Willy Steveniers
Antwerpse | |
| Royal Fresh Air | |
| 1979–1980 | Racing Mechelen |
| As coach: | |
| 2003–2004 | Basket Willebroek |
| Career highlights and awards | |
As player:
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Jean Willem "Willy" Steveniers (born 12 December 1938) is a Belgian former professional
coach. Standing at 1.80 m (5' 11") tall, Steveniers played at the shooting guard position.[1]
He was named the
Belgian League, in 2019.[3]
During his playing career, his nickname was, "The Emperor of Belgian Basketball".[4]
Club career
During his
Antwerpse, and Royal Fresh Air. He is the Belgian League's all-time top scorer, with 11,870 career points scored.[5]
He won the league's championship five times, four times with Racing Mechelen, and once with Standard Liege.
With Standard Liege, he made it to the semifinals of the
FIBA European Selection
team, in 1966.
At the age of 21, he was offered an
NBA
contract, but he turned it down.
National team career
Steveniers was a member of the senior
1961 EuroBasket.[6]
Coaching career
After he retired from playing professional basketball, Steveniers became a
basketball coach. He was D. J. Mbenga's personal youth coach.[4]
References
- ^ "Positie 2: Shooting guard" (in Dutch). Gazet van Antwerpen (Kempen). 23 Dec 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2023 – via PressReader.
- ^ Les meneurs belges, un label de qualité.
- ^ EuroMillions Basket Awards: Anvers grand vainqueur des Awards 2019.
- ^ a b "Steveniers Willy". www.labdarugo.be.
- ^ "Pour Willy Steveniers, les exploits du présent n'égalent pas ceux du passé Ostende en demi-finale, trente ans après le Standard". Le Soir.
- ^ Jean STEVENIERS (BEL).
External links
Media related to Willy Steveniers at Wikimedia Commons- FIBA Profile 1
- FIBA Profile 2
- FIBA Europe Profile
- Willy STEVENIERS (in Dutch)
