Sergio De Randamie

Sergio De Randamie (born 5 July 1984) is a Surinamese former basketball player. He played the power forward or center position.

Sergio De Randamie
De Randamie with GasTerra Flames in 2011
Personal information
Born (1984-07-05) 5 July 1984
Paramaribo, Suriname
NationalitySurinamese
Listed height2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)
Listed weight109 kg (240 lb)
Career information
College
NBA draft2006: undrafted
Playing career2007–2022
PositionPower forward
Career history
2007–2011ABC Amsterdam
2011–2013Donar
2013–2014Landstede Zwolle
2014Den Helder Kings
2014–2015Apollo Amsterdam
2015–2016Rotterdam
2016–2017Apollo Amsterdam
2017–2020ZZ Leiden
2020–2022Apollo Amsterdam
Career highlights and awards

Born in Paramaribo, De Randamie played college basketball in the United States with the Houston Cougars before starting his professional career. He played 14 seasons in the Netherlands; the most with ABC and Apollo Amsterdam where he spent nine seasons. He won two national championships, in 2008 and 2009.

He played for the Suriname national basketball team on occasion.

Career

De Randamie played high school basketball for Midland CC and later college basketball for the Houston Cougars from 2004 until 2006.[1] De Randamie started his professional career in the Netherlands with ABC Amsterdam in the Dutch Basketball League. De Randamie played four years for the team, first as a back-up but later as a starter. In 2011, De Randamie left for GasTerra Flames in Groningen along with his Amsterdam coach Hakim Salem.[2] De Randamie played two years for Groningen. At June 11, 2013 he signed a contract with Landstede Basketbal from Zwolle.[3]

For the 2014–15 season De Randamie signed with Port of Den Helder Kings.[4] In December 2014, Den Helder went bankrupt and De Randamie left for BC Apollo.

De Randamie signed with ZZ Leiden for the 2017–18 season.[5] In the 2018–19 season, De Randamie came off the bench of Leiden. In April 2019, he won the DBL Sixth Man of the Year award.[6]

On 8 July 2020, De Randamie signed with Apollo Amsterdam for his third stint with the team.[7] On 16 August 2021, he extended his contract until 2022.[8] He retired at the end of the 2021–22 season, at age 38.[9]

International career

De Randamie represented Suriname at the 2015 FIBA CBC Championship in the British Virgin Islands.

Honours
Amsterdam
Individual awards

References
  1. "Sergio de Randamie signs with Houston at uhcougars.com (May 4, 2004)".
  2. "NH Nieuws". www.nhnieuws.nl.
  3. "Sergio de Randamie naar Landstede Basketbal | Weblog Zwolle - Nieuws". Weblog Zwolle. June 11, 2013.
  4. "Noordhollands Dagblad - Port of Den Helder Kings legt vier nieuwe spelers vast". www.noordhollandsdagblad.nl. Archived from the original on 2014-08-08.
  5. "De Randamie naar ZZ Leiden".
  6. "De Randamie beste zesde man". basketballleague.nl. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  7. "Basketballer Sergio de Randamie keert terug bij Apollo". www.nhnieuws.nl.
  8. "De Randamie plakt er nog een jaar aan vast". Basketball League (in Dutch). Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  9. "Bericht van bestuur Apollo Amsterdam – Apollo Amsterdam". Apollo Amsterdam (in Dutch). 15 May 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
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