Emma Meesseman

Emma Meesseman (born 13 May 1993) is a Belgian professional basketball player for New York Liberty of the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) and for Fenerbahçe of the Women's Basketball Super League and EuroLeague Women. After playing basketball in Belgium, Meesseman was drafted by the Washington Mystics with the 19th overall pick in the second round of the 2013 WNBA draft. She has also played for the Belgian national team and several European professional teams. She was named the 2011 FIBA Europe Young Women's Player of the Year and the 2019 WNBA Finals MVP. Meesseman studied physical education at Vrije Universiteit Brussel.

Meesseman's club career began at the age of 16. She played domestically for the Blue Cats, based in her birth town of Ypres, and in the EuroCup for Lotto Young Cats, also in her native Belgium. In her second season with the Blue Cats, she helped win the team its first national title and was named Belgium Championship MVP.

In 2012, she joined ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq of the Ligue Féminine de Basketball. In her second year with the club she played in her third EuroCup, reaching the semi-finals before falling to WBC Dynamo Moscow.

Meesseman played for Spartak Moscow from 2014 to 2016, competing in two EuroCup tournaments. In February 2016, she was acquired by UMMC Ekaterinburg.

With UMMC Ekaterinburg, Meesseman won the Russian National League championship in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020. Meesseman and UMMC Ekaterinburg won the 2015–16 EuroLeague, Europe's premium basketball competition for women, in April 2016. Having missed out on the final in 2017 and finished 3rd, Meesseman and UMMC Ekaterinburg won the 2017–18 EuroLeague. Meesseman, averaging 19 points in the Final Four tournament, was elected Final Four MVP. Meesseman and UMMC Ekaterinburg followed this up with further Euroleague wins in seasons 2018–19 and 2020–21.

She signed with Fenerbahçe Istanbul on 1 July 2022 for EuroLeague Women season. Meesseman, who won 2022–23 EuroLeague Women championship and the 2022–23 Basketball Super League championship with the Fenerbahçe Alagöz Holding jersey in the 2022–2023 season, was selected as the regular season MVP in EuroLeague Women and also been in 2022–23 All-EuroLeague First Team.

On 26 July 2023, she signed with the club for one year deal. In the 2023–24 season, she helped her club back to back win the 2023–24 EuroLeague Women championship and the 2023–24 Basketball Super League championship for the sixth time in a row, also selected as the regular season MVP in EuroLeague Women and also been in 2023–24 All-EuroLeague First Team.

On 4 August 2024, she renewed her contract with the team for 2024–25 season.