Aivar Kuusmaa

Aivar Kuusmaa
Personal information
Shooting Guard
Date of birth	June 12, 1967 (1967-06-12) (age 44) Tallinn, Estonia
Listed height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight	209 lb (95 kg)
Career information
Pro career	1983–2005
Career history
As player: 1983–1984 TSIK 1985–1986 Standard 1986–1987 ASK Riga 1988–1989 Tallinna Kalev 1989–1990 Youngstown Pride 1990–1993 Tallinna Kalev 1993–1996 Panathinaikos 1996–1998 Baltika 1998–1999 BC Tallinn 1999–2000 Tallinna Kalev 2000–2001 Liege Basket 2001–2004 TTÜ/A.Le Coq 2004–2005 Tallinna Kalev
As coach: 2005–2007 BC Kalev/Cramo 2007–2010 TTÜ KK 2010–present BC Kalev/Cramo
Career highlights and awards
2× KML Most Valuable Player (1999, 2003) 2× KML Coach of the Year (2006, 2011) 9× Estonian Champion (1986, 1988–1989, 1992–1993, 1999–2000, 2006, 2011) Latvian Champion (1987) WBL Champion (1990) USSR Champion (1991) 4× Estonian Cup Winner (1999, 2003, 2005–2006) Greek Cup Winner (1996)
Stats at NBA.com

Aivar Kuusmaa (born June 12, 1967) is a retired Estonian professional basketball player who played mostly at the shooting guard position.

He won the Soviet Union league championship in 1991 as a member of the Tallinn Kalev basketball team. Kuusmaa mostly played in Estonia, but he also spent three seasons in Greece, with Panathinaikos and one season in Belgium, with Liege Basket. Also, during the service in the Soviet Army, Kuusmaa was stationed in Latvian SSR and played in the local army sports club ASK Riga. After retiring in 2005 he has been coaching BC Kalev/Cramo (2005–2007 & 2010-present) and TTÜ KK (2007–2010).

Achievements

As a player

1985–86 Estonian SSR Championship (Standard)
1986–87 Latvian SSR Championship (ASK Riga)
1987–88 Estonian SSR Championship (Standard)
1988–89 Estonian SSR Championship (Tallinna Kalev)
1989–90 World Basketball League Championship (Youngstown Pride)
1990–91 Soviet Union Championship (Tallinna Kalev)
1991–92 Estonian League Championship (Tallinna Kalev)
1992–93 Estonian League Championship (Tallinna Kalev)
1995–96 Greek Basketball Cup (Panathinaikos)
1998–99 Estonian Basketball Cup (BC Tallinn)
1998–99 Estonian League Championship (BC Tallinn)
1999–00 Estonian League Championship (Tallinna Kalev)
2003–04 Estonian Basketball Cup (TTÜ/A.Le Coq)

As a coach

2005–06 Estonian Basketball Cup (BC Kalev/Cramo)
2005–06 Estonian League Championship (BC Kalev/Cramo)
2006–07 Estonian Basketball Cup (BC Kalev/Cramo)
2010–11 Estonian League (BC Kalev/Cramo)

External links

Profile at basketpedya.com

Books

Lään, Vello; Ibrus, Märt (2006). Eesti korvpall portreed. Eesti Korvpalliliit. p. 299–308. ISBN 9949-406-68-4.

Estonia squad – EuroBasket 1993 – 6th place

4 Kandimaa \| 5 Kuusmaa \| 6 Kivinukk \| 7 Saksakulm \| 8 Metstak \| 9 Nagel \| 10 Rumma \| 11 Babenko \| 12 Noormets \| 13 Karavajev \| 14 Kullamäe \| 15 Pehka \| Coach: Salumets

Korvpalli Meistriliiga Most Valuable Player Award

1998: Kullamäe \| 1999: Kuusmaa \| 2000: Kullamäe \| 2001: Tein \| 2002: Tein \| 2003: Kuusmaa \| 2004: Vaškys \| 2005: Frier \| 2006: Tein \| 2007: Reed \| 2008: Cusworth \| 2009: Tsintsadze \| 2010: Kriisa \| 2011: Osby

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Name	Kuusmaa, Aivar
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Date of birth	June 12, 1967
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