Éric Struelens is a former Belgian

Belgium

Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

 basketball

Basketball

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 player. Struelens won the Belgian championship 7 times (6 with Racing Mechelen and 1 with Spirou Basket Charleroi) and the Belgian Cup 4 times (3 with Mechelen and 1 with Charleroi). He also won twice the Player of the Year award in Belgium. Struelens then moved abroad to Paris Basket Racing

Paris Basket Racing

Paris Basket Racing, or PBR, is a now-defunct French professional basketball club from Paris. It was founded in the year 1922 as the basketball section of the sports club Racing Club de Paris. The team took the name "Paris Basket Racing" in 2000....

 in France

France

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 where he won 1 French championship

Ligue Nationale de Basketball

The Ligue National de Basket is the top men's French professional basketball league. There are two divisions: French Pro A League and French Pro B League .-Pro A:...

 before joining the Real Madrid Baloncesto

Real Madrid Baloncesto

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 in Spain

Spain

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. Struelens won the Spanish championship with Real Madrid.

Struelens was a key player in the Belgium national basketball team

Belgium national basketball team

The Belgian national basketball team is the basketball side that represents Belgium in international competitions. The country side has qualified 13 times for EuroBasket, having their best result as the 4th place in EuroBasket 1947, but haven't qualified since 1993 to the major European...

 who reached the EuroBasket 1993

EuroBasket 1993

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finals. This was the last time the Belgium national team managed to qualify for the finals of a major international tournament.