Thomas Heurtel
| No. 13 – FC Barcelona Lassa | |
|---|---|
| Position | Point guard |
| League |
Liga ACB EuroLeague |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
April 10, 1989 Béziers, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Listed height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) |
| Listed weight | 91 kg (201 lb) |
| Career information | |
| NBA draft | 2010 / Undrafted |
| Playing career | 2007–present |
| Career history | |
| 2007–2010 | Pau-Orthez |
| 2009–2010 | →SIG Strasbourg |
| 2010–2011 | Lucentum Alicante |
| 2011–2014 | Baskonia |
| 2014–2017 | Anadolu Efes |
| 2017–present | FC Barcelona Lassa |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Thomas Heurtel (born April 10, 1989) is a French professional basketball player for FC Barcelona Lassa of the Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. Standing at 1.89 m (6 ft 2 1⁄2 in), he plays at the point guard position.
Professional career
France (2007–2010)
Heurtel rose through the ranks at the French club Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez, and he played in the senior men's first team of the club for two seasons. In the 2008–09 season, he won the French League's Rising Star Award.
One year later, after the relegation of Pau-Orthez, he signed with the French club ASVEL Basket,[1] but he played on loan with French club Strasbourg IG.
Spain (2010–2014)
In the summer of 2010, Heurtel left France, to join the Spanish League club Meridiano Alicante.[2]
In 2011, Heurtel signed with Spanish club Baskonia, and with them he debuted in the top-tier level European-wide league, the EuroLeague.[3]
Turkey (2014–2017)
On 27 December 2014, just before the start of the Top 16 stage of the 2014–15 Euroleague season, Anadolu Efes bought him to Baskonia and Heurtel signed a contract until June 2017 with Turkish club Anadolu Efes, of the Turkish Basketball Super League (BSL).[4][5] With Efes, Heurtel needed just two months to win his first club title, as he helped his team to win the Turkish Cup title. Additionally, Heurtel was named the Turkish Cup Final MVP.[6] At the beginning of the next season, Heurtel helped Anadolu Efes to beat Pınar Karşıyaka to win the Turkish President´s Cup, his second title with Efes.[7]
In the 2016–17 season, Heurtel was named the EuroLeague MVP of the Month, for the first time in his career, after averaging 16.7 points and 10.7 assists in the month of February.[8]
Return to Spain (2017–present)
On June 22, 2017, Heurtel signed a two-year deal with FC Barcelona Lassa of the Liga ACB.[9]
On 18 February 2018, Heurtel won the Copa del Rey with FC Barcelona Lassa and was named MVP of the tournament.
French national team
Heurtel played with the French under-20 national team at the 2008 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, and at the 2009 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, where he won a silver medal. He has also been a member of the senior men's French national basketball team. With France, he played at the EuroBasket 2013, where he won a gold medal, at the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup, where he won a bronze medal, and at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[10]
Career statistics
| Legend | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game | ||
| FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage | ||
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game | ||
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | PIR | Performance Index Rating | ||
| Bold | Career high | ||||||
Note: The EuroLeague is not the only competition in which the player participated for the team during the season. He also played in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable.
| Led the league |
EuroLeague
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | PIR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | Baskonia | 10 | 4 | 11.4 | .389 | .235 | .500 | .8 | 1.0 | .1 | .0 | 3.3 | 1.7 |
| 2012–13 | 28 | 20 | 20.4 | .484 | .437 | .690 | 2.1 | 4.5 | .7 | .0 | 7.2 | 9.1 | |
| 2013–14 | 21 | 19 | 25.8 | .429 | .235 | .786 | 2.1 | 5.3 | .7 | .0 | 8.0 | 9.8 | |
| 2014–15 | 10 | 6 | 28.3 | .532 | .563 | .786 | 2.8 | 6.7 | .9 | .0 | 12.2 | 16.2 | |
| Anadolu Efes | 18 | 9 | 24.0 | .418 | .393 | .826 | 2.4 | 6.2 | .6 | .1 | 9.4 | 10.8 | |
| 2015–16 | 24 | 15 | 27.4 | .542 | .427 | .803 | 2.9 | 7.9 | .8 | .0 | 12.7 | 17.3 | |
| 2016–17 | 35 | 6 | 26.3 | .504 | .337 | .867 | 1.7 | 5.6 | .8 | .0 | 12.7 | 12.5 | |
| Career | 146 | 79 | 24.1 | .462 | .380 | .807 | 2.1 | 5.6 | .7 | .0 | 9.9 | 11.6 | |
References
- ↑ Heurtel et Kangur à l'ASVEL (in French). L'Équipe. 22 July 2009,
- ↑ Thomas Heurtel, savia nueva para el Meridiano (in Spanish). ACB.com 22 July 2010.
- ↑ Thomas Heurtel, talento rumbo a Vitoria (in Spanish). Solobasket. June 2011.
- ↑ Thomas Heurtel se desvincula de Laboral Kutxa Baskonia (in Spanish); Baskonia, December 27, 2014.
- ↑ Anadolu Efes Istanbul signs Thomas Heurtel.; Sportando, December 27, 2014.
- ↑ "Efes beats Fenerbahce to win Turkish Cup, Heurtel named MVP". Sportando.com. 22 February 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
- ↑ Anadolu Efes got the “President’s cup”
- ↑ Turkish Airlines EuroLeague MVP for February: Thomas Heurtel, Anadolu Efes Istanbul.
- ↑ "Thomas Heurtel, creativitat i anotació per al Barça Lassa | FC Barcelona". FC Barcelona (in Catalan). 22 June 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
- ↑ Thomas HEURTEL (FRA).
External links
- Thomas Heurtel at acb.com (in Spanish)
- Thomas Heurtel at eurobasket.com
- Thomas Heurtel at euroleague.net
- Thomas Heurtel at draftexpress.com
- Thomas Heurtel at fiba.com (archive)
- Thomas Heurtel on Twitter