Julie Vanloo

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Julie Vanloo
Julie Vanloo 35 Belgium 20250625 (2).jpg
Vanloo with Belgium during 2025 EuroBasket
No. 6–Los Angeles Sparks
Position Point guard
League WNBA
Personal information
Born (1993-02-10) 10 February 1993 (age 32)
Ostend, Belgium
Listed height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Career information
Playing career2003–present
Career history
2003–2009Blue Cats Ieper
2009–2013Declercq Stortbeton Waregem BC
2013–2015 USO Mondeville
2015–2016 Luleå Basket
2016–2017Virtus Eirene Ragusa
2017–2018İstanbul Üniversitesi
2018 ASVEL Féminin
2018–2019PEAC Pecs
2019–2020 Townsville Fire
2020–2021 Casademont Zaragoza
2021–2022ŽBK Jenisej Krasnojarsk
2022–2023 BLMA
2023–2025 Galatasaray
2024 Washington Mystics
2025 Golden State Valkyries
2025-present Los Angeles Sparks
Career highlights
Stats at Basketball Reference   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Medals
Women's basketball
Representing Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
EuroBasket
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Slovenia/Israel
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2025 Czech Republic/Germany/Italy/Greece
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2017 Czech Republic
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2021 Spain/France

Julie Anita Vanloo (born 10 February 1993) is a Belgian professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). [1]

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With the Belgian national team, she won the EuroBasket Women 2023 and 2025. [2]

Professional career

Galatasaray

On 13 September 2023, she signed with Galatasaray of the Turkish Women's Basketball Super League (TKBL). [3]

She signed a new 1-year contract with Galatasaray on 21 July 2024. [4]

Galatasaray club said goodbye to the player on May 28, 2025, by publishing a thank you message. [5]

WNBA

Washington Mystics (2024)

Vanloo with the Washington Mystics in 2024 Julie Vanloo (cropped).jpg
Vanloo with the Washington Mystics in 2024

In 2024, Vanloo entered the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) with the Washington Mystics at the age of 31. [6]

Golden State Valkyries (2025)

On 6 December 2024, Vanloo was selected as the Golden State Valkyries' pick from the Washington Mystics' 2024 roster in the WNBA's expansion draft. [7]

After winning the European Championship with Belgium in 2025, Vanloo flew directly from Athens to San Francisco, missing the inauguration in the Royal Palace of Brussels and festivities for the national team the next day. [8] Upon arrival in the United States after an 18-hour flight, she learned online that her contract had been waived. [9]

Los Angeles Sparks

On 3 July, 2025, Vanloo was signed by the Los Angeles Sparks. [10]

Towards the end of the 2025 regular season, Vanloo was featured — along with Diamond DeShields, Haley Jones, Harmoni Turner, and Shyanne Sellers — in an ESPN article on life on the WNBA fringe given the league's limit of only 12 roster spots per team. [11]

National team career

She plays for the Belgian national team [12] and participated at EuroBasket Women 2017, [13] the 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics, EuroBasket Women 2021, EuroBasket Women 2023, and EuroBasket Women 2025 [14]

Career statistics

Legend
  GPGames played  GS Games started MPG Minutes per game RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game SPG  Steals per game BPG  Blocks per game PPG Points per game
 TO  Turnovers per game FG%  Field-goal percentage 3P%  3-point field-goal percentage FT%  Free-throw percentage
 Bold Career best°League leader

WNBA

Stats current through game on July 14, 2025

WNBA regular season statistics [15]
YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGTOPPG
2024 Washington 403423.2.346.324.6671.64.30.50.02.67.4
2025 Golden State 9220.0.292.211.8331.94.10.70.02.64.6
Los Angeles 4010.5.500.5450.00.51.80.00.01.34.5
Career3 years, 4 teams533621.7.344.317.7141.64.10.50.02.56.7

Honours

Declercq Stortbeton Waregem BC

Luleå Basket

National Team

Individual

References

  1. ↑ Kaplan, Holland. "Sparks sign Belgian guard Julie Vanloo after waiving Odyssey Sims". The Sporting Tribune. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
  2. ↑ "Kijk en geniet: Belgian Cats in tranen en uitzinnig van vreugde na laatste fluitsignaal". Sporza (in Dutch). 25 June 2023.
  3. ↑ "Julia Vanloo Galatasaray Çağdaş Faktoring'de!" (in Turkish). Galatasaray. 13 September 2023. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  4. ↑ "Julie Vanloo ile yola devam!" (in Turkish). Galatasaray. 21 July 2024. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
  5. ↑ "Teşekkürler". Galatasaray S.K. 28 May 2025. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
  6. ↑ Hatfield, Jenn (18 March 2024). "Brimming with confidence and 'European flash,' Mystics' Julie Vanloo introduces herself to the WNBA". The Next Hoops. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  7. ↑ Henderson, Cydney; Horrow, Ellen J. (6 December 2024). "WNBA expansion draft live updates: Golden State Valkyries pick their players for 2025". USA Today . Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  8. ↑ ""Grootste sportieve prestatie": Wout van Aert valt met Trofeo Bonacossa in de prijzen op het eindpodium van de Giro" [Bolt from the blue: WNBA team suddenly pushes Julie Vanloo aside who "just landed" - "I can't describe this"]. Sporza (in Dutch). 1 July 2025.
  9. ↑ "Valkyries cut player moments after arriving at SFO on 18-hour flight". sfgate.com. 30 June 2025.
  10. ↑ Kaplan, Holland. "Sparks sign Belgian guard Julie Vanloo after waiving Odyssey Sims". The Sporting Tribune. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
  11. ↑ Kumar, Aishwarya (September 3, 2025). "Life on the WNBA fringe: Suitcases, sacrifice, soul-searching" ESPN. Retrieved September 3, 2025
  12. ↑ "FIBA profile". fiba.com. Archived from the original on 8 August 2022. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  13. ↑ "EuroBasket 2017 profile". fiba.com. Archived from the original on 23 June 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  14. ↑ "Julie Vanloo". Olympedia . Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  15. ↑ "Julie Vanloo WNBA Stats". Basketball Reference.
  16. ↑ 2013 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women Division B official website, www.fibaeurope.com
  17. ↑ "Belgian Cats comeback seals historic first FIBA Women's EuroBasket crown". www.FIBA.com. 25 June 2023.
  18. ↑ "Wielrennen boven op het Sportgala: Remco Evenepoel en Lotte Kopecky zijn Sportman en Sportvrouw van het Jaar" (in Dutch). Het Nieuwsblad. 10 December 2023.
  19. ↑ "ON-GE-ZIEN! Belgian Cats verlengen Europese titel na waanzinnige comeback tegen Spanje". Sporza (in Dutch). 29 June 2025.
  20. ↑ "FIBA Europe 2013 U20 European Championship Division B Belgium are the champions". womensbasketball-in-france.com. 14 July 2013.
  21. ↑ @FIBA (11 August 2024). "ALL-STAR FIVE of #Paris2024 Women's #Basketball 💎" (Tweet). Retrieved 22 March 2025– via Twitter.
  22. ↑ "All-Star Second Team: Vanloo, Uzun, Ayayi, Geiselsoder, Linskens". FIBA. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
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