Kristo Saage (born 2 February 1985) is an Estonian professional

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player who plays for Tere Kadrina Karud of the Saku I Liiga. He is a

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. He also represented the Estonian national basketball team internationally.

Club career

Kristo Saage started his basketball career in hometown

BC Rakvere Tarvas BC Tarvas is a professional basketball club based in Rakvere, Estonia. The club competes in the Estonian-Latvian Basketball League. Their home arena is the Rakvere Sports Hall. History 2006–2017 Rakvere Tarvas was founded in 2006 by Andres Sõb ...

(then KK Rakvere) at the age of 17. In 2004 Saage signed a deal with Estonian top team

BC Kalev/Cramo BC Kalev, also known as BC Kalev/Cramo for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in Tallinn, Estonia. The team plays in the Korvpalli Meistriliiga (KML), the Estonian-Latvian Basketball League and the FIBA Europe Cup. Their ...

. He mainly played as a substitution player, who got about 20 minutes per game. With his 3 years spell with

he became the Estonian champion twice and the Estonian Basketball Cup winner once. Saage moved to play basketball for

once again, sharing his tenure at the first half of the season with now-defunct BC Fausto Tartu, averaging 13.0 points and 3.8 rebounds in 2006–07 season. The following season he spent in

as a benchboy, so after a year in Tallinn he rejoined

. After achieving Tarvas's highest place in the

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, Saage had an offer from abroad and on 3 January 2011 it was announced that his career continued in Lithuania with KK Kaunas, where he played until the end of the

2011–12 LKL season The 2011–12 Lietuvos krepšinio lyga was the 19th season of the top-tier level professional basketball league of Lithuania, the Lietuvos krepšinio lyga (LKL). The regular season started in October 2011, and ended in January 2012 Participants ...

. After a successful

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summer he signed a contract with the

University of Tartu The University of Tartu (UT; ; ) is a public research university located in the city of Tartu, Estonia. It is the national university of Estonia. It is also the largest and oldest university in the country.

International career

Kristo Saage has represented

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since junior levels. He first came to prominence in 2004 when he played vital role beating strong Serbia and Montenegro U20, scoring 17 points and playing all 40 minutes. Since 2011 he has been included to Estonian senior team.

Awards and accomplishments

Professional career

;Kalev/Cramo * Estonian League champion:

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* 2×

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champion: 2005, 2007 ;University of Tartu *

champion: 2011

References

External links

Kristo Saage
at basket.ee

at fiba.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Saage, Kristo 1985 births Living people BC Kalev/Cramo players BC Rakvere Tarvas players BC Tallinn Kalev players BC Valga players Estonian men's basketball players Estonian expatriate basketball people in Lithuania Korvpalli Meistriliiga players LSU-Atletas basketball players Point guards University of Tartu basketball team players Sportspeople from Rakvere 21st-century Estonian sportsmen