Rain Veideman (born 1 October 1991) is an Estonian professional

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player for

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of the

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. 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

. 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 The KML Best Young Player Award ( et, Korvpalli Meistriliiga parim noormängija) is an award for the top-tier professional basketball league in Estonia, the Korvpalli Meistriliiga. Winners See also * Korvpalli Meistriliiga * KML Most Valuable ...

and was named to the

All-KML Team All-KML Team ( et, Korvpalli Meistriliiga tähtede viisik) is an award for the top-tier professional basketball league in Estonia, the Korvpalli Meistriliiga (KML). It is the yearly selection of the league's top five basketball players, by pos ...

. 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. On 4 February 2012, Veideman was loaned to Bayreuth of the

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for the remainder of the season. 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. Kalev/Cramo won the 2013–14 Estonian League championship. Veideman averaged 9.2 points per game and was named to the All-KML Team. In the

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season, Veideman averaged 8.7 points per game and was named Top Estonian Player of the league. He averaged 11.7 points per game in the

2014–15 VTB United League The 2014–15 VTB United League was the 6th complete season of the VTB United League. It was the second season in which the VTB United League functioned as the new domestic first tier level for Russian professional basketball clubs, which can qua ...

season and was named Top Estonian Player for the second time. 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. On 5 March 2017, Veideman left Kalev/Cramo and signed for G.S.A. Udine of the Serie A2. He stayed with the team for the next season. Veideman returned to

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

Estonian national team

Veideman was a member of the Estonian national under-18 basketball team that competed at the

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and finished the tournament last, in 16th place. As a member of the senior Estonian national basketball team, Veideman competed at the

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, averaging 10 points, 5.4 rebounds and 4 assists per game, in 32.6 minutes. Estonia finished the tournament in 20th place. Veideman was named

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of the national team for the

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qualifiers.

Awards and accomplishments

Professional career

;TÜ/Rock * 2×

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champion: 2010, 2011 *

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champion: 2010 ;Kalev/Cramo * 2× Estonian League champion:

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, 2016 * 2×

champion: 2015, 2016

Individual

* 2×

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, 2011 * 2×

* 2× VTB United League Top Estonian Player:

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* KML All-Star:

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* KML All-Star MVP:

Career statistics

Domestic leagues

Estonia national team

, - , style="text-align:left;", 2007 , style="text-align:left;", 2007 U-16 European Championship Division B , style="text-align:left;", Estonia U-16 , 7 , , 6 , , 22.9 , , .429 , , .273 , , .760 , , 3.1 , , 1.3 , , 2.0 , , .1 , , 12.6 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2008 , style="text-align:left;", 2008 U-18 European Championship , style="text-align:left;", Estonia U-18 , 6 , , 4 , , 26.2 , , .426 , , .273 , , .844 , , 3.8 , , 1.2 , , 2.0 , , .3 , , 13.2 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2009 , style="text-align:left;", 2009 U-18 European Championship Division B , style="text-align:left;", Estonia U-18 , 8 , , 7 , , 31.4 , , .536 , , .325 , , .857 , , 3.0 , , 2.3 , , 2.1 , , .0 , , 18.9 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2010–11 , style="text-align:left;", EuroBasket 2011 Division B , style="text-align:left;",

, 6 , , 1 , , 22.5 , , .431 , , .455 , , .889 , , 1.3 , , 1.7 , , .8 , , .2 , , 11.3 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2011 , style="text-align:left;", 2011 U-20 European Championship Division B , style="text-align:left;", Estonia U-20 , 9 , , 9 , , 32.0 , , .523 , , .342 , , .789 , , 4.0 , , 3.6 , , 3.0 , , .1 , , 17.2 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2012 , style="text-align:left;",

EuroBasket 2013 Qualification This page describes the qualification procedure for EuroBasket 2013. Map Qualified teams Eight teams have secured their places at the EuroBasket 2013 before the qualification process. Sixteen teams qualified through the Qualifying Round. 5 Gro ...

, style="text-align:left;", Estonia , 1 , , 0 , , 4.0 , , .000 , , .000 , , .000 , , .0 , , 1.0 , , .0 , , .0 , , .0 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2013 , style="text-align:left;", EuroBasket 2015 First Qualification Round , style="text-align:left;", Estonia , 7 , , 0 , , 22.7 , , .561 , , .500 , , .455 , , 1.9 , , 1.3 , , .6 , , .3 , , 11.4 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2015 , style="text-align:left;",

, style="text-align:left;", Estonia , 5 , , 4 , , 32.6 , , .381 , , .333 , , .923 , , 5.4 , , 4.0 , , .4 , , .0 , , 10.0 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2016 , style="text-align:left;",

EuroBasket 2017 Qualification This article describes the qualification procedure for EuroBasket 2017. Qualification format All teams which didn't qualify yet for EuroBasket 2017 were divided into six groups of four teams and one more of three. The winners of each group and the ...

, style="text-align:left;", Estonia , 6 , , 6 , , 32.0 , , .451 , , .308 , , .852 , , 3.8 , , 4.3 , , 1.5 , , .2 , , 15.8 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2017 , style="text-align:left;", 2019 Basketball World Cup Pre-Qualifiers , style="text-align:left;", Estonia , 4 , , 2 , , 32.2 , , .431 , , .273 , , .688 , , 2.5 , , 2.8 , , 1.3 , , .3 , , 15.3 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2017–19 , style="text-align:left;", 2019 Basketball World Cup Qualification , style="text-align:left;", Estonia , 8 , , 3 , , 26.0 , , .297 , , .167 , , .650 , , 2.8 , , 3.6 , , 1.0 , , .0 , , 6.9

References

External links

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