Zenit signs Thomas Heurtel to a two-year contract

French national team guard Thomas Heurtel is joining our club on a 1+1 deal. The player comes off a successful season with Real Madrid and a great performance for French NT at Eurobasket.

Zenit head coach Xavi Pascual:

— We want to welcome Thomas in our team. He is a player with great quality and experience. We believe that he will help us achieve our goals for this season.

In his career, 33 years old point guard played for Pau-Orthez (2007-2009), ASVEL (2009-2011, loans to Strasbourg and Alicante), Baskonia (2011-2014), Anadolu Efes (2014-2017), Barcelona (2017-2021), ASVEL (2021), and Real Madrid (2021-2022).

Since 2013, Heurtel plays for the French senior national team. He won Eurobasket gold medals back in 2013, bronze medals at the World Cup in 2015, silver medals at the 2021 Olympics, and most recently became a finalist of the latest Eurobasket edition.

Last season with Real, Thomas played with another Zenit newcomer Trey Thompkins and stepped on the court in 27 Euroleague games.

Thomas Heurtel

Born in 1989, on Arpil, 10th

Height – 189 см, weight – 82 кг

Position – guard

Stats last season

Euroleague (27 games): 9 points, 2,4 rebounds, 4,6 assists, 9,7 PIR

Liga ACB (26 games): 8,3 points, 2,4 rebounds, 4,2 assists, 9 PIR

Career

2007-2009 — Pau-Orthez, France

2009-2011 — ASVEL, France

2009-2010 — Strasbourg, France (loan)

2010-2011 — Alicante, Spain (loan)

2011-2014 — Baskonia, Spain

2014-2017 — Anadolu Efes, Turkey

2017-2021 — Barcelona, Spain

2021 — ASVEL, France

2021-2022 — Real Madrid, Spain

since 2022 — Zenit, Russia

Awards

Eurobasket champion (2013)

BSL champion (2015)

ProA champion (2021)

Liga ACB champion (2022)

Spanish Supercup winner (2021)

Copa Del Rey champion (2018, 2019, 2021)

Copa Del Rey MVP(2018, 2019)

BSL finals MVP (2015)

Turkish Cup winner (2015)

Turkish Presidential Cup winner(2015)

Runner-up at Olympics (2021)

Bronze medal at the World Cup (2014)

Runner-up at Eurobasket (2022)