Rain Veideman
| AVIS Rapla | |
|---|---|
| Position | Shooting guard |
| League | Korvpalli Meistriliiga |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
1 October 1991 Haljala, Estonia |
| Nationality | Estonian |
| Listed height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) |
| Listed weight | 90 kg (198 lb) |
| Career information | |
| NBA draft | 2013 / Undrafted |
| Playing career | 2008–present |
| Career history | |
| 2008–2009 | Kuremaa |
| 2009–2010 | Rakvere Tarvas |
| 2010–2013 | TÜ/Rock |
| 2012 | →Bayreuth |
| 2013–2017 | Kalev/Cramo |
| 2017–2018 | G.S.A. Udine |
| 2018–present | AVIS Utilitas Rapla |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| |
Rain Veideman (born 1 October 1991) is an Estonian professional basketball player who plays for AVIS Utilitas Rapla of the Korvpalli Meistriliiga. He also represents the Estonian national basketball team internationally. Standing at a height of 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in), he primarily plays the shooting guard position.
Professional career
Veideman began playing basketball with sPORTKUNDA/Rakvere. He began his professional career in 2008, at the age of 17, with Kuremaa of the Korvpalli Meistriliiga. Kuremaa finished the 2008–09 season in last place, despite Veideman averaging 10.9 points per game.
In 2009, he transferred to Rakvere Tarvas. The team finished the 2009–10 season as runners-up, with Veideman averaging 15.1 points per game. He won the KML Best Young Player Award and was named to the All-KML Team.[1]
In 2010, Veideman signed for the Estonian champions TÜ/Rock. In the 2010–11 season, Veideman averaged 15.6 points per game and once again won the Best Young Player Award.[2] On 4 February 2012, Veideman was loaned to Bayreuth of the Basketball Bundesliga for the remainder of the season.[3] In Germany, Veideman averaged 7.5 points per game as Bayreuth finished the 2011–12 season in 13th place. Veideman returned to TÜ/Rock for the 2012–13 season.
On 30 July 2013, Veideman signed for Kalev/Cramo.[4] Kalev/Cramo won the 2013–14 Estonian League championship. Veideman averaged 9.2 points per game and was named to the All-KML Team.[5] In the 2013–14 VTB United League season, Veideman averaged 8.7 points per game and was named Top Estonian Player of the league.[6] He averaged 11.7 points per game in the 2014–15 VTB United League season and was named Top Estonian Player for the second time.[7] Veideman won his second Estonian Championship in the 2015–16 season, after Kalev/Cramo defeated TÜ/Rock in the finals, winning the series 4 games to 1.[8]
On 5 March 2017, Veideman left Kalev/Cramo and signed for G.S.A. Udine of the Serie A2.[9]
Estonian national team
Veideman was a member of the Estonian national under-18 basketball team that competed at the 2008 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship and finished the tournament last, in 16th place.
As a member of the senior Estonian national basketball team, Veideman competed at the EuroBasket 2015, averaging 10 points, 5.4 rebounds and 4 assists per game, in 32.6 minutes. Estonia finished the tournament in 20th place.[10]
Veideman was named captain of the national team for the EuroBasket 2017 qualifiers.[11]
Awards and accomplishments
Professional career
- TÜ/Rock
- 2× Estonian Cup champion: 2010, 2011
- BBL Cup champion: 2010
- Kalev/Cramo
- 2× Estonian League champion: 2014, 2016
- 2× Estonian Cup champion: 2015, 2016
Individual
- 2× KML Best Young Player Award: 2010, 2011
- 2× All-KML Team: 2010, 2014
- 2× VTB United League Top Estonian Player: 2014, 2015
- KML All-Star: 2017
- KML All-Star MVP: 2017
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 | ||||||
Note: The EuroLeague is not the only competition in which the player participated for the team during the season. He also played in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable.
