Marcel Aarts

Dutch basketball player
Marcel Aarts
Aarts (left, in red) in 2010
Personal information
Born (1983-08-09) 9 August 1983 (age 40)
Ammerzoden, Netherlands
NationalityDutch
Listed height2.13 m (7 ft 0 in)
Listed weight104 kg (229 lb)
Career information
NBA draft2005: undrafted
Playing career2002–2018
PositionCenter
Number14
Career history
2002–2011Den Bosch
2011–2013Matrixx Magixx
2013–2016, 2017, 2018Den Bosch
Career highlights and awards
  • 3x Dutch League champion (2006, 2007, 2015)
  • 3x Dutch Cup champion (2008–2009, 2016)
  • Dutch Supercup champion (2013)
  • DBL MVP Under 23 (2005)
  • 2x DBL blocks leader (2004, 2011)
  • DBL All-Star (2011)

Marcel Aarts (born 9 August 1983) is a Dutch retired basketball player. Aarts is 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) tall and usually played at the center position.

Career

Aarts started his career with the EiffelTowers Den Bosch, and played here for 9 seasons. After playing two seasons for Matrixx Magixx from Wijchen, Aarts returned to Den Bosch in the summer of 2013.

On 5 January 2017, Aarts signed a new contract with New Heroes Den Bosch.[1] On 12 January 2018, Aarst returned from his retirement to sign a short-period contract for Den Bosch, which was dealing with several injuries.[2]

References

  1. ^ "New Heroes Den Bosch sign Steve McWhorter and Marcel Aarts". 5 January 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
  2. ^ "Marcel Aarts terug bij New Heroes". Basketballleague.nl. 12 January 2018. Retrieved 12 January 2018.

External links

  • Dutch Basketball League profile and statistics (in Dutch)
  • Eurobasket.com profile