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_by_Sandro_Halank%E2%80%93045.jpg) Kratzer playing for Paris in 2024 | |||||||||||||||
| No. 22 – Telekom Baskets Bonn | |||||||||||||||
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| Position | Center | ||||||||||||||
| League | Basketball Bundesliga | ||||||||||||||
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| Born | 4 February 1997 Bayreuth, Germany | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 111 kg (245 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Playing career | 2013–present | ||||||||||||||
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| 2013–2015 | Baunach Young Pikes | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2018 | Brose Bamberg | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2017 | →Baunach Young Pikes | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | →s.Oliver Würzburg | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2020 | Skyliners Frankfurt | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2023 | Telekom Baskets Bonn | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2025 | Paris Basketball | ||||||||||||||
| 2025–2026 | Bayern Munich | ||||||||||||||
| 2026–present | Telekom Baskets Bonn | ||||||||||||||
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Leon Kratzer (born 4 February 1997) is a German professional basketball player for Telekom Baskets Bonn of the German Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) and the Basketball Champions League.
Professional career
[edit]The son of former professional basketball player Marc Suhr, a 7-foot center who won four caps for the German men's national team during his career, Kratzer started out with BBC Bayreuth’s youth team at age 12,[1] moving on to the Brose Bamberg youth program in 2012. Representing Bamberg's development squad Baunach Young Pikes, he made his debut in Germany's third-tier ProB during the 2013-14 season, helping the team win promotion to ProA that year. Kratzer made his first appearances in Germany's top-flight Basketball Bundesliga for Bamberg in the 2016-17 campaign, while still being a regular in the reserve team. Averaging 14.6 points, 12.7 rebounds and 1.5 blocks a game for Baunach in 2016-17,[2] he garnered ProA Player of the Year honors.[3]
Looking to take the next step in his career and to gain more playing time in the Bundesliga, he signed on loan for s.Oliver Würzburg in June 2017.[4]
On 20 November 2018 he signed with Skyliners Frankfurt of the Basketball Bundesliga.[5]
On 31 July 2020 he signed with Telekom Baskets Bonn of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL).[6] In 2023 Kratzer won the Basketball Champions League with Bonn, remaining scoreless in the final against Hapoel Jerusalem, but contributing a team-high six rebounds.
On 8 July 2023 he signed with Paris Basketball of the LNB Pro A (BBL).[7]
International career
[edit]Kratzer represented the German junior national teams at the 2013 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championships, the 2015 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championships, 2016 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championships and 2017 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championships.
References
[edit]- ↑ "#25 Leon Kratzer - Brose Bamberg". www.brosebamberg.de (in German). Retrieved 2017-07-16.
- ↑ "2. Basketball-Bundesliga | Spieler". www.zweite-basketball-bundesliga.de (in German). Retrieved 2017-07-16.
- ↑ "Leon Kratzer wechselt nach Würzburg". inFranken.de (in German). Retrieved 2017-07-16.
- ↑ "Brose Bamberg verleiht Leon Kratzer nach Würzburg - Brose Bamberg". www.brosebamberg.de (in German). Retrieved 2017-07-16.
- ↑ "Basketball-Talent Leon Kratzer wechselt von Bamberg nach Frankfurt" (in German). FNP.de. November 20, 2018. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
- ↑ "Von Frankfurt nach Bonn: Leon Kratzer kommt zu den Baskets". Sportando. July 31, 2020. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
- ↑ "Leon Kratzer, nouveau rempart du Paris Basketball". parisbasketball.paris (in French). July 8, 2023. Retrieved July 29, 2023.
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- 1997 births
- Living people
- 21st-century German sportsmen
- Baunach Young Pikes players
- Bamberg Baskets players
- Centers (basketball)
- German expatriate basketball people in France
- German men's basketball players
- Paris Basketball players
- Skyliners Frankfurt players
- Sportspeople from Bayreuth
- Telekom Baskets Bonn players
- Würzburg Baskets players