strains of professional sport in order not to risk any later health consequences. He came to a total of 189 Bundesliga games (all for Oldenburg).
Due to his height of 2.08 m and his jumping ability, he was also called " Flying Dutchman " during his career .
Web links
- Robin Smeulders - player profile on beko-bbl.de
- College stats on ESPN.com
- Data about Smeulder at the Junior European Championship 2005
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistics Beko-BBL ( Memento of the original from January 2, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed June 5, 2011
- ↑ Netherlands Basketbal Bond ( Memento of March 7, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ EWE Baskets Oldenburg: EWE Baskets extend with Smeulders - farewell to Zwiener. (No longer available online.) In: ewe-baskets.de. Archived from the original on June 27, 2016 ; accessed on June 27, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ EWE Baskets Oldenburg: Robin Smeulders ends career. (No longer available online.) In: ewe-baskets.de. Archived from the original on June 27, 2016 ; accessed on June 27, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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| SURNAME | Smeulders, Robin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch basketball player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 19, 1987 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Muenster |