Domestic leagues
| Season | Team | League | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008–09 | Kuremaa | KML | 16 | 25.3 | .424 | .346 | .641 | 4.4 | 1.9 | 1.6 | .6 | 10.9 |
| 2009–10 | Rakvere Tarvas | 32 | 33.7 | .425 | .297 | .762 | 3.8 | 1.9 | 1.8 | .1 | 15.1 | |
| 2010–11 | TÜ/Rock | 35 | 25.6 | .430 | .328 | .797 | 3.3 | 2.2 | 1.8 | .2 | 11.6 | |
| 2011–12 | 16 | 31.0 | .503 | .380 | .773 | 3.7 | 2.8 | 2.1 | .1 | 15.6 | ||
| Bayreuth | BBL | 14 | 24.2 | .415 | .359 | .657 | 2.4 | 1.9 | .9 | .2 | 7.5 | |
| 2012–13 | TÜ/Rock | KML | 20 | 24.3 | .466 | .365 | .894 | 2.7 | 1.7 | 1.3 | .2 | 10.2 |
| 2013–14 | Kalev/Cramo | 34 | 24.8 | .427 | .345 | .771 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 1.1 | .4 | 9.2 | |
| 2014–15 | 20 | 25.7 | .419 | .320 | .879 | 3.5 | 2.5 | .8 | .1 | 11.8 | ||
| 2015–16 | 28 | 23.1 | .482 | .346 | .794 | 3.7 | 2.2 | 1.0 | .1 | 13.1 | ||
| 2016–17 | 17 | 23.9 | .428 | .280 | .830 | 3.1 | 3.2 | .9 | .1 | 11.5 | ||
| G.S.A. Udine | Serie A2 | 7 | 32.1 | .361 | .294 | .951 | 4.7 | 3.7 | .6 | .3 | 17.0 | |
| 2017–18 | 27 | 30.7 | .384 | .324 | .833 | 3.7 | 3.2 | .9 | .1 | 12.8 |
Estonia national team
| Tournament | National Team | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 U-16 European Championship Division B | Estonia U-16 | 7 | 22.9 | .429 | .273 | .760 | 3.1 | 1.3 | 2.0 | .1 | 12.6 |
| 2008 U-18 European Championship | Estonia U-18 | 6 | 26.2 | .426 | .273 | .844 | 3.8 | 1.2 | 2.0 | .3 | 13.2 |
| 2009 U-18 European Championship Division B | Estonia U-18 | 8 | 31.4 | .536 | .325 | .857 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 2.1 | .0 | 18.9 |
| 2011 U-20 European Championship Division B | Estonia U-20 | 9 | 32.0 | .523 | .342 | .789 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 3.0 | .1 | 17.2 |
| EuroBasket 2011 Division B | Estonia | 6 | 22.5 | .431 | .455 | .889 | 1.3 | 1.7 | .8 | .2 | 11.3 |
| EuroBasket 2013 Qualification | Estonia | 1 | 4.0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .0 | 1.0 | .0 | .0 | .0 |
| EuroBasket 2015 First Qualification Round | Estonia | 7 | 22.7 | .561 | .500 | .455 | 1.9 | 1.3 | .6 | .3 | 11.4 |
| EuroBasket 2015 | Estonia | 5 | 32.6 | .381 | .333 | .923 | 5.4 | 4.0 | .4 | .0 | 10.0 |
| EuroBasket 2017 Qualification | Estonia | 6 | 32.0 | .451 | .308 | .852 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 1.5 | .2 | 15.8 |
| 2019 Basketball World Cup Pre-Qualifiers | Estonia | 4 | 32.2 | .431 | .273 | .688 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 1.3 | .3 | 15.3 |
References
- ↑ "Eesti parimaks korvpalluriks valiti Kristjan Kangur" (in Estonian). Delfi. 3 June 2010.
- ↑ "Eesti Korvpalliliit tegi teatavaks lõppenud hooaja parimad" (in Estonian). Delfi. 1 June 2011.
- ↑ "Rain Veideman siirdub Saksamaa Bundesligasse" (in Estonian). basket.ut.ee. 4 February 2012.
- ↑ "AMETLIK: Kalev/Cramo sõlmis Veidemaniga lepingu ja palkas uue abitreeneri" (in Estonian). Delf. 30 July 2013.
- ↑ "Kalevist kaks, Rockist kolm! Kes valiti korvpallihooaja parimateks mängijateks?" (in Estonian). Delfi. 4 June 2014.
- ↑ "Rain Veideman named League's top Estonian player". VTB United League. 18 April 2014. Archived from the original on 17 February 2015.
- ↑ "Rain Veideman named League's top Estonian player". VTB United League. 27 April 2015. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015.
- ↑ "Kalev/Cramo kindlustas meistritiitli koguni 27-punktise võiduga!" (in Estonian). Delfi. 27 May 2016.
- ↑ "Üllatuspomm: Rain Veideman lahkub Kalev/Cramost!" (in Estonian). Delfi. 5 March 2017.
- ↑ "Estonia". Eurobasket2015.org.
- ↑ "Asekapten vedas ja Eesti võitles" (in Estonian). Delfi. 8 August 2016.
External links
- Rain Veideman at basket.ee (in Estonian)
- Rain Veideman at fiba.com