French basketball player

Thomas Heurtel (born 10 April 1989) is a French professional basketball player for Real Madrid of the Spanish Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. Standing at 1.89:m (6:ft 2+1⁄2:in), he plays at the point guard position.

Contents

• 1 Professional career
  • 1.1 France (2007–2010)
  • 1.2 Spain (2010–2014)
  • 1.3 Turkey (2014–2017)
  • 1.4 Return to Spain (2017–2021)
  • 1.5 Return to France (2021)
  • 1.6 Second return to Spain (2021–present)
• 2 National team career
• 3 Career statistics
  • 3.1 EuroLeague
• 4 References
• 5 External links

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, 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.

In 2011, Heurtel signed with Spanish club Baskonia, and with them he debuted in the top-tier level European-wide league, the EuroLeague.

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). With Efes, Heurtel needed just two months to win his first club *le, as he helped his team to win the Turkish Cup *le. Additionally, Heurtel was named the Turkish Cup Final MVP. At the beginning of the next season, Heurtel helped Anadolu Efes to beat Pınar Karşıyaka to win the Turkish President´s Cup, his second *le with Efes.

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 *ists in the month of February.

Return to Spain (2017–2021)

Thomas Heurtel with France at the EuroBasket 2017 tournament

On 22 June 2017 Heurtel signed a two-year deal with FC Barcelona L*a of the Liga ACB. On 18 February 2018 Heurtel won the Copa del Rey with FC Barcelona L*a and was named MVP of the tournament.

On July 5, 2019, Heurtel re-signed with FC Barcelona for two more years, with an option to extend it until the end of the 2021–22 campaign.

Return to France (2021)

On February 24, 2021, he signed with ASVEL of the French LNB Pro A.

Second return to Spain (2021–present)

On July 6, 2021, Heurtel signed a one-year deal with Real Madrid of the Liga ACB and the EuroLeague.

National team career

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.

Career statistics

EuroLeague

References

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