Kristjan Kangur

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Kristjan Kangur

Kangur playing for Estonia in 2006
No. 14 – Emporio Armani Milano
Position Small forward / Power forward
League Italian League
Euroleague
Personal information
Born (1982-10-23) October 23, 1982
Pärnu, Estonia
Nationality Estonian
Listed height 6 ft 8 in (203 cm)
Listed weight 238 lb (108 kg)
Career information
Pro playing career 2000–present
Career history
2000–2004 Tallinna Kalev
2004–2006 Bayer Giants Leverkusen
2006–2009 BC Kalev/Cramo
2009–2010 ASVEL Basket
201000000 Virtus Pallacanestro Bologna
2010–2012 Pallacanestro Varese
2012–2013 Montepaschi Siena
2013–present Emporio Armani Milano
Career highlights and awards

Kristjan Kangur (born October 23, 1982 in Pärnu) is an Estonian professional basketball player for Emporio Armani Milano of the Italian League. He is 2.02 m (6 ft 7½ in) tall, 100 kg (220 lbs.), and he can play at both the small forward and power forward positions.

Professional career

Estonia and Germany

Kangur started his professional career in 2000, when he signed with Tallinna Kalev. He stayed with the team for the next three years winning the Estonian Championship titles in 2002 and 2003. He also won the Estonian Cup in 2001. Despite his young age Kangur was one of the top performers in the Estonian league averaging 11.2 points and 7.3 rebounds in the 2002–03 season and 15.7 points and 6.2 rebounds in the 2003–04 season. His performances erned him his first foreign contract in 2004 when he signed with Bayer Giants Leverkusen of the German Bundesliga where he spent the next two seasons.

After two years in Germany he returned to Estonia and signed with BC Kalev/Cramo.[1] He stayed with the team until the end of the 2008–09 season winning three Estonian Cups and one Estonian Championship. Kangur was a solid leader for BC Kalev during those three seasons. He averaged 11.4 points and 4.9 rebounds in the 2009 play-offs and was awarded the MVP of Estonian League Finals in the same year.[2]

France

In July 2009 Kangur signed a deal with French Pro A top team ASVEL Basket.[3] He averaged 5.9 points and 2.0 rebounds in his debute season of the Euroleague as well as 5.1 points and 2.0 rebounds in Pro A. Though Kangur won the French Supercup and Semaine des As with ASVEL, the season was a disappointment to the team as they narrowly missed out the Euroleague Top 16 phase and didn't reach to the playoffs of their domestic league.

Italy

Kangur signed with Italian top team Virtus Bologna just before the Italian league play-offs in May 2010.[4] He played five games for the Bologna team averaging 7.6 points with a field goal percentage of 90% on two-pointers and 100% on three-pointers.[5] For the 2010–11 season Kangur signed with Pallacanestro Varese.[6] He was one of the top players in the team averaging 9.9 points and 5.4 rebounds in 32 games. In July 2011 Kangur signed a three-year deal with Italian powerhouse Montepaschi Siena but was loaned to Varese for the 2011–2012 season.[7][8] In his second year in Varese he posted similar numbers with 10.9 points and 5.2 rebounds in 36 games and earned himself a place in Siena's roster.

During his tenure with Siena Kangur won both the Italian Cup and the Italian League and also reached to the Top 16 phase of the Euroleague. He showed high quality game on both sides of the court by being one of the top defensive players in the team and also hitting 23 three-pointers with 56.1% accuracy in the Euroleague Regular Season.

On September 3, 2013, he signed with Emporio Armani Milano.[9] At Milan he was reunited with coach Luca Banchi who coached him last season at Siena, and also with fellow player David Moss with whom he played together in Siena and Bologna. On October 21, Kangur had a back surgery in Milan which forced him off the court for almost two months. He played his first official game for Milano on December 16 against Victoria Libertas Pesaro in the Italian League.

Estonian national team

Kangur represented Estonia for the first time in youth level at the 2002 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Qualifying Round. In his first game he was the top scorer for Estonia with 18 points in 23 minutes against Denmark.[10] Kangur also played at the 2003 Summer Universiade.[11]

He made his debut for the Estonia national basketball team on 20 November 2002 at the age of 20. He scored 4 points in 8 minutes during EuroBasket 2003 Qualification Semi-Final Round game against Belarus.[12] Since then he has been a certain selection for the national team representing Estonia at the 2005, 2007, 2009, 2013 and 2015 EuroBasket qualification tournaments. His national team career high score is 26 points against Iceland in autumn 2012, during the EuroBasket 2013 qualification.[13] Since 2011 Kangur has been the captain of the Estonian national team.

