Jessey Voorn (born 17 March 1990 in

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) is a Dutch professional

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player who last played for

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. Voorn is 6 ft 4 tall and plays the shooting guard position.

Professional career

Voorn started his professional career with ABC Amsterdam in 2007, where he was mainly on the bench at first. With Amsterdam he won the Dutch championship in 2009. When the club was forced to play without foreign players, Voorn got major minutes with ABC. In the 2010-11 season Voorn averaged 13.7 points per game in the Dutch Basketball League. After his break-out season, the club from Amsterdam went bankrupt and Voorn went to Groningen to play for the

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. After the 2013–14 season, Voorn left Groningen. He signed with Canarias Basketball Academy in January 2015. For the 2014–15 season, Voorn signed with

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. On 1 July 2016, he signed a two-year deal with

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. On 14 June 2018, Voorn signed a two-year contract with

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. On 15 November 2019, Voorn and Den Bosch agreed to part ways.

3x3 basketball

In 2020, Voorn joined the Netherlands national 3x3 team. He played at the

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in Tokyo, where the team finished in the fifth place.

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Voorn, Jessey 1990 births Living people Amsterdam Basketball players Donar (basketball club) players Heroes Den Bosch players Dutch Basketball League players Dutch men's basketball players Landstede Hammers players Shooting guards Basketball players from Amsterdam B.S. Leiden players 3x3 basketball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic 3x3 basketball players for the Netherlands