Charlon Kloof

Charlon Kloof (born 20 March 1990) is a Dutch-Surinamese basketball player for OGM Ormanspor of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL). Standing at 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m), Kloof plays the point guard position and is a current member of the Dutch national basketball team.

Charlon Kloof
Kloof playing for the Netherlands in 2016
No. 1 – OGM Ormanspor
PositionPoint guard
LeagueBasketbol Süper Ligi
Personal information
Born (1990-03-20) 20 March 1990
Paramaribo, Suriname
NationalityDutch / Surinamese
Listed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight194 lb (88 kg)
Career information
High schoolCanarias Basketball Academy
College
NBA draft2014 / Undrafted
Playing career2014–present
Career history
2014–2015İstanbul DSİ
2015–2016Rethymno Cretan Kings
2016Fiat Torino
2016–2017MZT Skopje
2017–2019UCAM Murcia
2019–presentOrmanspor
Career highlights and awards

Professional career

İstanbul DSİ

Kloof's professional career started in the 2014–15 season in the Turkish TB2L with İstanbul DSİ.[1] He was the leading scorer of his team, with 19.8 points per game.[2]

Rethymno Cretan Kings

He started the 2015–16 season with Rethymno Cretan Kings of the Greek Basket League,[3] but in January he moved to Italy,[4] where he signed for Auxilium CUS Torino of the Lega Basket Serie A.

MZT Skopje

On 23 July 2016, Kloof signed with MZT Skopje.[5] He led Skopje to a First League championship, and was named the league's Most Valuable Player afterwards.[6]

Murcia

On 19 July 2017, Kloof signed with UCAM Murcia of the Spanish Liga ACB and the Basketball Champions League (BCL).[7] Kloof became the first Surinamese player to play in the Liga ACB.[8] In the 2017–18 BCL season, Murcia reached the tournament's Final Four. Murcia finished as third after defeating Riesen Ludwigsburg in the third-place game.[9]

Ormanspor

In July 2019, Kloof agreed on a contract with Turkish club OGM Ormanspor, newcomer in the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL).[10]

International career

After playing for the junior teams of the Netherlands, Kloof was selected for the Dutch national basketball team for EuroBasket 2015. In his EuroBasket debut, he scored 22 points in a 73–72 win over Georgia.[11][12] Kloof averaged 16.2 points, 4.6 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game at EuroBasket 2015 as his country was eliminated in the group stage.

References
  1. "2014 Graduate Charlon Kloof Signs With Turkey's Istanbul DSI". sbu.edu.
  2. "Charlon Kloof profile - Game center - FIBA.com". fiba.com.
  3. "Charlon Kloof moving to Rethymno". Sportando. 6 July 2015.
  4. "Charlon Kloof officially signs with Torino". Sportando. Retrieved 2016-01-12.
  5. "MZT Skopje Aerodrom agreed terms with Dutch international". Archived from the original on 2016-08-19. Retrieved 2016-07-24.
  6. "MZT Skopje beats Karpos Sokol for the title of FYROM". Sportando. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  7. Charlon Kloof signs with Murcia
  8. "Filmpje: Basketballer Charlon Kloof over zijn afkomst". Waterkant. 7 April 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  9. "UCAM Murcia finish Basketball Champions League season on high". 6 May 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  10. "Ormanspor Kloof ile Anlaştı". Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  11. Dutch Win On Return
  12. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-09-09. Retrieved 2015-09-12.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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