Vincent Kesteloot (born 23 March 1995) is a Belgian professional

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player for

USC Heidelberg USC Heidelberg, for sponsorship reasons named MLP Academics Heidelberg, is a professional basketball club from Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The club's men's senior team currently plays in the German first division Basketball Bundeslig ...

of the

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(BBL). Standing at , he mainly plays as

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Professional career

Kesteloot started his professional career in 2014 with

Okapi Aalstar Okapi Aalst is a Belgian professional basketball club from Aalst, Belgium. The club competes in the top tier BNXT League and plays its home games in the Okapi Forum, which has a seating capacity of 2,800 people. Okapi is a long-time participant o ...

. In his rookie season, he won the Belgian League Most Promising Player Award. On 13 June 2016, Kesteloot signed a two-year deal with Oostende. On 17 June 2018, he extended his contract with one more year until 2019. With Oostende, Kesteloot won the Belgian

Pro Basketball League The Pro Basketball League (PBL), was the highest tier level professional basketball league in Belgium for clubs. In 2021, the league was succeeded by the Belgian-Dutch BNXT League. Through 2014, for sponsorship reasons, the league was previously ...

three consecutive seasons. On 2 July 2019, Kesteloot signed a two-year contract with

Telenet Giants Antwerp Antwerp Giants, named Telenet Giants Antwerp for sponsorship reasons, are a Belgians, Belgian professional basketball club based in Antwerp. Their home arena is Lotto Arena. The club plays in the BNXT League, the highest tier of Belgian basketbal ...

. On 1 September 2021 he signed with Spirou of the

BNXT League The BNXT League, for sponsorship reasons the betFirst BNXT League, is a professional basketball league in Belgium and the Netherlands. The league is the first tier in both the Dutch and Belgian system, replacing the Dutch Basketball League, DBL a ...

. On 1 October 2022 he signed with

of the

International career

Kesteloot represented Belgium at the

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References

External links

Eurobasket.com Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kesteloot, Vincent 1995 births Living people Antwerp Giants players BC Oostende players Belgian expatriate basketball people in Germany Belgian men's basketball players Belgium national basketball players Okapi Aalstar players Small forwards Sportspeople from Antwerp USC Heidelberg players