Dimitri Lauwers

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Dimitri Lauwers
Free agent
Position Shooting guard
Personal information
Born (1979-04-30) 30 April 1979 (age 44)
Liegi, Belgium
NationalityBelgian
Listed height187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Listed weight82 kg (181 lb)
Career information
Playing career1997–present
Career history
1997–2000 BC Oostende
2000–2001 Le Mans Basket
2001–2002 Cholet Basket
2002–2004 Dijon Basket
2004–2005 Teramo Basket
2005–2008 Scafati Basket
2008–2009 Virtus Bologna
2009Pallacanestro Varese
2009–2012 Air Avellino
2012BC Oostende
2013 Scaligera Verona
2013–2014 Sutor Montegranaro
2014–2016 Basket Recanati
Career highlights and awards

Dimitri Lauwers (born 30 April 1979) is a Belgian professional basketball player. He also played for the Belgian national basketball team at EuroBasket 2011.

Professional career

In the 1997 he made his debut with the BC Oostende and in 1998 he won the Belgian Cup. After three season he left the team and went to play in France, where he played with three teams (Le Mans, Cholet and Dijon) and won the French Leaders Cup in 2004. He then moved to Italy to play with Teramo, Scafati, Virtus Bologna, Varese and Avellino and won the LegaDue championship twice (in 2006 and 2009) and the LegaDue Cup (in 2006). In 2012 he came back to the BC Oostende and won the Belgian League. In 2013, he returned to play in Italy for Scaligera Verona and Sutor Montegranaro. He currently plays for Recanati.


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