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Martin Paasoja

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Martin Paasoja
Tartu Ülikool
PositionShooting guard
Personal information
Born (1993-01-04) 4 January 1993 (age 31)
Kärdla, Estonia
Listed height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Listed weight86 kg (190 lb)
Career information
NBA draft2015: undrafted
Playing career2009–present
Career history
2009–2012Pärnu
2012–2017Rapla
2017–2018SCM CSU Craiova
2018–2019Psychikou
2019–2020Kalev/Cramo
2020–2021Real Valladolid
2021–2022Rapla KK
2022–2023ÍR
2023–2024Rapla KK
2024–presentTartu Ülikool
Career highlights and awards

Martin Paasoja (born 4 January 1993) is an Estonian professional basketball player for ÍR of the Úrvalsdeild karla. He is a 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) tall shooting guard. He also represents the Estonian national basketball team internationally.

Professional career

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In September 2022, Paasoja signed with ÍR of the Úrvalsdeild karla.[1]

In April 2023, Paasoja joined Venezuelan top-tier team Centauros de Portuguesa.[2]

Estonian national team

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Paasoja was a member of the junior Estonian national team that finished 15th in the 2012 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship and 19th in the 2013 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship.[3]

Career statistics

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Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  PIR  Performance Index Rating
 Bold  Career high

Domestic leagues

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Season Team League GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2009–10 Pärnu KML 18 12.0 .361 .316 .435 1.8 .2 .6 .1 4.2
2010–11 30 24.1 .371 .364 .585 4.1 .8 1.5 .2 8.5
2011–12 3 28.2 .235 .222 .800 4.3 1.0 2.3 .0 8.7
2012–13 Rapla 37 23.5 .425 .320 .702 3.5 1.6 1.0 .2 7.6
2013–14 33 20.7 .354 .229 .646 3.1 1.1 1.3 .3 7.0
2014–15 20 25.4 .405 .306 .769 3.8 1.8 .9 .1 8.9
2015–16 39 25.9 .397 .252 .775 2.9 2.3 1.0 .2 8.5
2016–17 38 30.3 .416 .333 .791 3.9 2.7 1.0 .2 11.5
2017–18 SCM CSU Craiova Liga Națională 30 23.6 .481 .392 .810 2.1 2.4 1.2 .0 11.0
2018–19 Psychikou Greek A2 30 32.9 .459 .299 .771 4.8 2.1 1.7 .1 15.5
2019–20 Kalev/Cramo LEBL 19 15.2 .438 .308 .829 1.6 2.3 1.1 .1 8.2

Estonia national team

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Year Tournament National Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2010 2010 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Division B Estonia U-18 8 0 13.4 .489 .125 .538 2.0 .4 1.1 .5 6.9
2011 2011 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Division B Estonia U-18 3 1 22.7 .125 .000 .667 2.7 3.0 1.3 .0 2.0
2012 2012 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Estonia U-20 9 5 28.4 .424 .270 .733 6.2 1.2 1.0 .0 11.7
2013 2013 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Estonia U-20 9 8 28.5 .350 .319 .567 5.3 1.2 2.2 .4 11.3
2015 2015 Summer Universiade Estonia Universiade 7 14.0 .258 .083 .800 1.7 .3 .6 .0 3.0
2016 EuroBasket 2017 Qualification Estonia 6 0 6.5 .444 .000 1.000 .8 .5 .2 .2 1.7
2017 2019 Basketball World Cup Pre-Qualifiers Estonia 4 2 17.6 .571 .333 .571 2.8 2.2 .6 .0 5.5
2017–19 2019 Basketball World Cup Qualification Estonia 11 6 15.3 .488 .286 .600 1.5 1.0 .9 .1 5.5

References

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  1. ^ "Martin Paasoja til ÍR". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). 5 September 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  2. ^ "SPB 2023 - Martin Paasoja (ex IR) joins Centauros". eurobasket.com. 2023-04-08.
  3. ^ "Martin Paasoja". Fiba.com.
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