Nino Gorissen | |
Number: | 4 |
Height M: | 1.75 |
Team: | Den Helder Suns |
Birth Date: | 31 December 1997 |
Nationality: | Dutch |
Career Start: | 2015 |
Years2: | 2017–2019 |
Years3: | 2019–present |
Highlights: | |
Years1: | 2015–2017 |
Nino Pierre Gorissen (born 31 December 1997) is a Dutch professional basketball player as captain for the Den Helder Suns. He is the shortest player to ever play in the BNXT League being 1.75m (05.74feet) tall. He formerly played for BAL Weert in the now replaced DBL.
Gorissen started playing basketball at the age of 6 when he joined the Landslake Lions. He would continue playing there until the age of 15 when he moved to Bolwerk Waterland which was collaborating with the Landslake Lions at the time. He would however return to the Landslake Lions in 2015 where he played in the Promotiedivisie for two years. Afterwards in 2017 Gorissen moved to BAL Weert.[1] He made his Dutch Basketball League (DBL) debut on 8 October 2017 in a 96–80 loss against Aris Leeuwarden scoring 6 points and stealing the ball 3 times. In 2018 he became the shortest person ever to be selected for the DBL All-Rookie Team.[2] On 20 June 2019, Gorissen joined the Den Helder Suns where as of the 2022-2023 season he is still playing.[3] [4]
Gorissen played for the Netherlands during the 2017 FIBA U20 European Championship Division B. They ended up at 10th place.[5] [6]