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Jessey Voorn
Dutch basketball player
Jessey Voorn (born 17 March 1990 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch professional basketball player who last played for Heroes Den Bosch. Voorn is 6 ft 4 tall and plays the shooting guard position.
Voorn playing for the Netherlands in 2016 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1990-03-17) 17 March 1990 (age 34) Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
| Listed weight | 84 kg (185 lb) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Jonesboro (Jonesboro, Georgia) |
| Playing career | 2007–2019 |
| Position | Shooting guard |
| Career history | |
| 2007–2011 | ABC Amsterdam |
| 2011–2014 | GasTerra Flames |
| 2015 | Canarias CBA |
| 2015–2016 | Landstede Zwolle |
| 2016–2018 | ZZ Leiden |
| 2018–2019 | Heroes Den Bosch |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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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 GasTerra Flames.[1] After the 2013–14 season, Voorn left Groningen.[2]
He signed with Canarias Basketball Academy in January 2015.[3]
For the 2014–15 season, Voorn signed with Landstede Basketbal.[4]
On 1 July 2016, he signed a two-year deal with Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden.[5]
On 14 June 2018, Voorn signed a two-year contract with New Heroes Den Bosch.[6][7] On 15 November 2019, Voorn and Den Bosch agreed to part ways.[8]
In 2020, Voorn joined the Netherlands national 3x3 team.[9] He played at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, where the team finished in the fifth place.[10]
- "Flames get talented Jessey Voorn". gic.nl (in Dutch). 11 November 2011. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
- "Jessey Voorn verkoopt Donar 'nee'". Archived from the original on 27 July 2014.
- "Voorn naar ZZ Leiden" (in Dutch). www.basketballleague.nl. 1 July 2016.
- "Komst Jessey Voorn naar New Heroes is rond" (in Dutch). 14 June 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
- "Voorn stapt over naar New Heroes" (in Dutch). 14 June 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
- "HEROES DEN BOSCH NEEMT AFSCHEID VAN JESSEY VOORN". Heroesdenbosch.com. 14 November 2019.
- "Jessey Voorn was een tijdje van de basketbalradar, maar is terug als 3x3 speler". Basketball.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 5 August 2021.
- "Tournament Summary" (PDF). olympics.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 July 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
