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Estonian basketball club

This article is about the basketball club Tallinna Kalev/TLÜ. For the other basketball club, see BC Kalev/Cramo. For the defunct basketball club, see KK Kalev. For the football club, see JK Tallinna Kalev.

Tallinna Kalev/TLÜ or also known as Tallina Kalev/Audentes for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in Tallinn, Estonia. The team plays in the Latvian-Estonian Basketball League and Korvpalli Meistriliiga (KML). Their home arena is the Audentes Sports Centre.

History[edit]

The team was founded in 2002 as Pirita. Coached by Kalle Klandorf, the team joined the top-tier Korvpalli Meistriliiga (KML) in the 2002–03 season. In 2002, Pirita reached the Estonian Cup final, but were defeated by University of Tartu 76–92.

In 2008, Pirita joined the multi-sport club Kalev. The team adopted the name Tallinna Kalev prior to the 2008–09 season. The team signed power forward Travis Reed for the 2009–10 season, while former Estonia national team coach Üllar Kerde joined the coaching staff.

In 2010, the team merged with TTÜ, the latter becoming TTÜ/Kalev, while Tallinna Kalev became TTÜ/Kalev II. Both teams competed in the 2010–11 KML season and the 2010–11 Baltic Basketball League. The unified team dissolved after the 2010–11 season and both clubs continued separately.[2]

Prior to the 2014–15 season, the team signed an agreement with Tallinn University and adopted the name Tallinna Kalev/TLÜ.

Home arenas[edit]

Players[edit]

Current roster[edit]

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Tallinna Kalev/TLÜ roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
G 0 Estonia Paiste, Mario 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 33 – (1989-09-03)3 September 1989
G/F 3 Estonia Malm, Patrick 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 18 – (2004-05-10)10 May 2004
SG 6 Estonia Veideman, Rain 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 31 – (1991-10-01)1 October 1991
C 8 Latvia Ziediņš, Māris 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 33 – (1990-03-24)24 March 1990
PF 11 Estonia Jurtsenko, Karl 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 19 – (2004-02-10)10 February 2004
PF 12 Estonia Allemann, Georg 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 22 – (2001-03-11)11 March 2001
SF 14 Estonia Jurtom, Martin 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 29 – (1994-03-11)11 March 1994
PF 14 Estonia Kangur, Kristjan 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 108 kg (238 lb) 40 – (1982-10-23)23 October 1982
F 22 Estonia Kajupank, Indrek 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 99 kg (218 lb) 34 – (1988-05-15)15 May 1988
SG 25 Latvia Hāzners, Eduards 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 25 – (1997-12-28)28 December 1997
C 31 Lithuania Gadiliauskas, Rokas 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 106 kg (234 lb) 24 – (1998-07-13)13 July 1998
G/F 33 Estonia Rasmus, Andre 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 18 – (2004-05-26)26 May 2004
PG 43 Estonia Schmalz, Eric 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 23 – (1999-09-12)12 September 1999
C 44 United States Buchanan, Michael 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 115 kg (254 lb) 29 – (1994-03-25)25 March 1994
SF 52 Estonia Järveläinen, Joonas 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 32 – (1990-08-17)17 August 1990
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured
Updated: 13 January 2023

Depth chart[edit]

Coaches[edit]

Season by season[edit]

Trophies and awards[edit]

Individual awards[edit]

References[edit]

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