Tanel Tein

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**Tanel Tein**
Date of birth	January 10, 1978 (1978-01-10) (age 30)
Place of birth	Tartu, Estonia, Estonian SSR, USSR
Current position	Shooting Guard / Small Forward
Current Team	Rock Tartu
Years with Team	2006-present
Previous Teams	1993-1998 Rock Tartu 1998-1999 St.Francis NY NCAA 1999-2003 Rock Tartu 2003-2004 Slask Wroclaw 2004-2005 ALBA Berlin 2005-2006 Rock Tartu 2006 Triumph Lyubertsy 2006-2008 Rock Tartu
Height	193 cm ( 6ft 4 in )

Tanel Tein (born January 10, 1978 in Tartu, Estonian SSR, USSR) is an Estonian professional basketball player.

Tein's professional career started at the Estonian team KK Tartu (today known as Rock Tartu) in the 1993-94 season, when he joined at age of 15.He is a member of the Estonia national basketball team since 1998 and was member of the Estonian team in EuroBasket 2001. Tein is a four-time Estonian champion with Tartu team and Polish Cup winner with Slask Wroclaw in 2004. In 2004-2005 season he signed with the Bundesliga club ALBA Berlin. Currently Tein is back in Tartu and plays for Tartu Ülikool/Rock team.