Devon Doekele van Oostrum (born January 24, 1993) is a British-Dutch professional

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player for the

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of the

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(IBL). He has represented the

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Professional career

After attending King Edward VII School in Sheffield, van Oostrum started his basketball career with British basketball league club Sheffield Sharks in 2008. In May 2009, van Oostrum moved to Spanish ACB team Caja Laboral, who loaned him to the reserve team Euskotren Fundación Baskonia, of the fifth tier of the Spanish basketball league. In 2011, after playing in the 2011 Eurobasket tournament, he was loaned to Bàsquet Tarragona 2017, team of the Spanish second-tier league

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. After winning the LEB relegation playoffs, van Oostrum was called by Caja Laboral to join the roster for the

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. In the summer of 2012, Baskonia sent him on loan to the LEB Oro team Cáceres Patrimonio de la Humanidad. In February 2013, he came back to the club of Vitoria after the departure of

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. In September 2014, he was loaned to

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for one season. On 31 October 2014, Cibona terminated contract with him, so he returned to Laboral Kutxa. On 14 November 2014, Baskonia agreed a new loan, this time to Finnish team

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. On 22 December 2014, he parted ways with Kouvot after playing 6 games with the club. On 7 January 2015 he was loaned to

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of the

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and made his debut three days later, scoring 16 points and 6 assists shooting 6-17 from the field on a loss against

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. Afterwards he was loaned to Peñas Huesca of the

. On 11 August 2015, Van Oostrum was loaned to Arkadikos of the

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for the 2015–16 season. On 11 August 2016, Van Oostrum signed with Koroivos Amaliadas for the 2016–17 season. On 13 January 2017, he was released by Koroivos. Seven days later, he signed with Macedonian club

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for the rest of the season On 27 February 2017, he parted ways with MZT Skopje because of knee injury during a semifinal match in the

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. On 5 July 2018, Van Oostrum signed with

New Heroes Den Bosch Heroes Den Bosch is a Dutch professional basketball club based in 's-Hertogenbosch. The club plays in the BNXT League since 2021 and in the top basketball division in the Netherlands since 1972. Founded as EBBC in 1951, the club had several sponso ...

of the

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(DBL) and the

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. On 3 October, Van Oostrum made his debut with Den Bosch in the

qualifying game against

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, scoring 17 points and recording 9 rebounds and 3 assists. On 4 October, he played four minutes in his DBL debut in a win over

Feyenoord Basketbal Rotterdam City 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 Kuip in Rotterdam. Established in 1954, it became the basketball s ...

. In August 2019, van Oostrum signed a two-month contract with CBet Prienai of the

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(LKL). Club had an option to extend the contract for remaining of the season but decided against it and player was released on 27 October 2019. On 4 December 2019, Van Oostrum returned to the Netherlands to sign with

Landstede Hammers Landstede Hammers is a Dutch basketball club based in Zwolle. The club plays in the BNXT League, the Dutch top tier division. The club was founded as Cees Lubbers The Hammers in 1995. In 1999, the club’s name was changed into Landstede Hammers. ...

of the

(DBL). On the Hammers, he joined his older brother

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who has been on the team since 2016. On 23 November 2020, Van Oostrum was sent on loan to Peñas Huesca for four weeks because the DBL had been suspended due to the

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. In February 2021, it was announced he had to miss the remainder of the 2020–21 season after a surgery. On 7 September 2022, Van Oostrum signed with the

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for the 2022–23 BBL season. On 11 December 2023, Van Oostrum joins

of the

(IBL).

National team career

Van Oostrum's international debut was for

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, at the

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. He represented Great Britain at the under 20 level, and made his debut for the British senior team in a friendly against

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. He played with Great Britain at the 2011 EuroBasket in Lithuania, and he was named

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's Emerging Athlete in 2011. He missed out on a place on the Team GB squad for the

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. He also played at the

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in Slovenia, and in the 2015 EuroBasket Qualification Tournament.

Personal life

Van Oostrum is the son of Duco van Oostrum, who played basketball at the precursor of

Aris Leeuwarden LWD Basket is a Dutch professional basketball club based in Leeuwarden. Founded as Aris Leeuwarden in 2004, the club competes in the BNXT League, and has competed at the highest national level since its foundation. The team plays its home games at ...

in the Netherlands and since 1995 teaches at

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. Devon's older brother Nigel van Oostrum plays at

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since 2016. He holds

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between the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. He is of Indonesian descent through his mother.

Professional career

National team career

Personal life

References

External links