On September 1, 2013, Kangur and the Estonian national team gained a spot for the 2015 European Championships by beating Bulgaria in a two-legged final of the EuroBasket 2015 First Qualification Round.[14] This will be Estonia's fifth time overall to play at the EuroBasket final tournament and the first time since 2001.

Honors

Club

Tallinna Kalev
BC Kalev/Cramo
ASVEL Basket
Montepaschi Siena

Individual

Career statistics

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

Euroleague

Correct as of January 31, 2014

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2009–10 ASVEL Basket 10 0 14.5 .600 .667 .833 2.0 .7 .1 .1 5.9 4.9
2012–13 Montepaschi Siena 24 13 23.4 .450 .418 .833 3.5 1.3 .7 .2 8.6 8.5
2013–14 Emporio Armani Milano 5 0 18.3 .368 .438 – 1.8 1.0 .6 .2 4.2 2.6
Career 39 13 20.4 .465 .444 .833 2.9 1.1 .5 .2 7.4 6.8

Estonia national team

Tournament National Team GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2002 U-20 European Championship Qualification Estonia U-20 5 18.4 .469 .167 .286 4.0 .6 .4 .0 6.6
EuroBasket 2003 Qualification Estonia 4 11.5 .583 1.000 .333 1.8 .5 .2 .0 4.2
EuroBasket 2005 Additional Qualifying Round Estonia 4 26.5 .500 .143 .538 5.2 1.2 1.0 .2 9.5
EuroBasket 2007 Qualification Estonia 6 23.3 .273 .072 .435 5.5 .8 .8 .6 5.8
EuroBasket 2007 Additional Qualifying Round Estonia 4 28.2 .379 .500 .600 7.2 .7 .5 1.0 8.5
EuroBasket 2009 Qualification Estonia 6 32.3 .428 .529 .733 7.8 2.8 .6 .3 12.2
EuroBasket 2009 Qualification Relegation Round Estonia 6 30.3 .377 .214 .670 7.5 2.2 1.6 .0 12.0
EuroBasket 2011 Division B Estonia 6 26.6 .377 .304 .455 7.8 2.2 1.0 .5 10.5
EuroBasket 2013 Qualification Estonia 10 26.8 .495 .347 .857 5.0 2.7 1.0 .3 13.3
EuroBasket 2015 First Qualification Round Estonia 6 25.3 .319 .150 .818 7.2 1.0 1.7 .0 7.0

References

  1. ↑ "BC Kalev/Cramo esitles uusi mängijaid ja hooaja plaane". SPORT.ERR.EE (2006-08-02). Retrieved on 2010-02-21 (Estonian)
  2. ↑ "SEB KML: Season 2008–2009". Eurobasket.com. Retrieved on 2010-02-21
  3. ↑ "Asvel Basket adds Kristjan Kangur, Thomas Heurtel". Euroleague Basketball (2009-07-22). Retrieved on 2009-07-27
  4. ↑ "Kristjan Kangur joins Virtus Bologna". Eurobasket.com (2010-05-17). Retrieved on 2010-05-18
  5. ↑ "Kristjan Kangur". Legabasket. Retrieved on 2010-06-04 (Italian)
  6. ↑ "KANGUR PRIMO ACQUISTO DELLA NUOVA STAGIONE". pallacanestrovarese.it (2010-07-09) Retrieved on 2011-06-15 (Italian)
  7. ↑ "Kristjan Kangur allkirjastas Euroopa tippklubiga pika lepingu!". Eesti Korvpalliliit (2011-07-29). Retrieved on 2011-07-29 (Estonian)
  8. ↑ "KRISTJAN KANGUR ANCORA BIANCOROSSO". pallacanestrovarese.it (2011-07-29). Retrieved on 2011-07-29 (Italian)
  9. ↑ "EA7 MILAN signs Kangur at forward". Euroleague Basketball (2013-09-03). Retrieved on 2013-09-03
  10. ↑ "Denmark – Estonia | European Championship for Young Men 2002 | FIBA Europe" FIBA Europe. Retrieved on 2011-08-09
  11. ↑ "Sports 123: Basketball: Universiade 2003: Men" Sports 123. Retrieved on 2011-08-09
  12. ↑ "Belarus – Estonia | European Championship for Men 2003 | FIBA Europe" FIBA Europe. Retrieved on 2011-08-09
  13. ↑ "Iceland – Estonia | EuroBasket 2013" EuroBasket 2013. Retrieved on 2012-09-17
  14. ↑ "Estonia Book Flight to Ukraine | EuroBasket 2015 | FIBA Europe" FIBA Europe. Retrieved on 2013-09-04

External links

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  • Head coach: Banchi
  • Assistant coaches: Fioretti
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