Sam van Dijk (; born 28 August 1996) is a Dutch professional
basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...
player.
Early career
Van Dijk played for DAS Delft and Lokomotief Rijswijk. In the 2015–16 season, he played for the
Rotterdam Basketbal
Feyenoord Basketball, for sponsorship reasons known as Zeeuw & Zeeuw Feyenoord Basketball, is a Dutch professional basketball club based in Rotterdam. The team plays in the BNXT League and plays its home games at the Topsportcentrum next to De ...
under-24 and
Punch Delft
Delftse Studenten Basketball Vereniging Punch or simply Punch Delft is a Dutch amateur basketball team from the city of Delft. The team plays in the Promotiedivisie, the Dutch second division.Forward Lease Rotterdam. After appearing in 20 games, he was named to the
DBL All-Rookie Team
The DBL All-Rookie Team is a team constituted by the best rookies in a season of the Dutch Basketball League
The Dutch Basketball League (DBL), formerly the Eredivisie, was the highest professional basketball league in the Netherlands, run by th ...
after the season.
In September 2017, Van Dijk transferred to Basketball Academie Limburg, shortly BAL, for the 2017–18 season. In April 2018, van Dijk was awarded the
DBL Most Improved Player
The Dutch Basketball League Most Improved Player is an award that is yearly given to the most improved player in the DBL, the highest professional basketball league in the Netherlands
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honor, after averaging 12 points per game over the season and 21.1 points over his last seven games of the season.
For the 2018–19 season, Van Dijk returned to his old club Rotterdam which was now named
Feyenoord
Feyenoord Rotterdam () is a Dutch professional football club (association football), football club in Rotterdam, which plays in the Eredivisie, the top tier in Dutch football. Founded as Wilhelmina in 1908, the club changed to various names bef ...
.
In August 2020, Van Dijk signed as the first player ever for newly established
The Hague Royals
The The Hague Royals are a Dutch basketball club based in The Hague. Established in 2020, the team played in the highest level of basketball in the Netherlands for two seasons. Home games are played in the Sportcampus Zuiderpark, which has a cap ...
. He left the team during the preseason.
In September 2020, Van Dijk signed a contract as a financial auditor with Deloitte Netherlands.