Remu Raitanen (born 21 August 1997) is a Finnish professional

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appro ...

player who plays for

Keflavík Keflavík (pronounced , meaning ''Driftwood Bay'') is a town in the Reykjanes region in southwest Iceland. It is included in the municipality of Reykjanesbær whose population as of 2016 is 15,129. In 1995, Keflavík merged with nearby Njar ...

in Úrvalsdeild karla. Raitanen started playing basketball in youth teams of

Torpan Pojat Torpan Pojat, shortened to ToPo, is a basketball club based in Helsinki, Finland. Torpan Pojat has their men's and women's team playing in national 1st division and many minor and junior teams in different age categories. History The club was ...

, continuing his senior career in 2014 with Helsinki Basketball Academy team HBA-Märsky, competing in Finnish second-tier

Koripallon I-divisioona The Koripallon I-divisioona is the second tier professional basketball league in Finland. The teams play playoffs

College career

On 11 May 2016, Raitanen verbally committed to

University of San Francisco The University of San Francisco (USF) is a Private university, private Society of Jesus, Jesuit university in San Francisco, California, United States. Founded in 1855, it has nearly 9,000 students pursuing undergraduate and graduate degrees ...

team

San Francisco Dons The San Francisco Dons is the nickname of the athletic teams at the University of San Francisco (USF). The Dons compete in NCAA Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) as members of the West Coast Conference (WCC), of ...

West Coast Conference The West Coast Conference (WCC) — known as the California Basketball Association from 1952 to 1956 and then as the West Coast Athletic Conference until 1989 — is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with NCAA Division I consisting o ...

(WCC).

Professional career

On 19 August 2020, Raitanen returned to Finland and signed a professional contract with

Korisliiga The Korisliiga is the top-tier professional basketball league in Finland, comprising the top 12 teams of the country. In its current format, each team plays all other teams two times in the regular season, once at home and once away, for a total o ...

team Kobrat. After playing with Kobrat, Raitanen signed with

KTP Basket Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat Basket, shortly KTP Basket, is the largely independent basketball team of Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat, a Finnish sports club based in Kotka, and has played in the Korisliiga since 1957. The club has won the Finnish c ...

for the 2021–22 season. For the 2022–23 season, Raitanen moved to Spain and joined

LEB Oro The Primera FEB, formerly known as LEB or LEB Oro, is the second basketball division of the Spanish basketball league system after the Liga ACB. It is run by the Spanish Basketball Federation, FEB. The FEB leagues are divided into three categorie ...

team

Albacete Albacete ( , , ) is a city and municipality in the Spanish autonomous community of Castilla–La Mancha, and capital of the province of Albacete. Lying in the south-east of the Iberian Peninsula, the area around the city is known as Los Llan ...

. On 11 August 2023, Raitanen signed with fellow LEB Oro club Cáceres. On 21 July 2024, Raitanen joined

BC Prievidza BC Prievidza is a professional basketball club based in playing in Prievidza, Slovakia. The team plays in the Slovak Extraliga. The club plays home games in the sports hall Niké Arena. History The team was founded in 1947 under the name Sokol ...

Slovak Basketball League The Slovenská Basketbalová Liga (SBL) () is the highest level tier league of men's professional club basketball in Slovakia. The league was founded in 1993. MBK Pezinok is the league's most successful team, having won a league record 9 champions ...

and

Alpe Adria Cup Alpe Adria Cup was an international basketball club competition. In the 2023–24 season, the league comprised teams from seven countries: Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia. It was played under the rules o ...

for the 2024–25 season. In November 2024, Raitanen signed with

of the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild karla.

International career

A former youth international, Raitanen has played over 20 games for Finland senior national team.

Personal life

His father is also a former professional basketball player who has won four Finnish championship titles and represented Finland national team.Kuva täytekakussa ja tarina sammuneesta Esa Tikkasesta – näin suomalaista korislupausta houkuteltiin jenkkiyliopistoihin

Helsingin Sanomat , abbreviated ''HS'' and colloquially known as , is the largest subscription newspaper in Finland and the Nordic countries, owned by Sanoma. Except after certain holidays, it is published daily. Its name derives from that of the Finnish capital ...

, 12 November 2016

Career statistics

College

, - , style="text-align:left;", 2016–17 , style="text-align:left;",

San Francisco San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, Financial District, San Francisco, financial, and Culture of San Francisco, cultural center of Northern California. With a population of 827,526 residents as of ...

, 33 , , 3 , , 19.2 , , .402 , , .321 , , .526 , , 3.6 , , .7 , , .4 , , .1 , , 4.5 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2017–18 , style="text-align:left;",

, 33 , , 3 , , 14.5 , , .322 , , .278 , , .818 , , 2.5 , , .5 , , .3 , , .1 , , 3.7 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2018–19 , style="text-align:left;",

, 28 , , 1 , , 9.9 , , .463 , , .364 , , .824 , , 1.7 , , .8 , , .3 , , .1 , , 3.3 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2019–20 , style="text-align:left;",

, 34 , , 5 , , 16.4 , , .424, , .380 , , .861 , , 3.3 , , .8 , , .4 , , .2 , , 5.1 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 128 , , 12 , , 15.2 , , .396 , , .334 , , .742 , , 2.8 , , .7 , , .3 , , .1 , , 4.2

References

External links

*
Basket.fi profileRealGM profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Raitanen, Remu 1997 births Living people Albacete Basket players BC Prievidza players Cáceres Ciudad del Baloncesto players Finnish expatriate basketball people in Iceland Finnish expatriate basketball people in Slovakia Finnish expatriate basketball people in Spain Finnish expatriate basketball people in the United States Finnish men's basketball players HBA-Märsky players Keflavík men's basketball players Kobrat players KTP-Basket players Power forwards San Francisco Dons men's basketball players Small forwards Torpan Pojat players Úrvalsdeild karla (basketball) players 21st-century Finnish sportsmen