Rain Veideman

Rain Veideman (born 1 October 1991) is an Estonian professional basketball player for BC Tallinna Kalev 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.

Rain Veideman
No. 6 – Tallinna Kalev
PositionShooting guard
LeagueKorvpalli Meistriliiga
Personal information
Born (1991-10-01) 1 October 1991
Haljala, Estonia
NationalityEstonian
Listed height1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Listed weight90 kg (198 lb)
Career information
NBA draft2013: undrafted
Playing career2008–present
Career history
2008–2009Kuremaa
2009–2010Rakvere Tarvas
2010–2013Tartu Ülikool
2012→BBC Bayreuth
2013–2017BC Kalev
2017–2018APU Udine
2018Rapla
2018–2019Stings Mantova
2019Rakvere Tarvas
2019–2020Eurobasket Roma
2020–2021Rostock Seawolves
2021Stings Mantova
2021–2022KK Viimsi
2022–presentBC Tallinna Kalev
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Representing  Estonia
Men's Basketball
FIBA U20 European Championship
Silver medal – second place 2011 Bosnia and Herzegovina National team

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 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 won the KML 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] He stayed with the team for the next season. Veideman returned to Estonia in the beginning of 2018–19 season and signed with AVIS Utilitas Rapla. In December 2018 he signed with Pompea Mantovana and returned to Italian Serie A2. He scored 28 points in 30 minutes on his debut against Hertz Cagliari.[10] He started the 2019–20 season in his hometown club Rakvere Tarvas. In December 2019 Veideman started his third stint in Italy as he signed with Serie A2 team Eurobasket Roma.[11]

On 11 August 2021, Veideman signed with KK Viimsi of the Latvian-Estonian Basketball League. [12]

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.[13]

Veideman was named captain of the national team for the EuroBasket 2017 qualifiers.[14]

Awards and accomplishments

Professional career
TÜ/Rock
Kalev/Cramo

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

Domestic leagues
Season Team League GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2008–09KuremaaKML1625.3.424.346.6414.41.91.6.610.9
2009–10Rakvere Tarvas3233.7.425.297.7623.81.91.8.115.1
2010–11TÜ/Rock3525.6.430.328.7973.32.21.8.211.6
2011–121631.0.503.380.7733.72.82.1.115.6
BayreuthBBL1424.2.415.359.6572.41.9.9.27.5
2012–13TÜ/RockKML2024.3.466.365.8942.71.71.3.210.2
2013–14Kalev/Cramo3424.8.427.345.7712.52.21.1.49.2
2014–152025.7.419.320.8793.52.5.8.111.8
2015–162823.1.482.346.7943.72.21.0.113.1
2016–171723.9.428.280.8303.13.2.9.111.5
G.S.A. UdineSerie A2732.1.361.294.9514.73.7.6.317.0
2017–182730.7.384.324.8333.73.2.9.112.8
2018–19Avis Utilitas RaplaLEBL1133.4.489.255.8304.74.11.8.417.8
Pompea MantovanaSerie A22533.1.397.286.8262.93.31.3.014.8
2019–20RSK TarvasLEBL1136.2.480.341.8873.44.31.4.018.5
Eurobasket RomaSerie A21230.1.426.280.7382.72.3.5.113.6

Estonia national team
Year Tournament National Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2007 2007 U-16 European Championship Division B Estonia U-16 7622.9.429.273.7603.11.32.0.112.6
2008 2008 U-18 European Championship Estonia U-18 6426.2.426.273.8443.81.22.0.313.2
2009 2009 U-18 European Championship Division B Estonia U-18 8731.4.536.325.8573.02.32.1.018.9
2010–11 EuroBasket 2011 Division B Estonia 6122.5.431.455.8891.31.7.8.211.3
2011 2011 U-20 European Championship Division B Estonia U-20 9932.0.523.342.7894.03.63.0.117.2
2012 EuroBasket 2013 Qualification Estonia 104.0.000.000.000.01.0.0.0.0
2013 EuroBasket 2015 First Qualification Round Estonia 7022.7.561.500.4551.91.3.6.311.4
2015 EuroBasket 2015 Estonia 5432.6.381.333.9235.44.0.4.010.0
2016 EuroBasket 2017 Qualification Estonia 6632.0.451.308.8523.84.31.5.215.8
2017 2019 Basketball World Cup Pre-Qualifiers Estonia 4232.2.431.273.6882.52.81.3.315.3
2017–19 2019 Basketball World Cup Qualification Estonia 8326.0.297.167.6502.83.61.0.06.9

References
  1. "Eesti parimaks korvpalluriks valiti Kristjan Kangur" (in Estonian). Delfi. 3 June 2010.
  2. "Eesti Korvpalliliit tegi teatavaks lõppenud hooaja parimad" (in Estonian). Delfi. 1 June 2011.
  3. "Rain Veideman siirdub Saksamaa Bundesligasse" (in Estonian). basket.ut.ee. 4 February 2012.
  4. "AMETLIK: Kalev/Cramo sõlmis Veidemaniga lepingu ja palkas uue abitreeneri" (in Estonian). Delfi. 30 July 2013.
  5. "Kalevist kaks, Rockist kolm! Kes valiti korvpallihooaja parimateks mängijateks?" (in Estonian). Delfi. 4 June 2014.
  6. "Rain Veideman named League's top Estonian player". VTB United League. 18 April 2014. Archived from the original on 17 February 2015.
  7. "Rain Veideman named League's top Estonian player". VTB United League. 27 April 2015. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015.
  8. "Kalev/Cramo kindlustas meistritiitli koguni 27-punktise võiduga!" (in Estonian). Delfi. 27 May 2016.
  9. "Üllatuspomm: Rain Veideman lahkub Kalev/Cramost!" (in Estonian). Delfi. 5 March 2017.
  10. "Pompea Mantova vs Hertz Cagliari". Lega Nazionale Pallacanestro. 10 December 2018.
  11. "Rakvere Tarva liider Rain Veideman siirdub Itaaliasse" (in Estonian). Korvpall24. 6 December 2019.
  12. "Rain Veideman naaseb Eesti meistriliigasse". Sport (in Estonian). 2021-08-11. Retrieved 2021-10-09.
  13. "Estonia". Eurobasket2015.org.
  14. "Asekapten vedas ja Eesti võitles" (in Estonian). Delfi. 8 August 2016.
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