Julie Anita Vanloo (born 10 February 1993) is a Belgian professional

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player for the

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of the

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(WNBA). With the Belgian national team, she won the

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and

2025 So far, the year has seen the continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudanese civil war, and the Gaza war. Internal crises in Bangladesh post-resignation v ...

Professional career

Galatasaray

On 13 September 2023, she signed with

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of the Turkish

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(TKBL). She signed a new 1-year contract with Galatasaray on 21 July 2024. Galatasaray club said goodbye to the player on May 28, 2025, by publishing a thank you message.

WNBA

Washington Mystics (2024)

2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...

, Vanloo entered the

(WNBA) with the

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at the age of 31.

Golden State Valkyries (2025)

On 6 December 2024, Vanloo was selected as the

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' pick from the Washington Mystics' 2024 roster in the WNBA's

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. After winning the European Championship with Belgium in 2025, Vanloo flew directly from Athens to San Francisco, missing the inauguration in the

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and festivities for the national team the next day. Upon arrival in the United States after an 18-hour flight, she learned online that her contract had been waived.

Los Angeles Sparks

On 3 July, 2025, Vanloo was signed by the

National team career

She plays for the Belgian national team and participated at

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, the

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and

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, and

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Career statistics

WNBA

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Honours

Declercq Stortbeton Waregem BC

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: 2010–11

Luleå Basket

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: 2015–16

National Team

* 2nd place U16 World Cup: 2010 * 4th place U17 World Cup: 2011 * Winner U18 European Championship :

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

* Winner Europe U20 Championship Division B :

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

* 3rd place

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2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

* 3rd place European Championship :

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

* 1st place European Championship :

2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...

* Belgian Sports team of the Year: 2023 * 1st place European Championship :

Individual

* All-Star Five U18 European Championship:

* MVP / Most points per game Europe U20 Championship Division B:

* Most 3 points WNBA:

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

* Final Four MVP EuroLeague Women: 2017-18 * All-Star Five

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2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

* All-Star Five

* All-Second Team Olympics Woman's Basketball Tournament: Paris 2024 * All-Second Team

References

External links

* * * * * * 1993 births Living people Belgian women's basketball players Olympic basketball players for Belgium Basketball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Point guards Sportspeople from Ostend Galatasaray S.K. (women's basketball) players İstanbul Üniversitesi basketball players Washington Mystics players Basketball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics Golden State Valkyries draft picks Golden State Valkyries players 21st-century Belgian sportswomen Undrafted Women's National Basketball Association players Belgian expatriate basketball people in the United States Long stubs with short prose {{Belgium-basketball-bio-stub