Thomas Lærke (born 4 April 1991) is a Danish professional basketball player. He is currently playing for the Telekom Baskets Bonn II in the German Regionalliga West.
| No. 10 – Telekom Baskets Bonn II | |
|---|---|
| Position | Guard |
| Personal information | |
| Born | 4 April 1991 Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Nationality | Danish |
| Listed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Gainesville (Gainesville, Florida) |
| NBA draft | 2013: undrafted |
| Playing career | 2010–present |
| Career history | |
| 2010–2011 | Peñas Huesca |
| 2011 | Pas Piélagos |
| 2011–2012 | Pla de Na Tesa |
| 2012 | Araberri |
| 2012–2013 | Pla de Na Tesa |
| 2013–2017 | Bakken Bears |
| 2017 | Nokia |
| 2017–2022 | Bakken Bears |
| 2022 | VfL Kirchheim Knights |
| 2022–2023 | Esgueira Basket |
| 2023 | CB Morón |
| 2023–present | Telekom Baskets Bonn II |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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He was a member of the Danish national basketball team and participated at the 2015 EuroBasket qualification.[1]
Professional career edit
Lærke started his professional career in 2011 in Spain with Huesca of the LEB Oro.
In 2013, Lærke returned to Denmark by signing with Bakken Bears.[2] With the Bears, he won two national championships and two national cups over a four year span.
On 7 July 2017, he signed with BC Nokia of the Finnish Korisliiga.[3] In December 2017, Lærke returned to Bakken Bears.[4] He parted company with the Bears at the conclusion of the 2021-22 season after winning a total of seven national championships with the team. In 2018, 2020 and 2022, he reached the semifinal of the FIBA Europe Cup with the Bakken side.[5]
Lærke continued his career abroad, signing with the VfL Kirchheim Knights of the German second-tier league ProA in late September 2022.[6] He saw action in three ProA contests, averaging 7.7 points a game.[7] His short-term-contract was not renewed in October 2022.[8] Subsequently, Lærke moved to Esgueira Basket of Portugal's first-tier league.[9] On March 1, 2023, he was signed by CB Morón of Spain's LEB Plata.[10]
He signed with Telekom Baskets Bonn's second men's team in November 2023 to play in the German Regionalliga West.[11]
References edit
- ^ Thomas Laerke | EuroBasket 2015, eurobasket2015.org, accessed 7 Dec 2015.
- ^ "Thomas Lærke til Bakken Bears". basketligaen.dk. Archived from the original on 2017-08-06.
- ^ Tanskalainen Thomas Laerke BC Nokian takakentälle
- ^ "THOMAS LÆRKE TILBAGE TIL AARHUS" (in Danish). 19 December 2017. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- ^ Pfaff, Sebastian (2022-06-01). "Thomas Lærke stopper i Bakken Bears". Fullcourt.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2022-06-01.
- ^ Alexander Christiansen (2022-09-30). "Thomas Lærke har fundet sin nye klub". Fullcourt (in Danish). Retrieved 2022-09-30.
- ^ "Thomas Laerke". 2. Basketball-Bundesliga (in German). Retrieved 2022-10-21.
- ^ "Zusätzliche Zentimeter unterm Korb für die Kirchheim Knights". Nürtinger Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2022-10-21.
- ^ Christiansen, Alexander (2022-11-05). "Thomas Lærke har fundet sin nye klub". Fullcourt.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2022-11-05.
- ^ "El Minuiscenter Morón incorpora al alero danés Thomas Lærke". Federación Española de Baloncesto (in Spanish). 2023-03-01. Retrieved 2023-03-07.
- ^ "Willkommen von den ProBaskets e.V. Thomas Laerke!". de.linkedin.com. Retrieved 2023-12-26.