Charlon Kloof


Charlon Kloof is a Dutch-Surinamese basketball player for OGM Ormanspor of the Basketbol Süper Ligi. Standing at 6 ft 3 in, Kloof plays the point guard position and is a current member of the Dutch national basketball team.

Professional career

İstanbul DSİ

Kloof's professional career started in the 2014–15 season in the Turkish TB2L with İstanbul DSİ. He was the leading scorer of his team, with 19.8 points per game.

Rethymno Cretan Kings

He started the 2015–16 season with Rethymno Cretan Kings of the Greek Basket League, but in January he moved to Italy, where he signed for Auxilium CUS Torino of the Lega Basket Serie A.

MZT Skopje

On 23 July 2016, Kloof signed with MZT Skopje. He led Skopje to a First League championship, and was named the league's Most Valuable Player afterwards.

Murcia

On 19 July 2017, Kloof signed with UCAM Murcia of the Spanish Liga ACB and the Basketball Champions League. Kloof became the first Surinamese player to play in the Liga ACB. In the 2017–18 BCL season, Murcia reached the tournament's Final Four. Murcia finished as third after defeating Riesen Ludwigsburg in the third-place game.

Ormanspor

In July 2019, Kloof agreed on a contract with Turkish club OGM Ormanspor, newcomer in the Basketbol Süper Ligi.

International career

After playing for the junior teams of the Netherlands, Kloof was selected for the Dutch national basketball team for EuroBasket 2015. In his EuroBasket debut, he scored 22 points in a 73–72 win over Georgia. Kloof averaged 16.2 points, 4.6 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game at EuroBasket 2015 as his country was eliminated in the group stage.