Marcel Aarts (born 9 August 1983) is a Dutch retired

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player. Aarts is tall and usually played at the center position.

Career

Aarts started his career with the

EiffelTowers 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 spons ...

, and played here for 9 seasons. After playing two seasons for

Matrixx Magixx Matrixx Magixx was a professional basketball team based in Nijmegen and later Wijchen. The club played in the Dutch Basketball League (DBL), the Dutch top-tier league. Home games of the Magixx were played in Sporthal De Arcus since 2012, therefore ...

from

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, Aarts returned to

Den Bosch s-Hertogenbosch (), colloquially known as Den Bosch (), is a city and municipality in the Netherlands with a population of 157,486. It is the capital of the province of North Brabant and its fourth largest by population. The city is south of th ...

in the summer of 2013. On 5 January 2017, Aarts signed a new contract 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 ...

. On 12 January 2018, Aarst returned from his retirement to sign a short-period contract for Den Bosch, which was dealing with several injuries.

References

External links

Dutch Basketball League profile and statistics

Eurobasket.com profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Aarts, Marcel 1983 births Living people Dutch Basketball League players Dutch men's basketball players Matrixx Magixx players Heroes Den Bosch players People from Maasdriel Centers (basketball) Sportspeople from Gelderland