Julie Vanloo
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.jpg) 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 | |
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.
With the Belgian national team, she won the EuroBasket Women 2023 and 2025.[1]
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' roster in the 2024 WNBA 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 |
