Richard van Poelgeest (born 23 March 1966) is a Dutch retired

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player. He played for several clubs in the Netherlands and Belgium in his career. He was also a member of the

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Career

Van Poelgeest started his professional career in 1984 with

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in the

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, the highest league in the Netherlands. Van Poelgeest played

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in the United States for the

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starting from 1986. His career high was 19 points against Iowa State on 26 February 1988. After college, he returned to the Netherlands to play for

BSW Weert Basketball Stars Weert, commonly known as BSW, was a professional basketball team based in Weert, Netherlands. The club was founded in 1968 and played in the Dutch Basketball League. Home games of the team are played in the Sporthal Boshoven. Th ...

, at the time named Selex Weert. In 1994, he won the club's first Dutch championship with Weert. He was also named the

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of the 1993–94 season. From 1994 until 1996, Van Poelgeest played for Goba Gorinchem. With Goba, he won the

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in 1995. For the last three years of his professional career, he returned to BSW Weert. After, he played at a semi-professional level with Hasselt in the

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National team career

With the national team, Van Poelgeest played at

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References

External links

Eurobasket.com profile
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