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Akeel Eduardo: the St Maarten-born guard in the Dutch Basketball League

A short profile of Akeel Eduardo, the St Maarten-born basketball player who played in the Dutch Basketball League for Basketball Academie Limburg and BC Apollo Amsterdam.

By SXM Daily · October 23, 2026

Akeel Eduardo is a basketball guard-forward, born on 10 January 1993, who played five seasons in the Dutch Basketball League (DBL) for Basketball Academie Limburg and one for BC Apollo Amsterdam. In an interview with We Are Basket he said he was born on St. Maarten and grew up in Eindhoven.

Illustrative photo: Richie Diesterheft, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

From St. Maarten to Eindhoven

We Are Basket reported in January 2018 that Eduardo was born on St. Maarten, grew up in Eindhoven and took up basketball at 16 at the Almonte club before moving to BSW. In the interview he named St. Maarten as home.

Dutch Basketball League

According to Eurobasket, he played for Basketball Academie Limburg (BS Weert) from 2012–13 to 2016–17 and joined BC Apollo Amsterdam for 2017–18, averaging 8.1 points over 30 games. Eurobasket and FIBA both give his date of birth. More island athletes are covered in SXM Daily Sports.

Sources

• https://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Akeel-Eduardo/230292
• https://www.fiba.basketball/en/players/189395-akeel-eduardo
• https://web.archive.org/web/20260412084021/https://www.wearebasket.net/time-akeel-eduardo/

Source: https://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Akeel-Eduardo/230292