Julie Vanloo
Belgian basketball player (born 1993)
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Julie Anita Vanloo (born 10 February 1993) is a Belgian professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and for ÇBK Mersin of the Turkish Super League.
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Vanloo with Belgium during 2025 EuroBasket | |
| No. 35 – ÇBK Mersin | |
|---|---|
| Position | Point guard |
| League | Turkish Super League |
| Personal information | |
| Born | 10 February 1993 Ostend, Belgium |
| Listed height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
| Career information | |
| Playing career | 2003–present |
| Career history | |
| 2003–2009 | Blue Cats Ieper |
| 2009–2013 | Declercq Stortbeton Waregem BC |
| 2013–2015 | USO Mondeville |
| 2015–2016 | Luleå Basket |
| 2016–2017 | Virtus Eirene Ragusa |
| 2017–2018 | İstanbul Üniversitesi |
| 2018 | ASVEL Féminin |
| 2018–2019 | PEAC Pecs |
| 2019–2020 | Townsville Fire |
| 2020–2021 | Casademont Zaragoza |
| 2021–2022 | ŽBK Jenisej Krasnojarsk |
| 2022–2023 | BLMA |
| 2023–2025 | Galatasaray |
| 2024 | Washington Mystics |
| 2025 | Golden State Valkyries |
| 2025–present | Los Angeles Sparks |
| 2025–present | ÇBK Mersin |
| Career highlights | |
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| Stats at Basketball Reference | |
With the Belgian national team, she won the EuroBasket Women 2023 and 2025.[1]
Professional career
Europe
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On 13 September 2023, she signed with Galatasaray of the Turkish Women's Basketball Super League (TKBL).[2] She signed a new 1-year contract with Galatasaray on 21 July 2024.[3] Galatasaray club said goodbye to the player on May 28, 2025, by publishing a thank you message.[4]
She signed with Çukurova Basketbol for the 2025–26 season.[5]
WNBA
Washington Mystics (2024)
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In 2024, Vanloo entered the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) with the Washington Mystics at the age of 31.[6]
Golden State Valkyries (2025)
On 6 December 2024, Vanloo was selected as the Golden State Valkyries' pick from the Washington Mystics' 2024 roster in the WNBA's expansion draft.[7]
After winning the European Championship with Belgium in 2025, Vanloo flew directly from Athens to San Francisco, missing the inauguration in the Royal Palace of Brussels and festivities for the national team the next day.[8] Upon arrival in the United States after an 18-hour flight, she learned online that her contract had been waived.[9]
Los Angeles Sparks (2025)
On 3 July, 2025, Vanloo was signed by the Los Angeles Sparks.[10]
Towards the end of the 2025 regular season, Vanloo was featured — along with Diamond DeShields, Haley Jones, Harmoni Turner, and Shyanne Sellers — in an ESPN article on life on the WNBA fringe given the league's limit of only 12 roster spots per team. [11]
National team career
She plays for the Belgian national team[12] and participated at EuroBasket Women 2017,[13] the 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics, EuroBasket Women 2021, EuroBasket Women 2023, and EuroBasket Women 2025[14]
Career statistics
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game | RPG | Rebounds per game |
| APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game | BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game |
| TO | Turnovers per game | FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
| Bold | Career best | ° | League leader |
WNBA
Stats current through end of 2025 season
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Washington | 40 | 34 | 23.2 | .346 | .324 | .667 | 1.6 | 4.3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 7.4 |
| 2025 | Golden State | 9 | 2 | 20.0 | .292 | .211 | .833 | 1.9 | 4.1 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 4.6 |
| Los Angeles | 26 | 0 | 10.3 | .302 | .315 | .750 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.2 | |
| Career | 3 years, 3 teams | 75 | 36 | 18.3 | .333 | .309 | .720 | 1.3 | 3.2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 5.2 |
Honours
Declercq Stortbeton Waregem BC
- Belgian Basketball League: 2010–11
Luleå Basket
- Basketligan dam: 2015–16
National team
- 2nd place U16 World Cup: 2010
- 4th place U17 World Cup: 2011
- Winner U18 European Championship
: 2011 - Winner Europe U20 Championship Division B : 2013[16]
- 3rd place European Championship
: 2017 - 3rd place European Championship : 2021
- 1st place European Championship : 2023[17]
- Belgian Sports team of the Year: 2020, 2023, 2025[18]
- 1st place European Championship : 2025[19]
Individual
- All-Star Five U18 European Championship: 2011
- MVP / Most points per game Europe U20 Championship Division B: 2013[20]
- Most 3 points WNBA: 2016
- Final Four MVP EuroLeague Women: 2017-18
- All-Star Five FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup: 2018
- All-Star Five European Championship: 2023
- All-Second Team Olympics Woman's Basketball Tournament: Paris 2024[21]
- All-Second Team European Championship: 2025[22]
