Tuukka Kotti

Tuukka Kotti
	Kotti during EuroBasket 2017
No. 11 – Tapiolan Honka
Position	Center / power forward
League	Korisliiga
Personal information
Born	March 18, 1981 (age 43); Forssa, Finland
Listed height	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)
Listed weight	102 kg (225 lb)
Career information
College	Providence (2001–2005)
NBA draft	2005: undrafted
Playing career	1997–present
Career history
1997–1999	Forssan Koripojat
1999–2000	Vilpas Vikings
2005–2007	Castelletto Ticino
2007–2008	NSB Rieti
2008–2009	Brest
2009–2010	Espoon Honka
2010–2011	Ferrara
2011–2012	Andrea Costa Imola
2012–2013	Vanoli Cremona
2013–2016	Bisons Loimaa
2016–2017	Crailsheim Merlins
2017–2022	Helsinki Seagulls
2022–present	Tapiolan Honka
Career highlights and awards
	Korisliiga Most Valuable Player (2018);

Tuukka Kotti (born 18 March 1981) is a Finnish professional basketball player for the Tapiolan Honka.

Kotti attended Providence College in the United States, where he played college basketball between 2001 and 2005. He left Finland as a point guard, but gradually turned into a center during his college career.^[1]

In 2018, Kotti was named the Korisliiga Most Valuable Player at age 37, while playing with Helsinki Seagulls.^[2]

Career statistics

Team	Tournament	Pos.	GP	PPG	RPG	APG
Finland	EuroBasket 2011	9th	8	7.8	6.3	1.1
	EuroBasket 2013	9th	8	7.1	5.9	1.0
	2014 FIBA World Cup	22nd	5	4.6	3.0	0.8
	EuroBasket 2015	16th	6	4.3	3.5	1.2
	EuroBasket 2017	11th	4	6.3	2.8	0.5


Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG	PIR
2013–14	Bisons Loimaa	10	10	26.8	.549	-	.409	5.1	1.9	1.0	0.4	10.9	10.0

^ "Tuukka Kotti (Finland)". EuroBasket. Archived from the original on 8 September 2014. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
^ "Korisliigan MVP Tuukka Kotti: "Ehkä tehdään täysi ympyrä maajoukkueuralla"". Sportti.com (in Finnish). Retrieved 10 August 2018.