Tuukka Kotti
No. 11 – Helsinki Seagulls | |
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Position | Center / Power Forward |
League | Korisliiga |
Personal information | |
Born | Forssa, Finland | March 18, 1981
Nationality | Finnish |
Listed height | 6 ft 8.75 in (2.05 m) |
Listed weight | 230 lb (104 kg) |
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–present | Helsinki Seagulls |
Career highlights and awards | |
Tuukka Kotti (born 18 March 1981) is a Finnish professional basketball player for the Helsinki Seagulls.
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]
References
- ^ "Tuukka Kotti (Finland)". EuroBasket. Archived from the original on 8 September 2014. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
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Categories:
- 1981 births
- Centers (basketball)
- Living people
- Crailsheim Merlins players
- Expatriate basketball people in France
- Expatriate basketball people in Germany
- Expatriate basketball people in Italy
- Finnish expatriate basketball people in the United States
- Finnish expatriates in France
- Finnish expatriates in Germany
- Finnish expatriates in Italy
- Finnish men's basketball players
- Nilan Bisons players
- People from Forssa
- Providence Friars men's basketball players
- Vanoli Cremona players