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Charlotte van Kleef (born 6 october 1996) is a Dutch basketball player. Van Kleef was in 2018 the first Dutch player who received the first position on the world 3x3 ranking list (women and U23). Standing at 1.90m (6 ft 3 in) she plays as small forward or power forward. She currently plays for TopKip Lions of the Dutch Women’s Basketball League.

National Club Career
Born in Venray, grown up in Nijmegen, Van Kleef played for the amateur clubs Wildcats Nijmegen and Batouwe Bemmel. When she was 14 years old, she made her debut in the Dutch Women’s Basketball League. Van Kleef played for Lekdetec.nl Bemmel, CTO Amsterdam and Landslake Lions (currently TopKip Lions). In the years 2019-2021 she was part of the Dutch 3x3 Olympic program.

Charlotte van Kleef won once the National Cup (2012, Lekdetec.nl Batouwe ), once the Super Cup (2016, Loon Lions ) and once the Final Four (2012, CTO ). In 2023-2024 she received with TopKip Lions the second place in the Dutch Women’s Basketball League.

In the seasons 2020-2021, 2021-2022 and 2023-2024 she was chozen by Eurobasket in the second all star team. In the season 2022-2023 Charlotte van Kleef Eurobasket choose her as ‘center of the year’ in the Dutch Women’s Basketball League and as part of the first all star team. In the season 2023-2024 the Dutch National Basketball Federation chose her as All Star.

International Club Career
In 2014-2015 she played in the European Youth Basketball League (EYBL). With the international team players who played in the Netherlands she played with Orange Blizzard/Amsterdam Angels in the Europe Cup (2015-016, 2016-2017 and 2017-2018) and with Orange Lions in 2019-2020 in the European Women’s Basketball League (EWBL). In the EWBL the Orange Lions received the Quarter Finals.

In 2018 Van Kleef played in Australia for South West Slammers in Bunbury. At the end of the season she was chozen in the All Star Team South and she was number 10 on the list of mvp’s. In the season 2018-2019 Charlotte van Kleef played for Kangoeroes Basket Mechelen (Belgium).

National Team Career
Charlotte van Kleef played 5 European Youth Championships (U16, U18 and U20) and 2 World Youth U19 Championships. In 2015 she won a bronze medal at the 2015 Fiba Europe Under-20 Championships for Women. Van Kleef played also in the Youth 3x3 teams and won in 2014 silver at the Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing (China). In 2017 she won silver at the FIBA 3x3 U23 Nations League. Van Kleef became the top scorer of the league.

Since 2015 Van Kleef is part of the national 5x5 senior team and since 2016 of the Dutch national 3x3 senior team. In 2017 she was top scorer at the FISU World University League 3x3 Finals in Xiamen (China). In 2019 she won silver at the World Beach Games in Doha Qatar with the 3x3 national team. In 2023 she won a silver medal at the QUAI54 World Streetball Championships in Paris (France).

In march 2018 she achieved as first Dutch player in history the position 1 of the women and U23 category of the 3x3 FIBA world ranking.