Marlon Fluonia

Marlon Fluonia
Catcher
Born: (1964-09-26) September 26, 1964
Willemstad, Curaçao
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Medals
Men's baseball
Representing  Netherlands
European Baseball Championship
Silver medal – second place1989 ParisNational team
Gold medal – first place1991 NettunoNational team
Gold medal – first place1995 StockholmNational team

Marlon Supriano Fluonia (born 26 September 1964 in Willemstad, Curaçao)[1] is a Dutch former baseball player and coach who represented the Netherlands at the 1996 Summer Olympics.[2][3] He batted 0-for-7 in the Olympics, starting two games at catcher.[4]

Fluonia also played for the Netherlands at the 1989, 1991, and 1993 European Baseball Championship, with the Dutch winning the latter two tournaments.[5] He batted only .167 in the 1993 championship.[6] He also played in the 1990 Baseball World Cup and three Haarlem Baseball Week and World Port Tournaments for the Netherlands.[7]

Fluonia also played in the Honkbal Hoofdklasse, the top Dutch league, from 1988 to 2005. He played in the 755 Hoofdklasse games, third-most all time, as of 2018. He played for Neptunus, Sparta-Feyenoord, Quick Amersfoort, PSV and BSC Almere.[7][8] Before playing in the Netherlands, he played for Royal Scorpions in the Curaçaoan AA League for six seasons.[7][9]

In 2007, Fluonia became the manager of RCH-Pinguins. He lasted less than one season as manager.[7][8][10] He became an assistant coach at UVV Utrecht following the 2018 season.[7] UVV won a playoff to return to the Hoofdklasse in 2022.[11] He stopped being the team's first base coach after the 2024 season.[12]

References

  1. ↑ "Familiebericht". Amigoe di Curacao (in Dutch). 1964-10-01. Retrieved 2026-03-03.
  2. ↑ "Marlon Fluonia Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
  3. ↑ "Marlon Fluonia". Olympedia. Retrieved 2026-03-03.
  4. ↑ "Official Report 1996 v.3". LA84 Foundation. pp. 183, 188, 189. Retrieved 2026-03-03.
  5. ↑ "Baseball - Europameisterschaften". sport-komplett.de (in Dutch). Retrieved 2026-03-03.
  6. ↑ Wedemeijer, Harry. "European Baseball Championships: Team Totals". home.wanadoo.nl. Archived from the original on 2013-02-08. Retrieved 2025-12-10.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 Stoovelaar, Marco (October 28, 2018). "Orlando Stewart new Head Coach of UVV". Grand Slam * Stats & News Netherlands. Retrieved 2026-03-03.
  8. 1 2 "Fluonia nieuwe coach van RCH". Honkbalsite archief (in Dutch). 19 April 2007. Retrieved 2026-03-03.
  9. ↑ "Stand gelijk in AA-baseball finale". Amigoe (in Dutch). 1984-11-07. Retrieved 2026-03-03.
  10. ↑ "Robert Klaver nieuwe coach RCH". Honkbalsite archief (in Dutch). 21 November 2007. Retrieved 2026-03-03.
  11. ↑ Stoovelaar, Marco (October 10, 2022). "UVV returns to big league; Storks withdraws team". Grand Slam * Stats & News Netherlands. Retrieved 2026-03-03.
  12. ↑ "Baseball / Honkbal Transfers 2024". Grand Slam * Stats & News. Retrieved 2026-03-03.
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